• Lead cross-program systems engineering activities across four ARTs 

• Establish and govern requirements management processes and standards 

• Define and manage interface control documents and integration specifications 

• Develop verification and validation (V&V) strategy and execution plans 

• Maintain requirements traceability from stakeholder needs through implementation 

• Lead system integration planning and execution across the platform 

• Conduct safety analysis including hazard identification and mitigation 

• Support certification activities and regulatory compliance evidence 

• Define and enforce SE process standards and best practices 

• Lead technical reviews including SRR, PDR, CDR, and TRR 

• Ensure cross-ART architectural consistency by establishing shared systems engineering standards and interface governance 

• Lead modernization planning from a systems engineering perspective including decomposition strategies and transition sequencing 

• Govern interfaces between legacy and modernized services maintaining technical coherence across the program 

• Champion an AI-first engineering culture by identifying and applying AI-assisted development capabilities, automation, and emerging software engineering practices that improve developer productivity, code quality, testing, and delivery. 

Core Technical Qualifications: 

•  Bachelors degree with 12+ years of relevant experience or Masters degree and 10+ years of experience or equivalent experience.

• Systems engineering leadership for large-scale, complex programs 

• Requirements management expertise including decomposition and allocation 

• Verification and validation planning and execution at the enterprise level 

• Interface management across multiple subsystems and teams 

• MBSE and SysML modeling experience for complex system architectures 

• System integration planning and execution for distributed platforms 

• Safety-critical systems engineering including hazard and risk analysis 

• Aviation or defense domain systems engineering experience 

• Proficiency with DOORS, Jama, or equivalent requirements management tools 

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance; US citizenship required; subject to government background investigation 

• Experience ensuring architectural consistency across multiple development teams or release trains 

• Demonstrated leadership in systems engineering for large-scale modernization programs 

• ​Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust 

• U.S. citizenship required

• Successful completion of background investigations as required by the government customer

 Preferred / Desired Qualifications 

• DO-178 and DO-254 compliance and evidence development 

• INCOSE Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) 

• Large program SE leadership across 100+ engineers 

• Model-based systems engineering approaches 

• Formal verification and validation methods 

• Experience governing interfaces between legacy and modernized services in complex system-of-systems environments 

Why Leidos? 

You’ll work on systems where performance, precision, and reliability matter — every second. This is not experimental AI for prototypes. This is disciplined, responsible AI applied to mission-critical software that supports national infrastructure. 

If you’re excited by solving complex problems in regulated, real-world environments — and using AI as a force multiplier rather than a shortcut — we’d like to talk. 

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