Engineering Team Lead

Description

The Leidos Innovations Center produces and sustains sensor systems supporting Homeland Defense. You’ll directly impact the Department of Defense’s Homeland Defense mission by improving survivability and decreasing vulnerability against foreign threat systems. 

We are seeking a functional leader for our engineering team with a background in sensor systems and software engineering. This is a dual role as a lead system engineer (80%) and a manager of a small (8 to 10) group of technical professionals (20%). The group's responsibilities include signal processing, RF engineering and software development for in-service and in-development sensor systems.

In this role you will perform the following:

Functional Management

• Performance Management

• Staffing

• Pay planning  

• Employee engagement and development

Lead System Engineer

• Task Planning and Schedule Management

• Identification and root cause analysis of system anomalies

• Performance prediction and modelling of test scenarios

• Analysis of test results, investigate discrepancies, and propose solutions to identified issues

The successful candidate will have strong analytic and communication skills and work well in a dynamic, multi-disciplinary environment.

Essential Skills:

• Complex systems development experience including algorithms, software, data analysis, modeling and simulation

• Test Planning

• Knowledge of the Design, Manufacturing and Test Integration process

• Knowledge of signal processing, tracking algorithms and filters

• Knowledge of RF Hardware Engineering

• Knowledge of Software Engineering

• 10 or more years’ experience working with sensor systems

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science/Engineering, Physics

• Experience as Technical lead or other demonstrated leadership role

• DoD SECRET Clearance with the most recent investigation in the previous 6 years

Desired Skills

• Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science/Engineering, Data Analytics, Physics or equivalent

• Knowledge of radar principles

LInC

Electronic Warfare

Pay Range:

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.

About Leidos

Leidos is a Fortune 500® technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, civil, and health markets. The company’s 45,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $14.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2022.  For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.