Systems Engineer

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The Defense Sector, Decision Advantage Business Area at Leidos is thrilled to offer a unique opportunity for a Systems Engineer to join our team. If you have a passion for engineering and a desire to support critical Air Force systems, this is the perfect role for you. We are hiring a Systems Engineer to support a large, complex, nationally significant development and integration program. As the prime contractor, Leidos will drive performance optimization in achieving mission outcomes through efficient design, build, fielding and transition-to-operations. This is a remote position and will require some travel.

Primary Responsibilities:

You will be working with a team of multi-disciplined engineers, cyber security engineers and officers, quality engineers, and architects and perform systems requirements analysis, functional analysis, timeline analysis, trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition, technical management, integration, system testing, and quality assurance to support the successful delivery of the TACMOR network services. You will ensure strong systems engineering processes are followed throughout the requirements, analysis, design, build, integrate, test and deploy to operations phases. In this role you will:

• Perform system engineering tasks that involve researching, evaluating, planning, designing, engineering, and delivering the TACMOR network services project.
• Produce assigned work products, deliverables, and engineering documentation.
• Support integration and testing activities both CONUS and OCONUS.
• Develop designs and participate in design reviews with the customer.
• Review the work products of vendors and subcontractors to ensure engineering rigor and compliance to standards.
• Ensure all work products meet requirements and specifications.
• Ensure new and existing products conform to information security policies, standards, and best practices.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and 4 or more years of prior relevant experience or Masters' with 2+ years in engineering, systems engineering, or related technical field.
• ship and an active DoD Secret clearance or the ability to obtain a DoD Secret security clearance.
• Ability to develop technical solutions that require collaboration with internal experts, deep analyses and understanding of impact on end-product/solution.
• Capability to develop solutions to technical problems and issues that are unclear and require deep technical knowledge.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to collaborate with customer representatives, domain experts, and other systems engineers in the development of complex DoD systems.
• Demonstrated ability to diagnose complex system problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to participate in cross-functional planning, coordination, and task execution situations involving the full spectrum of system integration activities.
• Ability to work well with people from many different disciplines with varying degrees of technical experience.
• Proven ability to express complex technical concepts effectively, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to travel when needed by the program.

Preferred Quals:

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering.
• Experience with receivers, transmitters, antennas, radars, electronic warfare systems.
• Previous experience working (Department of the Air Force) DAF systems.
• Active DoD Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI security clearance after start date.
• Active Top Secret w/SCI security clearance.

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Original Posting:
April 2, 2026

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 $87,100.00 - $157,450.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and 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.