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Senior Systems Engineer

Leidos Ashburn, VA

Ashburn, VA

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$108k - $195k/yr Full time Senior Agile Safe DevOps

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Job Description

Senior Systems Engineer role with Leidos supporting the Air Traffic Business Area within the Homeland Sector, helping deliver next-generation flight service and air traffic systems in a regulated environment.

Responsibilities

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 delivery of the right functionality.
Partner with customer stakeholders to define use cases focused on completeness, testability, alignment to 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 (including 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 support review and traceable feedback.
Prepare and review technical documentation, including use cases, user interface specifications, and requirements traceability.
Lead and participate in structured reviews and inspections.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field with at least 8 years of relevant experience; or Master’s degree with at least 6 years of relevant experience.
Experience with Agile methodology, principles, and tools.
Experience in the role of Agile Product Owner, including:
- Owning and prioritizing the product backlog
- Defining complete product backlog items (user stories)
- Making timely decisions on scope
- Acceptance of work
Strong disciplined engineering process habits with attention to detail.
Practical experience writing, testing, debugging, and maintaining software or scripts.
Clear verbal and written communication.
Experience designing cloud-based systems.
Experience engaging customers to understand needs, deliver solutions, manage expectations, and maintain ongoing relationships.
Ability to obtain SF-85 Public Trust suitability determination.
US Citizenship.

Technologies

Agile, Agile/SAFe
Java, Python, React
Claude Code, Codex
DevSecOps, CI/CD
CAMEO, DOORS, Jama, Jira
SF-85

Preferred Qualifications

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

Benefits

Health and Wellness programs
Income Protection
Paid Leave
Retirement

Location: Ashburn, VA (onsite)

Pay: USD 107,900 - 195,050 per yearly

Posting date: April 29, 2026

Pay range note: Pay Range $107,900.00 - $195,050.00

US positions note: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date listed above.

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