Hypersonic Senior Systems Engineer

Description

The Electronic Warfare Division has an opening for an experienced Hypersonic Systems Engineer.

Leidos is seeking senior engineers with a Hypersonics Aerospace background to lead Systems development and Modeling and Simulation (M&S) efforts in the DC Metro Area. This role involves integrating multiple design concepts, defining analysis and test roadmaps, and validating hypersonic systems against system-level requirements. You will mentor junior engineers, provide guidance on methodologies and resources, and support business development activities that align designs with customer needs.

Candidates should have prior experience with hypersonic boost glide or air-breathing systems, articulate the technical challenges of high-speed flight system design, and possess expertise across aerodynamics, aerothermal, materials, thermal, structural, loads & dynamics, or related areas. Experience in defining and integrating multi-domain analyses, deriving requirements, and performing verification and validation of test results through the systems engineering process is essential.

Must be a U.S. Citizen. Active Secret clearance required;
Top Secret preferred.

• System Requirements Generation and Decomposition
• Trade study execution
• System Integration and Interface Coordination
• Verification and Validation
• Aerodynamics / CFD
• Aerothermal
• Trajectory simulation
• Material response
• Mechanical design
• Structural analysis (FEA)
• Thermal analysis
• Ground Test planning and execution
• Flight Test planning and execution
• Range safety analysis
• Payload integration

• System Architecture
• Aerodynamics/CFD (Cart 3D, FNS Tools suites)
• Trajectory simulation (OTIS, POST, or similar)
• Aerothermal & Material response
• Finite Element Analysis (ANSYS, NASTRAN, Sierra)
• CAD
• Matlab
• Tecplot, Para View
• Planning, Execution, and Analysis of ground and/or flight test data

Attend technical reviews, customer meetings, and professional conferences. Up to 25% travel required.

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.