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About the Role

Serve as the onsite Systems Engineer and senior technical representative, working closely with the Leidos Project Manager, customer leadership, engineers, fleet personnel, operational stakeholders, and government representatives. The position will support day-to-day onsite execution of program activities while also contributing directly to systems engineering, integration, test, and evaluation efforts.

Responsibilities

Serve as the onsite senior technical representative for Leidos at the customer site in San Diego.
Work side by side with customer leadership and technical personnel to support day-to-day program execution and mission priorities.
Support the Leidos Project Manager with program planning, execution, customer coordination, schedule management, risk management, and delivery of program commitments.
Lead and coordinate engineering activities across multiple technical disciplines and stakeholder organizations.
Translate customer operational needs into technically sound engineering approaches, priorities, requirements, and recommendations.
Coordinate with engineers, subcontractors, fleet personnel, operators, government stakeholders, and program leadership to resolve technical and operational issues.
Track technical scope, milestones, schedules, deliverables, action items, risks, issues, dependencies, and decisions.
Maintain project-management artifacts, including project plans, schedules, milestone trackers, risk and issue registers, action-item logs, and status reports.
Identify schedule, resource, technical, interface, cost, or performance concerns and recommend mitigation strategies.
Facilitate technical interchange meetings, program reviews, working groups, integrated product team meetings, and customer engagements.
Guide engineering teams in systems architecture, requirements analysis, systems integration, interface definition, verification and validation, and technical documentation.
Review engineering products and ensure technical deliverables are accurate, complete, consistent, and aligned with customer and program requirements.
Support development and review of engineering analyses, technical assessments, system requirements, design documentation, integration plans, and program deliverables.
Support test and evaluation planning, assessment, and reporting activities as needed; extensive at-sea testing is not expected to be the primary responsibility.
Prepare and deliver technical briefings, program-status updates, decision presentations, risk updates, and recommendations to senior military and government leadership.
Analyze technical and operational information to identify deficiencies, risks, limitations, dependencies, and opportunities for improvement.
Coordinate responses to customer requests and ensure follow-up actions are completed on schedule.
Support program planning, resource coordination, subcontractor or partner coordination, and preparation of technical inputs for contract deliverables.
Provide technical and program leadership during periods of increased operational activity or surge support.
Travel domestically and internationally as required to support customer engagements, program activities, fleet events, and occasional demonstrations or assessments.
Communicate effectively with audiences ranging from engineers and operators to senior military and government leaders.
Support other systems engineering, technical leadership, and Deputy Project Manager activities as assigned.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in systems engineering, naval architecture, mechanical engineering, ocean engineering, electrical engineering, project management, or a related technical discipline.
At least 10 years of progressively responsible experience in systems engineering, naval engineering, maritime operations, fleet support, technical leadership, program management, or a related technical field.
Demonstrated experience supporting complex maritime, naval, shipboard, submarine, underwater, or other defense systems.
Experience working directly with customer, government, military, engineering, or operational stakeholders to address technical requirements and mission needs.
Experience leading or coordinating engineering activities across multiple technical disciplines or organizations.
Experience supporting program execution, including schedule management, deliverables, action items, risks, issues, stakeholder coordination, and status reporting.
Experience developing, reviewing, or managing technical documentation, engineering analyses, requirements, system designs, integration products, or program deliverables.
Experience analyzing technical or operational information and communicating recommendations through written products, briefings, status reports, and presentations.
Experience facilitating technical meetings, program reviews, working groups, or customer engagements.
Ability to work effectively in a customer-facing environment alongside senior government, military, engineering, and program personnel.
Ability to balance systems engineering responsibilities with onsite Deputy Project Manager duties.
Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally, including overseas travel several times per year.
Ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance.

Skills

Systems engineering
Naval operations
Test and evaluation
Technical project management
Program planning
Execution
Customer coordination
Schedule management
Risk management
Delivery of program commitments
Engineering activities coordination
Technical disciplines
Stakeholder organizations
Operational needs translation
Engineering approaches
Requirements
Recommendations
Issue resolution
Technical scope tracking
Milestone tracking
Schedule tracking
Deliverable tracking
Action item tracking
Risk tracking
Issue tracking
Dependency tracking
Decision tracking
Project-management artifacts maintenance
Project plans
Schedules
Milestone trackers
Risk and issue registers
Action-item logs
Status reports
Mitigation strategies
Technical interchange meetings facilitation
Program reviews facilitation
Working groups facilitation
Integrated product team meetings facilitation
Customer engagements facilitation
Systems architecture guidance
Requirements analysis guidance
Systems integration guidance
Interface definition guidance
Verification and validation guidance
Technical documentation guidance
Engineering product review
Technical deliverable accuracy
Technical deliverable completeness
Technical deliverable consistency
Alignment with customer requirements
Alignment with program requirements
Engineering analyses development
Technical assessments development
System requirements development
Design documentation development
Integration plans development
Program deliverables development
Test and evaluation planning support
Test and evaluation assessment support
Test and evaluation reporting support
Technical briefing preparation
Program-status update preparation
Decision presentation preparation
Risk update preparation
Recommendation preparation
Technical and operational information analysis
Deficiency identification
Risk identification
Limitation identification
Dependency identification
Opportunity for improvement identification
Customer request response coordination
Follow-up action completion
Resource coordination
Subcontractor coordination
Partner coordination
Technical inputs preparation
Contract deliverables preparation
Technical leadership
Program leadership
Surge support
Effective communication
Deputy Project Manager activities support
Naval architecture
Mechanical engineering
Ocean engineering
Electrical engineering
Project management
Maritime operations
Fleet support
Technical leadership
Program management
Complex maritime systems support
Naval systems support
Shipboard systems support
Submarine systems support
Underwater systems support
Defense systems support
Customer stakeholder engagement
Government stakeholder engagement
Military stakeholder engagement
Engineering stakeholder engagement
Operational stakeholder engagement
Technical requirements addressing
Mission needs addressing
Engineering activities leadership
Engineering activities coordination
Multiple technical disciplines coordination
Multiple organizations coordination
Program execution support
Schedule management support
Deliverables support
Action items support
Risks support
Issues support
Stakeholder coordination support
Status reporting support
Technical documentation development
Technical documentation review
Technical documentation management
Engineering analyses development
Engineering analyses review
Engineering analyses management
Requirements development
Requirements review
Requirements management
System designs development
System designs review
System designs management
Integration products development
Integration products review
Integration products management
Program deliverables development
Program deliverables review
Program deliverables management
Technical information analysis
Operational information analysis
Recommendation communication
Written product communication
Briefing communication
Status report communication
Presentation communication
Technical meeting facilitation
Program review facilitation
Working group facilitation
Customer engagement facilitation
Customer-facing environment effectiveness
Senior government personnel interaction
Senior military personnel interaction
Senior engineering personnel interaction
Senior program personnel interaction
Systems engineering responsibilities balancing
Onsite Deputy Project Manager duties balancing
Domestic travel
International travel
Overseas travel
TS/SCI security clearance maintenance
Deputy Project Manager experience
Assistant Project Manager experience
Chief engineer experience
Onsite program representative experience
Government organizations coordination
Engineering teams coordination
Fleet personnel coordination
Contractors coordination
Operational commands coordination
Stakeholders coordination
Software development experience
Scripting experience
Software-intensive systems experience
Linux operating systems technical competency
Linux environments technical competency
Maritime command-and-control experience
Communications systems experience
Combat systems experience
Unmanned systems experience
Related mission technologies experience
Graduate degree in engineering
Graduate degree in systems engineering
Graduate degree in project management
Graduate degree in a related technical discipline
DAWIA certification
Defense Acquisition Corps certification
INCOSE certification
PMP certification
Other relevant professional certification
Classified programs support
Defense acquisition support
Operational planning support
Intelligence organizations support
Government technical agencies support

Location

San Diego, California

Work Type

Onsite
Full-time

Experience Level

At least 10 years of progressively responsible experience
Experience serving as a Deputy Project Manager, Assistant Project Manager, technical lead, chief engineer, or equivalent onsite program representative

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree in systems engineering, naval architecture, mechanical engineering, ocean engineering, electrical engineering, project management, or a related technical discipline.
Graduate degree in engineering, systems engineering, project management, or a related technical discipline.

Salary/Compensations

$107,900.00 - $195,050.00

About the Company

The Undersea Systems Division at Leidos currently has an opening for a Systems Engineer to support a customer site in San Diego, California.
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