Ground Based Radar Digitization Site Systems Engineer

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Leidos' Defense SystemsDefense Sensorsis seeking a highly experiencedSystems Engineerto leademplacementof new and innovative radar systems. This isa large, multi-phase radar program with concurrent development, test, production, and sustainment activities.Youwill serve as the technical authority across multipleengineering disciplines, ensuring design integrity, technical performance, and disciplined engineering execution. This role requires a systems-minded leader with the ability todirecttechnical work based on cost, schedule, risk, and requirements.Frequent travel toemplacementsites will berequired.This is not your average engineering position. You will work on a team of the most talented engineers in the region who push you to be better every day. This is a fast-paced program with unique technical challenges that will be a rewarding milestone in any engineering career.

If you are up for the challenge of joining this team, then apply today to be considered.

Leidos Defense Systems Sector provides a diverse portfolio of systems, solutions, and services covering land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace for customers worldwide. Solutions for Defense include enterprise and mission IT, large-scale intelligence systems, command and control, geospatial and data analytics, cybersecurity, logistics, training, and intelligence analysis and operations support. Our team is solving the world's toughest security challenges for customers with "can't fail" missions. To explore and learn more, click here!

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Primary Responsibilities

• Lead systems engineer for site emplacement of a new digitized RADAR system. They will need to approach the site survey from the overall system perspective.

• Considers integration activities, test, and the government operational acceptance.

• Captures information about the site to feed into the requirement development process and develop the site integration and test portion of the installation plan.

• Serve as the primary systems engineering point of contact, with frequent site travel.

• Act as a site technical lead for engineering execution, system performance, and requirements compliance.

• Collaborate with design,analysis, andfabricationteams to resolve challenges andoptimizeinstallation.

• Provide guidance on system modifications, upgrades, and retrofits for site readiness and system compatibility.

• Track project progress and coordinate resources to meet milestones for decommissioning legacy systems, installing temporary solutionstomaintainmission readiness, and final system emplacement.

Basic Qualifications

• A Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or equivalent degree from an ABET-accredited university with 12 - 15 years of prior relevant experience or a Masters degree with 10 - 13 years of prior relevant experience.

• Demonstrated experience with site integration and execution of government operational acceptance testing.

• Strong technical judgment and ability to communicate complex issues to technical and non-technical audiences.

• Experience with formal design reviews (PDR/CDR), configuration management, and risk management.

• Experience withRADAR systems design, including radar signal processing, antenna systems, or sensor integration

• Strong understanding of theSystems Engineering V-ModelandDoWacquisition lifecycle

• Experience in deriving requirements for complex electrical, electro-mechanical, mechanical, and software systems.

• ExperiencewithModel-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools and methodologies

• Experience with requirements management tools

• Experience creating verification and testplansandcoordinating system integration and test activities to support verification of system level requirements.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including experience briefing senior government customers

• Demonstrated experience effectively communicating within a team environment, including leading and conducting Technical Design Reviews

• Willing to travelfrequently.

• Resident of the North Alabama area or willing torelocateto the Huntsville - North Alabama, AL area.

• Possess a secretclearance orhave the ability toobtainandmaintaina secret clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive systems engineering experience specifically onDoWRADAR or Electronic Warfare (EW)programs

• Experience commissioning,maintaining, or decommissioning a radar site.

• Object Management Group (OMG) Certified System Modeler Professional (OCSMP) certification

• INCOSE Systems Engineering Professional (SEP) certification (ASEP or CSEP)

• ActiveSecret, Top Secret orTop Secret / SCIsecurity clearance.

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About Leidos

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. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

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