Lead Systems Engineer

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profile Job Location:

Huntsville, AL - USA

profile Monthly Salary: $ 107900 - 195050
Posted on: 30+ days ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

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At Leidos we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers success. We empower our teams contribute to our communities and operate sustainable. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers our people and our community. Our Mission Vision and Values guide the way we do business.

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Leidos Defense Systems Sector provides a diverse portfolio of systems solutions and services covering land sea air space and cyberspace for customers worldwide. Solutions for Defense include enterprise and mission IT large-scale intelligence systems command and control geospatial and data analytics cybersecurity logistics training and intelligence analysis and operations support. Our team is solving the worlds toughest security challenges for customers with cant fail missions.

Leidos Defense Systems Land Systems is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer to join a team developing a sensor system where this Lead Systems Engineer will supervise the technical work of other systems engineers and manage the output/report on progress of up to four other individuals including Reliability Engineering Logistics Safety Engineering and Cybersecurity to Program Leadership. The Lead Systems Engineer will ensure that systems engineering effort is within budget and that Systems Engineering objectives are achieved. This Lead Systems Engineer will develop and manage systems engineering artifacts including Requirements Specifications Verification Plans Verification Results and SE-related action item tracking/burndown. Additionally this Lead Systems Engineer will serve as a technical liaison with customer representatives. This position is highly visible to assist in delivering new capability for an innovative and revolutionary sensor system. A senior systems engineer is currently serving in this role and the expectation is that the candidate will serve as their deputy for approximately 4 months before taking it on independently.

The Lead Systems Engineer will work in a matrixed organization which supports multiple programs at once in a variety of engineering fields with all different team environments. When the sensor program ends the Lead Systems Engineer will have the opportunity to support a different program in the matrixed engineering portfolio. A candidate with sensor system development experience as well as experience in other systems engineering areas such as Model-Based Systems Engineering Safety Engineering and Reliability Analysis will be treated preferentially. However a strong background in traditional systems engineering and technical leadership is what is required for this position.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelors degree in Systems Engineering Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Software Engineering Computer Science Computer Engineering Aerospace Engineering or equivalent degree from an ABET-accredited university with 8 years of experience or an MS with 6 years.

Experience in deriving and managing requirements for complex electrical electro-mechanical mechanical and software systems.

Experience creating verification and test plans and coordinating system integration and test activities to support verification of system level requirements.

Basic understanding of radar systems or at minimum sensor system operations

Experience leading cross-discipline and product teams

Demonstrated experience effectively communicating within a team environment including leading and conducting Technical Design Reviews

Resident of the North Alabama area or willing to relocate to the Huntsville - North Alabama AL area.

Possess a secret clearance or have the ability to obtain a secret clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

Preference shown to candidates who possess a Master of Science in System Engineering from an ABET-accredited university and/or have at least 2-4 years of direct systems engineering experience.

Preferred candidates will also have experience and/or working knowledge with:

Requirements management tools such as DOORS JAMA or Cameo/MagicDraw.

Demonstrated experience effectively leading a team of engineers.

Demonstrated experience accurately estimating the engineering effort (i.e. hours) associated with Systems Engineering tasks.

DOORS and/or other requirements database tools

Understanding of the DoD acquisition processes and methods

Experience supporting one or more DoD programs

Object Management Group (OMG) Certified System Modeler Professional (OCSMP) certification

INCOSE Systems Engineering Professional (SEP) certification (ASEP or CSEP)

If youre looking for comfort keep scrolling. At Leidos we outthink outbuild and outpace the status quo because the mission demands it. Were not hiring followers. Were recruiting the ones who disrupt provoke and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. Were already at step 30 and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:

October 17 2025

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $107900.00 - $195050.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job education experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as internal equity alignment with market data applicable bargaining agreement (if any) or other law.

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Leidos is an innovation company rapidly addressing the world's most vexing challenges in national security and health. Our 47,000 employees collaborate to create smarter technology solutions for customers in these critical markets.

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