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From the employer's careers site First seen 28 Oct 2026 · Still live on 31 Oct 2026

Senior Systems Engineer

Leidos Huntsville, AL senior full-time

Salary

$131,300 - $237,350 per year

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Description

Leidos Defense is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to join a team of systems engineers developing a radar system. The Senior Systems Engineer will interface with the Software Development Team, Hardware Development Team, Analysis Team, Logistics Team, and Test & Integration Team to help lead trade study development, plan and execute the technical effort, and support proposals leveraging the radar technology.

The Senior Systems Engineer will work in a matrixed organisation, which supports multiple programs at once in a variety of engineering fields with all different team environments. When the radar program ends, the Senior Systems Engineer will have the opportunity to support a different program in the matrixed engineering portfolio.

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 12+ years of experience or an MS with 10+ years.
  • Experience in deriving requirements for complex electrical, electro-mechanical, mechanical, and software systems.
  • Position requires candidates to be capable of performing in a collaborative engineering environment working closely with multi-disciplinary teams.
  • 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.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience and/or working knowledge with:
  • MagicDraw and/or other Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) modeling tools
  • Demonstrated experience effectively leading a team of engineers.
  • Demonstrated cross-discipline collaboration.
  • Demonstrated experience accurately estimating the engineering effort (i.e. hours) associated with Systems Engineering tasks.
  • DOORS and/or other requirements database tools
  • Understanding of the DoD acquisition processes and methods
  • Experience supporting one or more DoD programs
  • Object Management Group (OMG) Certified System Modeler Professional (OCSMP) certification
  • INCOSE Systems Engineering Professional (SEP) certification (ASEP or CSEP)

The pay range for this job level is $131,300.00 - $237,350.00.

Skills

Nice to have

  • MagicDraw
  • MBSE
  • Leadership
  • Cross-discipline collaboration
  • DOORS
  • DoD acquisition processes
  • OMG Certified System Modeler Professional
  • INCOSE Systems Engineering Professional

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