Systems Engineer

Leidos Holding$107K — $195K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of related experience, or equivalent experience, training, and/or certifications.
  • Active DoD Top Secret clearance with ability to upgrade to TS/SCI clearance upon hire.
  • Strong knowledge of systems engineering related to precise military weapons systems, with a minimum of 8 years in a technical/scientific field.
  • Expertise in electrical, mechanical, electronics engineering, engineering management, or computer science.
  • Experience in systems engineering or an engineering/science field supporting precision guided missile systems.

Responsibilities

  • Investigate, analyze, plan, design, develop, and evaluate requirements for military weapons systems.
  • Review and prepare various engineering technical analyses and documentation.
  • Perform requirement elicitation, management, tracing, system integration, and configuration management.
  • Utilize COTS requirements management software to manage and ensure requirement traceability.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on advanced military weapons systems.
  • Engagement in a dynamic, fast-paced team environment focused on innovation.
  • Comprehensive professional development opportunities within the organization.
Full Job Description

Position: Systems Engineer

Location: California, MD

Clearance: Top Secret

We are seeking a cleared Systems Engineer with military weapons systems experience in support of a systems engineering effort. The successful candidate will analyze, design and evaluate software based systems, components, and/or systems related to engineering and functional requirements of command and control systems and the associated support systems.

Primary Responsibilities

  • Apply engineering principles to investigate, analyze, plan, design, develop, and/or evaluate requirements for military weapons systems.

  • Review and prepare engineering and technical analyses, reports, change proposals, and other technical documentation.

  • Apply systems engineering experience to perform functions such as requirement elicitation, requirements management, requirements tracing, system integration, and configuration management.

  • Manage requirements and ensure traceability via COTS requirements management software.

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of related experience. Additional experience, training, and/or certifications may be considered in lieu of degree.

  • US Citizen; Currently possessing an active DoD Top Secret clearance with ability to upgrade to a TS/SCI clearance upon hire.

  • Strong knowledge of systems engineering or related technical or scientific field such as electrical, mechanical, electronics engineering, engineering, physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, operations research, engineering management, or computer science with 8+ years of experience in systems engineering or an engineering/science field supporting precision guided missile systems

Preferred Qualifications

  • Certified Systems Engineering Professional Accreditation.

  • Experience with requirements management tools (DOORS).

  • Experience with DODAF Architecture.

  • Experience working in an Agile Environment.

  • Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering

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Original Posting:
September 15, 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 $107,900.00 - $195,050.00

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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