# Lead Engineer

**Company**: Leidos
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $107,900.00 - $195,050.00
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Leidos is seeking a Lead Engineer to lead cutting-edge engineering efforts within the Undersea Systems Division (USD). This role is a unique opportunity to drive innovation in underwater vehicle systems, maritime sensors, subsea telemetry, and ISR solutions that support critical defence and national security missions.

You will lead a multidisciplinary technical team developing advanced maritime technologies, spanning prototype design to full-scale system deployment for ongoing Navy missions.

The Undersea Systems Division is a recognised leader in C4ISR technologies, delivering innovative, mission-critical solutions across sensor networks, unmanned systems, and tactical platforms. We're known for achieving 'industry firsts' in the most challenging maritime domains.

Join us and be part of a world-class team delivering unmatched solutions for today's most pressing maritime missions.

**Why Join Us?**

- Make an Impact: Your work will directly support U.S. maritime dominance and national security.

- Lead Innovation: Be at the forefront of applying innovative technology and autonomy to real-world maritime systems.

- Work with Experts: Collaborate with a top-tier team of engineers, scientists, and technicians located across the U.S.

- Shape the Future: Influence both the strategic and tactical direction of next-generation subsea technologies.

**What You'll Do**

- As the technical lead for a critical maritime program, you will provide cross-disciplined engineering leadership to deliver an operational system.

- You will lead and mentor a matrixed team of engineers through the full product lifecycle.

- You will drive technical rigour and engineering discipline to achieve customer needs and mission goals.

- You will follow systems engineering principles to guide your team through technical development and product maturation, system integration, testing, verification, and validation.

**What You Bring**

**Required Experience:**

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering (Systems, Mechanical, Electrical, Software, Ocean), Computer Science, Physics, or Math.

- 8+ years of experience with integrated electro-mechanical systems such as autonomous vehicles, unmanned systems, autonomy, communications, and sensing systems.

- 4+ years of experience leading integrated teams such as cross-functional engineering teams.

- U.S. Citizenship with ability to obtain a SECRET clearance.

**Preferred Experience:**

- Over 10 years leading design, development, and integration of complex subsea maritime systems.

- Experience with UUVs, deployed subsea systems, and underwater payloads.

- Proven track record in product manufacturing and transitioning designs to production.

- Familiarity with ISO 9001:2015 and quality-focused engineering processes.

- Exposure to DoD technical program, including contract, financial, and subcontractor management.

## Skills

### Required
- autonomous vehicles
- unmanned systems
- autonomy
- communications
- sensing systems
- systems engineering
- electro-mechanical systems

### Nice to have
- UUVs
- subsea systems
- underwater payloads
- ISO 9001:2015
- DoD technical program

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