# Systems Engineer Section Manager

**Company**: Leidos
**Location**: Huntsville, AL
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $107,900.00 - $195,050.00
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Aerospace & Defence

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## Description

Leidos Defense is seeking a Systems Engineer Section Manager to join a management team as a first-level line manager. The Section Manager will be responsible for up to eight direct-report Systems Engineers within the Branch, which is a matrixed organisation.

The expectation for the Section Manager is:

- Track the long-term staffing of their direct reports.

- Help their direct reports manage their careers long-term by finding them opportunities that are aligned with their desires and skillsets.

- Check in with their direct reports frequently to track their job satisfaction.

- Work with direct reports' technical supervisors to ensure the supervisors are satisfied with their performance.

- Track requests for items like purchased equipment.

- Report back on direct reports' status to the Branch Manager weekly.

- Interview new candidates for the SE Branch.

- Onboard new employees, including putting requests in for new equipment, identifying office space, meeting new employees on their first day, and training the new employee on Leidos policy and procedure.

- Counsel employees with performance difficulties

The Section Manager will be part of a team solving the world's toughest security challenges for customers with 'can't fail' missions. Solutions for Defense include enterprise and mission IT, large-scale intelligence systems, command and control, geospatial and data analytics, cybersecurity, logistics, training, and intelligence analysis and operations support.

**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 8+ years of experience or an MS with 6+ years of experience.

- Applicable Leadership Experience

- 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, or have the ability to obtain a secret clearance.

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## Skills

### Required
- Systems Engineering
- Software Engineering
- Computer Science
- Computer Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Aerospace Engineering
- Leadership
- Communication

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