Systems Engineering - Defense

Position: Systems Engineer

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At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the dedication of our diverse and talented teams. United by a shared commitment to our customers' success, we empower our people, support our communities, and operate sustainably. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide every aspect of our work, ensuring we do the right thing-for our customers, our people, and the world around us.

The Leidos Defense Sector provides advanced systems, solutions, and services across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. From enterprise IT and large-scale intelligence systems to cybersecurity, geospatial analytics, logistics, and training, we support some of the nation's most critical defense missions. We are seeking a cleared Systems Engineer with military weapons systems experience in support of a systems engineering effort. The successful candidate will analyze, design and evaluate software based systems, components, and/or systems related to engineering and functional requirements of command and control systems and the associated support systems.

Apply engineering principles to investigate, analyze, plan, design, develop, and/or evaluate requirements for military weapons systems.

Review and prepare engineering and technical analyses, reports, change proposals, and other technical documentation.

Apply systems engineering experience to perform functions such as requirement elicitation, requirements management, requirements tracing, system integration, and configuration management.

Manage requirements and ensure traceability via COTS requirements management software.

Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of related experience. Additional experience, training, and/or certifications may be considered in lieu of degree.

US Citizen; Currently possessing an active DoD Top Secret clearance with ability to upgrade to a TS/SCI clearance upon hire.

Strong knowledge of systems engineering or related technical or scientific field such as electrical, mechanical, electronics engineering, engineering, physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, operations research, engineering management, or computer science with 8+ years of experience in systems engineering or an engineering/science field supporting precision guided missile systems

Certified Systems Engineering Professional Accreditation.

Experience working in an Agile Environment.

Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering

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