Systems Engineer - Missile Systems Mission Planning

The Decision Advantage Business Area within Defense at Leidos is seeking a Systems Engineer to support our NAVAIR customer in Alexandria, VA, California, MD, or Virginia, VA

The ideal candidate will have experience performing systems engineering, systems analysis, and supporting software development activities in support of acquisition, design, test and operations. This position requires up to 25% travel.

• Transition of requirements from current requirements to support prototype mission planning requirements.

• Collaborate with the government and teams to define algorithms and architecture for operational mission planning and strike planning.

• Understand and facilitate algorithm design, software implementation and testing, quality control, documentation, and integration into tactical mission planning tools.

• Provide engineering design and analysis assessments

• Validate system and customer requirements

• Draft system specifications

• Develop Roadmap and release planning

• Support Formal software and system milestone reviews

• Recommend CONOPS changes and use case development

• Conduct and lead system test events

• Evaluate vendor design and requirements specifications, hardware proposals and software solutions

• Coordinate and lead technical exchange meetings with vendors, customers and system operators

• Ability to work in ambiguous situations relying on creativity to deliver products

• Ability to explain and effectively communicate complex engineering analyses and studies to government and corporate management

• B.S. in Engineering, Computer Science, or other related fields.

• Active and current Top Secret clearance with ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI.

• Must be willing and able to travel 25%.

• Demonstrated initiative and strong ownership of deliverables.

• Demonstrated experience leading working groups.

• Very comfortable speaking to groups.

• Strong writing skills.

• Model Based System Engineering experience.

• SAFe agile experienc.e

• Integrated development tool experience, such as DOORS, JAMA, Jira, Magic Draw, etc.

• Ability and willingness to travel 25%.

• 5+ years of experience conducting engineering analysis, modeling, and simulation

• 4+ years of experience working in the defense and/or intelligence industry

• TS/SCI clearance

• Experience with the TLAM weapon system or other weapon systems

• Experience with imagery-based mission planning navigation products

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.

Pay Range: $ - $

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit

Pay and Benefits

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Commitment to Non-Discrimination

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.

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