Senior Systems Engineer & Product Owner - AI-Driven ATC

Leidos; Egg Harbor City (NJ); Hybrid; USD 108,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer — Product Owner to join the Air Traffic Business Area, supporting the Leidos Common Automation Platform (L-CAP). This hybrid role requires 3 days onsite and 2 days remote for commuting locations; otherwise 100% remote is possible.

You will own the team backlog in an Agile/SAFe environment, translating platform needs into testable work and coordinating with program architects, customer stakeholders, Product Management, and DevSecOps teams to deliver

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field with 8+ years of experience or Master's with 6+ years.
• Experience with Agile methodology, principles, and tools.
• Experience as Agile Product Owner, backlog ownership and item definition with acceptance.
• Ability to decompose complex requirements into testable work items with clear criteria.
• Strong understanding of disciplined engineering processes and attention to detail.
• Experience designing cloud-based systems and engaging customers in outcomes.
• Experience in SAFe environments with PI planning and cross-team coordination.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust and U.S. citizenship.

Responsibilities

• Own and prioritize the backlog for one or more Agile teams; sequence work by stakeholder needs and dependencies.
• Review requirements, system specs, and FAA standards to extract intent and acceptance criteria.
• Decompose platform needs into testable features and stories with acceptance criteria.
• Maintain traceability from requirements through verification evidence for compliance.
• Engage stakeholders to identify use cases aligned with operations and validation readiness.
• Define PI objectives, participate in PI planning and backlog refinement, accept work.
• Document design decisions, trade-offs, and risk assessments for traceability.
• Prepare and review technical documentation including use cases and interface definitions.
• Coordinate with RTE, Product Management, systems engineering, and Test to align delivery milestones.
• Lead and participate in structured reviews and inspections.

Skills

Agile Methodology

Product Owner

Backlog Management

Requirements Decomposition

Communication

Cloud-based Systems

SAFe / Scaled Agile

Customer Engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Master's degree (equivalent experience)

Tools

Java

Python

React

Scripting Languages

Job description

Leidos is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer — Product Owner to join the Air Traffic Business Area, supporting the Leidos Common Automation Platform (L-CAP). This hybrid role requires 3 days onsite and 2 days remote for commuting locations; otherwise 100% remote is possible.

You will own the team backlog in an Agile/SAFe environment, translating platform needs into testable work and coordinating with program architects, customer stakeholders, Product Management, and DevSecOps teams to deliver