Senior System Architect

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Leidos Defense provides a diverse portfolio of systems solutions and services covering land sea air space and cyberspace for customers worldwide. Solutions for Defense include enterprise and mission IT large-scale intelligence systems command and control geospatial and data analytics cybersecurity logistics training and intelligence analysis and operations support. Our team is solving the worlds toughest security challenges for customers with cant fail missions.

Leidos Low Band Surveillance program (LBS) is seeking a System Architect. This position will lead the Mobile LBS system proposal design and production phases of the program. 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.

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.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead technical team to design manufacture and deliver a radar system that conforms to requirements.

• Be comfortable navigating software signal processing mechanical and electrical engineering issues while supported by subject matter experts on your team.

• Provide technical oversight and management of technical baseline

• Balance technical solution while adhering to cost and schedule constraints

• Serve as the programs technical lead for engineering execution system performance and compliance with requirements across multiple product lifecycle stages.

• Communicate technical progress challenges and opportunities to senior leadership and government stakeholders.

• Provide technical direction and oversight to subsystem leads integrated product team leads and specialty engineering disciplines to ensure design maturity integration and risk mitigation.

• Mentor and develop technical staff fostering a culture of innovation rigor and collaboration across the engineering organization.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering from an ABET-accredited university

• 12 years of applicable experience or 10 years with MS degree.

• Experience leading a team of engineers to develop solutions that meet technical cost and schedule requirements

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

• Experience with formal design review processes (PDR/CDR) configuration management and risk management practices.

• Strong desire to lead guide and mentor

• Active secret security clearance or ability to obtain and maintain secret security clearance

• You must be a resident of the Huntsville AL area or willing to relocate to the Huntsville AL area

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with radar EO/IR or other advanced sensing technologies.

• Design and/or Integration experience in the following areas:

• Mobile equipment

• Tactical trailers

• Radar Systems

• Mechanism Design

• Design for Manufacturability

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