The Systems Engineer (SE) will work closely with the team of software developers, Subject Matter Experts, and analysts to perform requirements derivation and refinement. The candidate must be a proactive, self- starter with significant technical leadership experience and excellent communication skills.
Primary Responsibilities
- Requirements gathering and development, experience with systems integration and interoperability, experience with systems design and architecture
- Derive functional, system, and performance requirements
- Develop various systems engineering artifacts (CONOPs, architecture diagrams, etc.)
- Develop schedules for features; Perform backlog grooming
- Write or review documentation
- Create various status reports
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Five (5) years' additional SE experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.
- 14 years' experience as a SE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required.
- Clearance Requirement: Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in planning and leading Systems Engineering efforts
- Participate in an Integrated Product Team to design new capabilities based upon evaluation of all necessary all development and operational considerations
- Support the planning and test analysis of the DoD Certification/Accreditation Process (as well as other Government Certification and Accreditation (C&A) processes)ed.
- Experience with Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence)
- Agile experience
- Experience with MS Project and/or Visio
CONMD
CSSRC
Original Posting:
October 23, 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 $131,300.00 - $237,350.00
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.
