Systems Engineer

Leidos Defense is seeking a Systems Engineer to join a team of systems engineers developing a radar system. This Systems Engineer will have the opportunity to travel to customer sites and subcontractor sites (approximately 10% of the time). This Systems Engineer will develop systems engineering artifacts, including Requirements Specifications, Test Procedures, and Test Reports.

The 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 radar program ends, the Systems Engineer will have the opportunity to support a different program in the matrixed engineering portfolio. 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. However, a strong background in traditional systems engineering and technical leadership is what is required for this position.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s 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 5+ years of experience or an MS with 3+ years.

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

Experience in developing and executing system and sub-system verification activities.

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.

Possess a secret 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 communicating with customer representatives during engineering development and fielding efforts.

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

Experience in formal testing for requirement V&V, particularly with radar program(s)

Familiarity with radar test/analysis tools including DRFM technology and MATLAB

Cameo and/or other Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) modeling tools

Jama and/or other requirements database tools

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Original Posting:

October 8, 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.