Chief Engineer

Description

Looking for an opportunity to make an impact? 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 sustainable. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community.

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Leidos’ Defense Systems Persistent Surveillance Portfolio is seeking a highly experienced Chief Engineer to lead the technical execution of a large, multi-phase radar program with concurrent development, test, production, and sustainment activities. The Chief Engineer will serve as the technical authority across multiple product lines and configurations, ensuring design integrity, technical performance, and disciplined engineering execution. This role requires a systems‑minded leader with the ability to balance near‑term production needs with long‑term technology advancement.

Leidos Defense Sector 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 world’s toughest security challenges for customers with “can’t fail” missions.

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• Lead your technical team to design a product that conforms to requirements, on schedule, within budget.
• Manage scope creep.
• Serve as the program’s 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, IPTs, 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.

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, or Aerospace Engineering from an ABET accredited university.
• 17 years or more of progressive engineering experience or 15+ years experience with a Master’s degree.
• Experience in a lead or chief engineer role on large DoD or aerospace program.
• Demonstrated success leading complex, multi-disciplinary engineering teams supporting concurrent development, integration, test, and production.
• 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.
• Active DoD Secret security clearance.
• Candidate must be a resident of the North Alabama area or willing to relocate to the Huntsville – North Alabama, AL, area.

• Experience with radar, EO/IR, or other advanced sensing technologies.
• Experience with mobile military primer movers (FMTV) and power generation (AMMPS).
• Experience with government development testing.

Pay Range $ – $. The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and 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.

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