Ground Based Radar Digitization Site Systems Engineer

  • Leidos
  • Huntsville, Alabama
  • Full Time

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Leidos Defense Systems Defense Sensors is seeking a highly experienced Systems Engineer to lead emplacement of new and innovative radar systems. This is a large, multi-phase radar program with concurrent development, test, production, and sustainment activities. You will serve as the technical authority across multiple engineering disciplines, ensuring design integrity, technical performance, and disciplined engineering execution. This role requires a systems-minded leader with the ability to direct technical work based on cost, schedule, risk, and requirements. Frequent travel to emplacement sites will be required. This is not your average engineering position. You will work on a team of the most talented engineers in the region who push you to be better every day. This is a fast-paced program with unique technical challenges that will be a rewarding milestone in any engineering career.

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Primary Responsibilities

  • Lead systems engineer for site emplacement of a new digitized RADAR system. They will need to approach the site survey from the overall system perspective.

  • Considers integration activities, test, and the government operational acceptance.

  • Captures information about the site to feed into the requirement development process and develop the site integration and test portion of the installation plan.

  • Serve as the primary systems engineering point of contact, with frequent site travel.

  • Act as a site technical lead for engineering execution, system performance, and requirements compliance.

  • Collaborate with design, analysis, and fabrication teams to resolve challenges and optimize installation.

  • Provide guidance on system modifications, upgrades, and retrofits for site readiness and system compatibility.

  • Track project progress and coordinate resources to meet milestones for decommissioning legacy systems, installing temporary solutions to maintain mission readiness, and final system emplacement.

Basic Qualifications

  • A Bachelors degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or equivalent degree from an ABET-accredited university with 12 15 years of prior relevant experience or a Masters degree with 10 13 years of prior relevant experience.

  • Demonstrated experience with site integration and execution of government operational acceptance testing.

  • Strong technical judgment and ability to communicate complex issues to technical and non-technical audiences.

  • Experience with formal design reviews (PDR/CDR), configuration management, and risk management.

  • Experience withRADAR systems design, including radar signal processing, antenna systems, or sensor integration

  • Strong understanding of theSystems Engineering V-Modeland DoW acquisition lifecycle

  • Experience in deriving requirements for complex electrical, electro-mechanical, mechanical, and software systems.

  • Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools and methodologies

  • Experience with requirements management tools

  • Experience creating verification and test plans and coordinating system integration and test activities to support verification of system level requirements.

  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, including experience briefing senior government customers

  • Demonstrated experience effectively communicating within a team environment, including leading and conducting Technical Design Reviews

  • Willing to travel frequently.

  • Resident of the North Alabama area or willing to relocate to the Huntsville - North Alabama, AL area.

  • Possess a secret clearance or have the ability to obtain and maintain a secret clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

  • 15+ years of progressive systems engineering experience specifically onDoW RADAR or Electronic Warfare (EW)programs

  • Experience commissioning, maintaining, or decommissioning a radar site.

  • Object Management Group (OMG) Certified System Modeler Professional (OCSMP) certification

  • INCOSE Systems Engineering Professional (SEP) certification (ASEP or CSEP)

  • ActiveSecret, Top Secret or Top Secret / SCIsecurity clearance.

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Original Posting: June 3, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that 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 as listed above.

Pay Range: Pay Range $131,300.00 - $237,350.00

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.

Job ID: 523541418
Originally Posted on: 6/3/2026

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