Description
Leidos is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer to provide technical leadership and engineering direction across complex mission systems. You will guide systems-engineering efforts from stakeholder needs and requirements through architecture, design, integration, verification, deployment, and operations. This role requires extensive systems-engineering experience and demonstrated success planning and leading Systems Engineering efforts.
Responsibilities
- Requirements Engineering & Technical Baseline:
- Analyze user requirements, CONOPS, and high-level system architectures to develop system requirements specifications.
- Guide stakeholders in formulating requirements, evaluating alternative approaches, and assessing technical feasibility.
- Manage system and derived requirements to support delivery of production systems compatible with defined architectures.
- Architecture, Design & System Analysis:
- Lead system design and development activities based on system requirements and mission needs.
- Generate alternative system concepts, physical architectures, and design solutions.
- Develop comprehensive Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) solutions.
- Interfaces, Integration & Configuration:
- Define and manage interfaces throughout the system lifecycle.
- Establish formal procedures for coordinating system-integration activities across multiple teams.
- Verification, Test & Certification:
- Define methods, processes, and evaluation criteria for verifying systems, subsystems, and work products against established requirements.
- Plan verification activities for new and unproven designs early in the development lifecycle with system stakeholders.
- Risk, Trade Studies & Lifecycle Engineering:
- Assess program risks and quantify probability of occurrence and consequences of failure.
- Conduct and/or approve end-to-end system trade analyses to optimize lifecycle operations.
- Standards, Documentation & Acquisition Support:
- Maintain knowledge of applicable agency, national, and international system-development standards.
- Develop and contribute to Systems Engineering Plans, Initial Capabilities Documents, Requirements Specifications, and other technical documentation.
- Principal-Level Technical Direction:
- Plan and lead Systems Engineering efforts supporting complex mission systems.
- Provide technical leadership for integration of requirements, design, and technology.
Requirements
- TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance
- Minimum of 20 years of experience as a Systems Engineer
- Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or a related discipline