Lead AI-Driven Systems Engineer for Air Traffic

Leidos; Gaithersburg (MD); Hybrid; USD 131,000 - 237,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer (LEAD) to join the Air Traffic Business Area within the Homeland Sector in Gaithersburg, MD, with hybrid work: 3 days onsite and 2 days remote, supporting the Leidos Common Automation Platform (L-CAP). You will lead requirements, interfaces, integration, V&V, and safety analyses across four ARTs to enable next-gen air traffic capabilities.

The role requires 12+ years of systems engineering leadership (or 10+ with a Master’s), MBSE/SysML modeling,

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-program systems engineering activities across four ARTs
• Establish and govern requirements management processes and standards
• Define and manage interface control documents and integration specifications
• Develop verification and validation (V&V) strategy and execution plans
• Maintain requirements traceability from stakeholder needs through implementation
• Lead system integration planning and execution across the platform
• Conduct safety analysis including hazard identification and mitigation
• Support certification activities and regulatory compliance evidence
• Define and enforce SE process standards and best practices
• Lead technical reviews including SRR, PDR, CDR, and TRR
• Ensure cross-ART architectural consistency by establishing shared systems engineering standards and interface governance
• Lead modernization planning from a systems engineering perspective including decomposition strategies and transition sequencing
• Govern interfaces between legacy and modernized services maintaining technical coherence across the program
• Champion an AI-first engineering culture by identifying and applying AI-assisted development capabilities, automation, and emerging software engineering practices that improve developer productivity, code quality, testing, and delivery.

Job description

Leidos is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer (LEAD) to join the Air Traffic Business Area within the Homeland Sector in Gaithersburg, MD, with hybrid work: 3 days onsite and 2 days remote, supporting the Leidos Common Automation Platform (L-CAP). You will lead requirements, interfaces, integration, V&V, and safety analyses across four ARTs to enable next-gen air traffic capabilities.

The role requires 12+ years of systems engineering leadership (or 10+ with a Master’s), MBSE/SysML modeling,