Risk Engineer

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Leidos Defense 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 is seeking a Systems Engineer/Risk Engineer to join a matrixed organization of systems engineers model-based systems engineers and specialty systems engineers. This Systems Engineer will primarily perform Risk Management and general Systems Engineering for a persistent surveillance program.

This role 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 efforts end the employee will have the opportunity to support a different program in the matrixed engineering portfolio. A candidate with experience in other systems engineering areas such as Lead Systems Engineering Human Factors Engineering System Safety Engineering Model-Based Systems Engineering and Reliability Analysis will be treated preferentially. However this position minimally requires a strong background in traditional Systems Engineering and Risk Management.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Systems Engineering Software Engineering Computer Science Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Aerospace Engineering or equivalent degree from an ABET-accredited university with 4 years of experience or an MS with 2 years.

• Experience in performing risk management for Defense applications on large-scale programs at various points in the systems development lifecycle.

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

• Position requires candidates to be capable of performing in a collaborative engineering environment working closely with multi-disciplinary teams.

• Demonstrated experience effectively communicating within a team environment.

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

• US Citizenship required and must posses secret security 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:

  • Demonstrated experience effectively leading a team of engineers

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

  • 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)

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