After BAE Systems
- 12%Joined a startup6
- 33%Joined a big company17
- 56%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave BAE Systems most often go to Booz Allen Hamilton and Apple. 12% go small. Median stay 2y 4m
These are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer, not BAE Systems's headcount: 66 people on a map of 26,572, the No. 144 company on it by people. Updated August 20, 2026.
- People on the map
- 660.2% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 1117% of the people here
- Moved on
- 5583% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 2y 4mmiddle half 1y to 3y 3m
Put BAE Systems side by side with another company, every number against every number.
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move. Most arrive from Lockheed Martin. Most leave for Booz Allen Hamilton (14% of recorded departures).
3 of 46 recorded arrivals shown, 43 more from 41 other companies11 of 57 recorded departures shown, 46 more to 42 other companies
How long people stay
24%<1y
14%1-2y
45%2-4y
10%4-7y
8%7y+
51 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
3312
1213
3214
3315
8316
2317
5518
9519
3320
7321
3822
4323
6424
1225
1226
joined left2026 is a partial year
2012 to 2026: 59 joined, 51 left.
Caliber
68mediantop 10%83
0Eng Scorer caliber, 66 scored99
Titles held here
- Software Engineer11
- Software Engineer II8
- Senior Software Engineer7
- Software Engineer I4
- Software Engineer Intern4
- Staff Software Engineer3
- Technical Intern3
7 most common titles, by people who held them.
First job on the record for 21% of people here.
Behind the median
Everyone here with an Eng Scorer read, placed in their caliber tier.
- 15%Solid10 people
- 67%Emerging44 people
- 18%Unproven12 people
66 of the 66 people here carry an Eng Scorer tier.
Exceptional and strong are the top two of the five tiers. Fewer than 3 of the 66 people here with a read sit in them, which is too few to print as a count. A tier is the band an Eng Scorer caliber score falls in, so this is the same measurement as the median on the caliber card, opened up.
Whether a title rose here
The level of the first title recorded here, against the last.
39%Titles that rose22 of 56 classified people
- 39%Rose22 people
- 55%Stayed level31 people
- 5%Fell3 people
56 of the 66 people here had a title that could be placed on the ladder before and after.
A title rose when the last title recorded here sits higher on the ladder than the first; for someone who recorded one title here and then left, it is measured against the first title of their next role. The ladder runs intern, junior, mid, senior, staff or manager, principal, director, VP, then founder or C-level. A title that matches no rung is left out rather than guessed, and product, program and project managers are left out entirely, being a different ladder. That leaves 56 of the 66 people here classified, and it leans towards people who have left: someone still here on a single recorded title has nothing to be measured against.
Where they studied
- George Mason7.6%
- Johns Hopkins6.1%
- University of Maryland6.1%
- Binghamton4.6%
- UC San Diego4.6%
- UMBC4.6%
- University of Arkansas4.6%
The 7 most listed schools among the 66 people here with a school on file.
Of the 66 people here with a school on file, 5 list George Mason, 4 list Johns Hopkins and 4 list University of Maryland. A person can list more than one school, so these overlap rather than add up.
Public work
one square is one in a hundred
20%have a public GitHub account on their profile
13 of the 66 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts. An account the check did not find reads the same as no account, so this is a floor rather than a census.
Across the 325 companies on the map that can show this figure, the median is 38%.
Where they are now
38% of the people who have worked at BAE Systems and list a location live in Washington DC today, against 7% of everyone on the map.
BAE Systems
Everyone on the map
- 38%Washington DC25 · map 7%
- 21%New York14 · map 33%
- 18%SF Bay Area12 · map 47%
- 6%Los Angeles4 · map 6%
- 17%Somewhere else11
All 66 people who worked at BAE Systems list a location, and every share here is over them.
Where they live now, from the profile as it reads today, not where they sat while they worked at BAE Systems: a metro here does not mean the company has an office in it. The lower strip is the same metros across the whole map, for comparison.
On the same resumes
Companies that show up most often alongside BAE Systems, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 66 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at BAE Systems: 11 are there now and 55 have moved on.
- The most common next employer after BAE Systems is Booz Allen Hamilton (8 people, 14% of recorded departures), followed by Apple.
- The most common previous employer before BAE Systems is Lockheed Martin (3 people).
- The median tenure at BAE Systems is 2y 4m (middle half 1y to 3y 3m).
- Of those who moved on from BAE Systems, fewer than 3 went on to a founder title, 12% joined a company with 200 or fewer people, and 33% joined a company with 10,000 or more.
- The median Eng Scorer caliber of people who have worked at BAE Systems is 68 on the 0 to 99 scale (66 scored).
- The most common title held at BAE Systems is Software Engineer, then Software Engineer II.
- Of the 66 people here with a school on file, 5 list George Mason (7.6%), then Johns Hopkins (4). A person can list more than one school, so these overlap rather than add up.
- 38% of the 66 people here who list a location live in Washington DC today, against 7% of everyone on the map. That is where they live now, not the office they sat in while they worked here.
- 20% of the 66 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts have a public GitHub account on it.
- Of the 56 people here whose title could be placed on a ladder both before and after, 22 rose, 31 stayed level and 3 fell.
About this data: built from 144,786 jobs across 26,572 engineers in the Zelcast network and Eng Scorer reads, updated August 20, 2026. A move counts when the next role starts within 24 months of leaving; companies with fewer than 20 people on the map are not shown, and destinations with fewer than 3 people are folded into the totals. Caliber is the Eng Scorer score.
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