Description
The Leidos Space Force and Air Force Division is seeking a Space Force Technical Director to work primarily remotely, with occasional onsite work at their Colorado Springs offices, Reston HQ, and in-person customer meetings. The successful candidate will have a broad and deep understanding of technology and the customer's mission to match solutions to challenges and differentiate Leidos from competitors.
The Space Force Technical Director will work with Technology and Growth personnel to understand customer needs and lead initial capability validation and solution development and verification. They will bring mission vision and respective solutions forward through white papers, proof of concepts, presentations, and initial proposal artifacts.
The position requires:
- Master's degree in a technical or scientific field and 15+ years of relevant work experience
- Minimum 15 years of progressively responsible experience in relevant technical disciplines, including support to the DoW, IC, or national security space programs
- Experience in three of the following areas: Networking Engineering, Cybersecurity, System Development, AI/ML, Data Science, Data Warehousing, Data Governance, Hardware Engineering, IT Operations, System Architecture, Cloud Architecture, Information Assurance, or ITIL Framework
- Systems Engineering expertise across the entire full acquisition lifecycle
- Extensive experience in the architecture, development, and integration of command & control (C2) systems for space operations
Preferred qualifications include:
- Proven capability to articulate and champion a forward-looking technical vision
- Experience performing or technology oversight
- Experience in customer engagements
- Experience developing digital modernization solutions involving data sciences, machine learning, or artificial intelligence
- Hands-on experience with major hyper-scalers (AWS, Azure, GCP, or OCI)
The pay range for this position is $154,050.00 - $278,475.00.
Responsibilities:
- Support on-contract execution of various SF SE&I contracts with a focus on the development and implementation of technical solutions
- Support customer engagement and opportunity strategy development as a technical expert
- Collaborate on white papers, RFI responses, proposals, and briefings
- Support business development and capture teams to identify, qualify, and pursue opportunities
- Assist capture strategy development through technical leadership
- Support customer meetings and call plan development and execution
- Draft OV-1 and initial solution elements and validate with customers
- Support program management and business development reviews
- Conduct pre-sales engineering activities
Benefits: No benefits mentioned in the job posting.