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From the employer's careers site First seen 1 Nov 2026

Systems Engineer- Risk Management

Leidos Huntsville, AL senior full-time

Salary

$87,100 - $157,450 per year

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Description

Leidos Defense is seeking a Systems Engineer to join a matrixed organization of systems engineers, model-based systems engineers, and specialty systems engineers. This Systems Engineer will have a focus in Risk Management for multiple Hypersonics contracts.

The role involves developing and managing systems engineering deliverables, including requirements specifications, interface control documents (ICDs), verification plans, and concepts of operations (CONOPS). The Systems Engineer will elicit risks and opportunities, mitigations, and detailed information pertaining to risks from fellow team members, develop a recurring deliverable related to risks, and present findings to program leadership and the customer.

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 6+ years of experience or an MS with 4+ 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.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Preference shown to candidates who possess a Master of Science in System Engineering from an ABET-accredited university, and/or have at least 2-4 years of direct systems engineering experience.
  • Experience in performing risk management for Defense applications on large-scale programs at various points in the systems development lifecycle.
  • Demonstrated experience effectively leading a team of engineers.
  • Demonstrated experience accurately estimating the engineering effort (i.e., hours) associated with Systems Engineering tasks.
  • 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 is $87,100.00 - $157,450.00.

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • Master of Science in System Engineering
  • Risk management for Defense applications
  • Team leadership
  • Engineering effort estimation
  • DoD acquisition processes
  • DoD programs
  • OMG Certified System Modeler Professional (OCSMP)
  • INCOSE Systems Engineering Professional (SEP)

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