Systems Engineer - Lead

Leidos

21h•Remote

About The Position

System Engineering Lead UK NASR PDT Leidos is seeking a System Engineering Lead to support the United Kingdom National Airspace System Replacement Product Delivery Team - UK NASR PDT. You will join a dynamic engineering team responsible for building and sustaining real-time, high-availability, safety-critical systems that directly support national airspace operations. This is a U.S. Based position that offers the ability to work 100% Remote. Responsibilities: Supporting the NAS-R program as a Leidos System Engineer (SE). Providing technical leadership and guidance for development of SE work products across the NAS-R program the successful candidate will be: Modernizing the air traffic control equipment by improving the exchange of electronic flight data and implementing electronic flight strips. Applicants selected may be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Why Leidos You will play a critical role in validating and integrating software that supports national airspace operations. This position requires precision, discipline, and leadership — ensuring complex systems perform reliably in operational environments where safety and performance are paramount. If you are motivated by solving complex integration challenges and leading formal verification efforts in regulated, mission-critical systems, we encourage you to apply. If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares. Original Posting: February 24, 2026 For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above. Leidos Leidos is a Fortune 500® innovation company rapidly addressing the world's most vexing challenges in national security and health. The company's global workforce of 47,000 collaborates to create smarter technology solutions for customers in heavily regulated industries. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenue of approximately $15.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2023. 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 here. Securing Your Data Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information at any part of the employment application process. And Leidos will communicate with you only through emails that are sent from a Leidos.com email address. If you receive an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information, please report the email to [email protected]. Commitment and Diversity 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.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a related technical discipline with 12-15 years of professional experience, OR Master’s degree with 10+ professional experience
Demonstrated leadership abilities along with strong systems engineering technical skills
Systems Engineering experience, including proven experience working in complex projects gathering user requirements and converting them into system requirements
Working knowledge with process modeling
Demonstrated understanding of full software development life cycle
Proven experience with: Supporting highly critical customer missions, streamlining the schedule sequence of departures to improve efficiency on the surface.
Optimizing the experience for the flying public, Air Traffic Control, and the airline industry by improving the collaboration and decision-making capabilities between the gate and the tower.

Responsibilities

Supporting the NAS-R program as a Leidos System Engineer (SE).
Providing technical leadership and guidance for development of SE work products across the NAS-R program the successful candidate will be:
Modernizing the air traffic control equipment by improving the exchange of electronic flight data and implementing electronic flight strips.
Serving as a prime SE technical interface for internal and external customers
Leading and facilitating requirement reviews and Working Group meetings with customer
Providing daily technical direction and guidance to the systems engineering team
Reviewing and ensuring the quality of systems engineering deliverables and work products across the team
Identifying risks, opportunities and dependencies and coordinating plans to resolve the risks and dependencies
Demonstrating understanding of engineering issues and the ability to develop cost effective solutions
Developing A-Level System/Subsystem Specification (SSS) requirements, B-Level Software Requirements Specification (SRS), Systems Engineering Modeling and Design, and Computer Human Interface design and mock-up development for the NAS-R system
Interfacing with the FAA customer to address/answer questions relating to the developed requirements, use cases describing human interactions and design decisions
Performing Systems Engineering as needed for the NAS-R system
Providing support needed for software development, integration and test, and other functional areas
Articulating user needs and requirements from high level user stories
Developing the design for the user interface framework including client and server-side components; analyzing and designing databases within an application
Working in an Agile Scrum environment