Leidos

Leidos

Senior Systems Engineer

Huntsville, AL · Senior

No sponsorship$131k-$237kDetected 1 day ago
Data AnalysisLogisticsSystems EngineeringMechanical DesignAerospace EngineeringElectrical EngineeringLeadership

About the role

  • Looking for an opportunity to make an impact?
  • We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainable.
  • A candidate with experience in other engineering areas such as Test, Model-Based Systems Engineering, Human Factors, Risk Management, and Reliability Analysis will be treated preferentially.

Responsibilities

  • At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers' success.
  • Leidos' Defense Systems Land Systems is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to lead a team of systems engineers developing an interceptor system.
  • In this role, the Senior Systems Engineer will lead the systems engineering effort.
  • The Senior 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 interceptor program ends, the Senior Systems Engineer will have the opportunity to support a different program in the matrixed engineering portfolio.

Requirements

  • Experience in deriving requirements for integration, manufacturing, and production systems.
  • Possess a secret clearance, or have the ability to obtain a secret clearance.

Nice to have

  • Preferred candidates will also have experience and/or working knowledge with: MagicDraw and/or other Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) modeling tools Demonstrated experience effectively leading a team of engineers.
  • Demonstrated cross-discipline collaboration.
  • Demonstrated experience accurately estimating the engineering effort (i.e. hours) associated with Systems Engineering tasks.
  • We're not hiring followers.
  • We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail.
  • Step 10 is ancient history.
  • We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.
  • MagicDraw and/or other Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) modeling tools Demonstrated experience effectively leading a team of engineers.

Compensation

  • Pay Range $131,300.00 - $237,350.00 The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary.
  • Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $17.2 billion for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2026.
  • Pay and Benefits Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision.
  • That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers.
  • Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement.

Benefits

  • Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.

Company info

  • Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • fied applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregna

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