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Lead Systems Engineer - Product Owner

Leidos Eagan, MN

Eagan, MN

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$87k - $157k/yr Full time Agile Backlog Engineering Management

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Job Description

Join Leidos as a Lead Systems Engineer serving as a Product Owner in an Agile/SAFe, Scaled Agile environment. You will help shape next-generation flight service and air traffic systems by translating FAA and regulatory intent into testable software capabilities. This role supports government programs that require Public Trust suitability, with a clear focus on traceable decision-making, validation readiness, and disciplined engineering outcomes.

Location: Eagan, MN (onsite)

Compensation: USD 87,100 - 157,450 per year

What you will do

Review FAA requirement documents, advisory circulars, and applicable regulations (including 14 CFR parts) to extract intent, constraints, and acceptance criteria.
Own and manage the backlog for one or more Agile teams, prioritizing features based on stakeholder needs and ensuring the team builds the right functionality.
Partner with customer stakeholders to identify use cases, emphasizing completeness, testability, alignment with operational workflows, and readiness for validation trials.
Decompose high-level regulatory requirements into specific, testable capability statements (Agile features), with acceptance criteria mapped to FAA compliance outcomes such as performance thresholds, safety margins, and required reporting formats.
Capture and communicate design decisions, performance trade-offs, regulatory compliance rationales, and risk assessments with each release to enable traceability and informed review feedback.
Prepare and review technical documentation, including use cases, user interface specifications, and requirements traceability.
Participate in structured reviews and inspections.

What you bring

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field with 4-8 years of relevant experience, or Master’s degree with 2-6 years of relevant experience.
Experience with Agile methodology, principles, and tools.
Familiarity with the Agile Product Owner role, including backlog ownership, defining complete backlog items (user stories), making timely scope decisions, and accepting delivered work.
Strong disciplined engineering mindset with attention to detail.
Hands-on exposure to writing, testing, debugging, and maintaining software or scripts.
Clear verbal and written communication skills.
Experience with cloud-based systems.
Experience engaging customers to understand needs, deliver solutions, manage expectations, and maintain an ongoing relationship.
Ability to obtain an SF-85 Public Trust suitability determination.
US citizenship.

Technologies you may use

Java, Python, React
CI/CD pipelines
CAMEO, DOORS, Jama, Jira

Benefits

Health and Wellness programs
Income Protection
Paid Leave
Retirement

Preferred qualifications

Experience with Java, Python, React, and scripting languages.
Knowledge of AI-assisted development workflows and tools (for example: Claude Code, Codex).
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 using requirement-management tools and documentation platforms that support linking, reviews, and exportable RTMs (for example: CAMEO, DOORS, Jama, Jira with traceability plugins, and related platforms).

Original posting date: April 29, 2026

Leidos reasonably anticipates 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.

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