Systems Engineering Analysis, Senior

Senior Systems Engineer – Agile Team Systems Engineering

Leidos is seeking Senior Systems Engineers to join the Air Traffic Business Area within the Homeland Sector, supporting the development of next-generation flight service and air traffic systems. This work aligns with the FAA’s broader initiative to modernize legacy flight service capabilities, replacing aging infrastructure with scalable, cloud-based platforms designed to improve safety and operational efficiency—particularly in remote and high-dependency aviation environments. These efforts focus on delivering mission‑critical, future‑ready solutions that provide safety‑critical flight services to the pilot community.

As a member of a Scaled Agile software development organization, you will contribute to the technical execution of a program that integrates proven, globally deployed technologies with modern cloud‑native capabilities. You will work alongside cross‑functional teams and technical leaders to deliver predictable outcomes in a highly regulated, safety‑critical environment.

In this position, you will serve as the dedicated Systems Engineer for an Agile/SAFe development team, partnering closely with Product Owners, architects, software engineers, testers, DevSecOps engineers, and customer stakeholders to define, refine, and validate system capabilities. You will ensure that operational needs, regulatory requirements, and system‑level behaviors are fully understood, traceable, testable, and aligned to program objectives throughout the development lifecycle. Review FAA requirement documents, advisory circulars, and applicable regulations (e.g., 14 CFR parts) to extract intent, constraints, interfaces, and acceptance criteria.

Translate operational and regulatory requirements into detailed, testable system requirements, features, and acceptance criteria that support Agile development activities.

Engage with customer stakeholders, operators, and subject matter experts to identify use cases with an emphasis on completeness, testability, alignment with operational workflows, and readiness for validation trials.

Decompose high‑level regulatory and operational requirements into specific capability statements with measurable performance criteria and traceability to FAA compliance outcomes.

Develop and maintain requirements traceability between stakeholder needs, system requirements, architecture artifacts, implementation tasks, and verification activities.

Support system design discussions by evaluating technical approaches, documenting trade‑offs, identifying integration impacts, and assessing operational or regulatory risks.

Participate in Agile ceremonies, technical interchange meetings, structured reviews, and system inspections.

Coordinate with software engineering, test, cybersecurity, and DevSecOps teams to ensure system requirements are fully implemented, validated, and operationally supportable.

Assist in defining verification and validation strategies, including support for demonstrations, integration testing, operational assessments, and customer reviews.

Systematically capture and communicate design decisions, performance trade‑offs, compliance rationales, and risk assessments to support program transparency and technical governance.

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, systems engineering, or a related field and at least 8 years of relevant experience, or a Master’s degree with at least 6 years of experience

Experience working within Agile development environments, including familiarity with Agile methodologies, principles, and tools

Experience performing systems engineering activities across the system development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, decomposition, traceability, integration, and verification

Strong understanding of disciplined engineering processes and attention to detail in highly regulated or mission‑critical environments

Experience collaborating with cross‑functional technical teams, customers, and stakeholders to define and refine system capabilities

Familiarity with software development concepts, architectures, interfaces, and integration considerations

Experience with cloud‑based systems and modern software architectures

Experience with Java, Python, React, and scripting languages

Knowledge of DevSecOps practices and CI/CD pipelines

Knowledge of air traffic control systems, general aviation, and/or flight services

Practical knowledge of FAA/DoD systems, technical policies, standards, and orders

Experience leveraging requirements‑management and model‑based engineering tools (e.g., Familiarity with systems integration, interface management, and operational testing in large‑scale distributed systems

Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. That’s why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.