Lead Systems Engineer

Leidos

. Review FAA requirement documents, advisory circulars, and applicable regulations to extract intent, constraints, and acceptance criteria.

Posted 4/30/2026full-timeEagan • Maryland, Minnesota, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $87,100 - $157,450 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Review FAA requirement documents, advisory circulars, and applicable regulations to extract intent, constraints, and acceptance criteria.
Manage the backlog for one or more Agile teams, prioritizing features based on stakeholder needs, and ensuring the development team builds the right functionality.
Engage with customer stakeholders to identify use cases with an emphasis on completeness, testability, alignment with operational workflows, and readiness for validation trials.
Decompose high-level regulatory requirements into specific, testable capability statements with clear acceptance criteria mapped to FAA compliance outcomes.
Systematically capture and communicate design decisions, performance trade-offs, regulatory compliance rationales, and risk assessments with each release.
Prepare and review technical documentation, including use cases, user interface specifications, and requirements traceability.
Participate in structured reviews and inspections.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field with 4-8 years of relevant experience or a Master’s degree with 2-6 years of experience
Experience and familiarity with Agile methodology, principles, and tools
Familiarity with the role of the Agile Product Owner, including owning and prioritizing the product backlog, defining complete product backlog items (user stories), making timely decisions on scope, and acceptance of work
Strong understanding of disciplined engineering processes, including attention to detail
Past practical exposure to writing, testing, debugging, and maintaining software or scripts
Clear and effective verbal and written communication
Experience with the design of cloud-based systems
Experience in engaging customers to understand needs, deliver solutions, manage expectations, and maintain an ongoing relationship
Ability to obtain SF-85 Public Trust suitability determination
US Citizenship

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation
Health and Wellness programs
Income Protection
Paid Leave
Retirement

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Hard Skills & Tools

Agile methodologyproduct backlog managementuser storiessoftware testingdebuggingcloud-based systems designrequirements traceabilitytechnical documentationrisk assessmentsFAA compliance

Soft Skills

communicationstakeholder engagementattention to detaildecision makingcustomer relationship managementteam collaborationproblem solvinganalytical thinkingorganizational skillsadaptability

Certifications

Bachelor’s degreeMaster’s degreeSF-85 Public Trust suitability determination