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Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 4, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 2, 2026. Leidos scores B on the Alion truth index.

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Leidos is an American technology and engineering services company created in 2013 when Science Applications International Corporation split in two, with Leidos taking the technical services and solutions business. It is one of the largest suppliers to the United States government, working across defence programmes, intelligence systems, civil agencies including the Federal Aviation Administration, and healthcare services for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, the company also builds security detection products for airports and borders, and has concentrated recent investment on trusted artificial intelligence and autonomy for mission environments.

Position: Systems Engineer

Location: remote, must be able and willing to travel

Clearance: Secret

Make an Impact with Leidos

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.

Thrive in a Mission-Focused Environment

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. Our teams take on challenges where failure is not an option-and succeed.

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.

Primary Responsibilities

  • 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.

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree with 12+ years of related experience. Additional experience, training, and/or certifications may be considered in lieu of degree.
  • US Citizen; Currently possessing an active DoD 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
  • Must be able and willing to travel.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Certified Systems Engineering Professional Accreditation.
  • Experience with requirements management tools (DOORS).
  • Experience with DODAF Architecture.
  • Experience working in an Agile Environment.
  • Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering

Ready to make an impact? Start your next career chapter with Leidos-apply today!

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If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:

November 2, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $131,300.00 - $237,350.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. 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.

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