Signals Development Specialist

Leidos; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 59,000 - 107,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos seeks a Signals Development Specialist to support critical national security missions at Offutt AFB, NE. You’ll apply formal signals analysis and problem-solving skills to inform intelligence operations and enhance warfighter readiness.

Required are a current TS/SCI with polygraph, a bachelor’s degree with 4–6 years of relevant analysis experience, and familiarity with the intelligence cycle and reporting requirements.

Qualifications

• Current TS/SCI with polygraph on day one is required.
• Bachelor’s degree and 4–6 years of analysis experience in a technical field or equivalent.
• 451 (461) course graduate; 452 graduate highly desired.
• Experience providing analytic support for developing new capabilities against known and newly identified targets.
• Understanding of the intelligence cycle, policy and guidance, organizational structure, mission, and relationships.

Responsibilities

• Execute bit stream analysis and report findings using UNIX/Linux systems.
• Attend integrated product team meetings and provide engineering support as required.
• Create visual displays conveying situational awareness and engagement effectiveness assessments.
• Prepare technical reports to analysts and operators explaining changes in the operational environment.
• Research targets to acquire, compile analysis, and retain relevant target information.
• Assist in producing weekly, monthly, and ad hoc analysis reports.
• Engage with internal and external offices regarding mission execution and tasking requirements.

Skills

Signals analysis

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree

451/452 course

Job description

Description

Elevate Your Next Career Move

At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers’ success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainably. Everything we do is built on a dedication to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.

If this sounds like an environment you’d like to work in, keep reading!

The Mission:

The Defense Sector within Leidos develops and produces advanced space, aerial, surface, and sub-surface manned and un‑manned capabilities. Our Business Area delivers smart, integrated, mission‑ready solutions that enhance military intelligence operations and accelerate decision advantage for the warfighter. We achieve this through advanced platform and systems integration, rapid systems modernization, repeatable mission software offerings, and intelligence and data rationalization that turns information into actionable insight. Our team is solving the world’s toughest security challenges for customers with “can’t fail” missions.

Leidos is actively seeking talented candidates for an exciting Signals Development Specialist position at Offutt AFB, NE — a role at the heart of some of the most critical intelligence missions in the enterprise. If you’re driven by complex problem‑solving, advanced signals analysis, and work that directly supports national security, this opportunity stands out. A current TS/SCI with polygraph is required to be considered.

As a Signals Development Specialist, you’ll bring your formal signals analysis training and understanding of Air Force Air Force organizational structure and the role the Air Force plays in the larger enterprise. Your expertise truly matters as you’ll shape insights that influence real‑world operations.

Note: This is for a potential upcoming opportunity.

What You’ll Do:

• Execute bit stream analysis and report findings using the UNIX /Linux operating‑based system.
• Attend integrated product team meetings, technical interchanges, planning meetings, and providing computer engineering support as required.
• Create visual displays conveying situational awareness and engagement effectiveness assessments.
• Prepare technical reports to analysts and operators to educate them how to recognize changes in operational environment likely to cause mission success or failure.
• Research targets to acquire, compile analysis, and retain appropriate target information.
• Assist in providing weekly, monthly, and ad hoc reports on results of analysis.
• Engage with external and internal offices regarding mission execution, to include having a foundational knowledge on tasking requirements.

What You’ll Need (Required) :

• Current TS/SCI with polygraph on day one
• Bachelor’s degree and 4-6 years of analysis experience in a technical field equivalent. Additional related experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• 451 (461) course graduate; 452 graduate highly desired.
• Experience providing analytic support for the development of new capabilities against both known and newly identified targets.
• Possess understanding of the intelligence cycle, policy and guidance, the organizational structure, mission, and external and internal relationships.
• Able to communicate effectively with others, both orally and in writing.
• Able to quickly assimilate disparate data, render knowledgeable, accurate assessments of the implication of such data, and make decisions, estimates, and recommendations, based upon mature judgment and experience.

Pay Range

Pay Range $59,150.00 - $106,925.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand 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.

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 www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-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.