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Senior Systems Engineer

Leidos St. Petersburg, FL senior full-time

Salary

$87,100 - $157,450 per year

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Description

The Maritime Systems Division of Leidos is seeking a systems engineer with experience in Model-Based Systems Engineering, requirements development, test plan and procedure creation, and algorithm development.

The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of systems engineering processes and experience with hardware/software integration. Customer communication skills are highly desirable.

The C4I Prototype is a new product that is rapidly maturing and nearing readiness for deployment. The program provides for deployment, monitoring, and communications of a buoy that includes a software-defined radio. The implementation in Rust controls the radio in meeting key mission objectives.

Primary Responsibilities

  • Support the development and maintenance of systems engineering artifacts including:
  • Requirements
  • SysML models
  • Test Plans
  • Test Procedures
  • Formal Test Reports

Basic Qualifications

  • US Citizenship required
  • Requires BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or Mathematics and 4+ years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 2+ years of prior relevant experience.
  • Active Secret clearance
  • Proven experience in all phases of Systems Engineering including requirements, algorithms, integration, test, and modeling
  • Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills are required for an effective interface with all internal and external contacts.
  • Possess business and technical vision
  • Experience with SysML

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with the Navy’s Cooperative Engagement Capability
  • Experience using the Atlassian toolset
  • Experience with Cameo/Magic Draw
  • Experience in Agile development methods, including Scrum
  • Experience developing and giving presentations to a government customer
  • Experience with MATLAB is beneficial.

The pay range for this job level is $87,100.00 - $157,450.00.

Skills

Required

  • Model-Based Systems Engineering
  • requirements development
  • test plan and procedure creation
  • algorithm development
  • SysML
  • Agile development methodologies

Nice to have

  • Navy’s Cooperative Engagement Capability
  • Atlassian toolset
  • Cameo/Magic Draw
  • Scrum
  • MATLAB

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://leidos.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/St-Petersburg-FL/Senior-Systems-Engineer_R-00194647

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