Senior Systems Engineer: Standards & Technical Specifications

Leidos; Brookmont (MD); On-site; USD 131,000 - 237,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

11 paid Holidays

401K with company match

Flexible schedules

Education and Training Support

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Systems Engineer specializing in Standards or Technical Specifications to maintain and enhance our technical specification repository in the Bethesda, MD area. You will apply structured systems engineering approaches to ensure accuracy, consistency, and compliance across multiple stakeholders.

The role requires on-site work, an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph, and deep experience with schema design and tools like Protégé/OWL.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph.
• On-site work in Bethesda, Maryland.
• BS degree with 12–15 years of experience, or MS with 10–13 years (can be substituted for degree).
• Strong knowledge of DevOps and software engineering processes.
• Experience with Protégé and OWL and structured schema design.

Responsibilities

• Technical Specification Management across stakeholder teams.
• Design and implement machine-readable schemas and ontologies.
• Collaborate with engineers to ensure traceability and quality.

Skills

DevOps

Requirements engineering

Coding

Documentation

Configuration management

Quality assurance

Integration testing

Team collaboration

Communication

Education

BS degree in a technical field

Master's degree

Doctorate (PhD)

Tools

Protégé

OWL

Job description

Leidos is seeking a Systems Engineer specializing in Standards or Technical Specifications to maintain and enhance our technical specification repository in the Bethesda, MD area. You will apply structured systems engineering approaches to ensure accuracy, consistency, and compliance across multiple stakeholders.

The role requires on-site work, an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph, and deep experience with schema design and tools like Protégé/OWL.