Senior Signal Processing Engineer

Senior Signal Processing Engineer – Leidos Innovations Center (LInC)

Location:

Arlington, VA or San Diego, CA

Electronic Warfare (EW) is a growing enterprise that protects the warfighter and our national security against ever‑adapting threats. Due to continued growth, Leidos Innovations Center (LInC) at Leidos in Arlington, VA or San Diego, CA currently has an opening for a Senior Signal Processing Engineer
. As a LInC EW Senior Signal Processing Engineer, you will be responsible for research, design, and development of signal collection, processing and dissemination systems. Duties may include designing, developing, and analyzing systems for the extraction of information from signal sensors and also serving as Technical Team Lead. You will support the Division by achieving program objectives, leading technical teams, and participating in business development activities.

• Lead and develop novel and advanced algorithms, performance simulation, and analysis using simulated and real data in both time series and spectral domains.
• Serve as Principal Investigator on complex multi‑disciplinary programs.
• Mentor and coach other technical staff.
• Lead or support marketing and business development initiatives: develop technical solutions and new ideas for response to capture efforts (e.g., BAAs, RFPs).
• Participate in, and/or lead, lab‑based and field testing.
• Lead and/or engage in multiple projects.
• Communicate results in briefings and written material to your team, the Customer and management.

• Must be U.S. Citizen with an active Secret clearance and the ability to obtain a TS/SCI level clearance.
• Master's with 15+ years prior relevant experience, or Master’s with 10+ years prior relevant experience.
• Fluent with tools such as MATLAB, Linux, Mathematica, Python, Simulink and languages such as C/C++, Java.
• Working knowledge areas such as digital filtering, spectral estimation, detection and estimation theory, linear algebra, and stochastic processes.
• Demonstrated leadership of small multi‑disciplinary technical teams and/or projects.
• Demonstrated strong oral and written communication.
• Experience working in EW, SIGINT and/or radar fields as a technical leader.

• Doctoral degree.
• Business Development and Capture experience (e.g., proposals, white papers).
• Experience working in a Research and Development (R&D) environment.

$ - $. The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary.

Competitive benefits including 4+ weeks paid time off, 11 paid holidays, 401(k) with a 6% company match, flexible schedules, discounted stock purchase plans, technical upskilling, education and training support, and parental paid leave.

November 5, 2025. 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.

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.