MDS Systems Engineer - Leidos
Join Our Team as an MDS Systems Engineer at Leidos Are you passionate about transforming complex systems into groundbreaking solutions? At Leidos, we invite you to take center stage in an environment where innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence drive our mission. As an MDS Systems Engineer, you'll play a pivotal role in evolving our system architecture to meet dynamic challenges, working alongside a team of seasoned experts committed to excellence. What You'll Do Drive System Evolution: Define and refine system requirements while investigating transformative changes in our MDS environment. Your keen analytical skills will help set the stage for groundbreaking enhancements. Collaborate Across Disciplines: Engage with a diverse group of stakeholders, gathering insights and prioritizing modifications that span new capabilities, external mandates, and essential fixes. Champion Rigorous Analysis: Conduct comprehensive systems requirements assessments, functional and timeline analyses, and in-depth trade studies. Your expertise in requirements allocation and interface definition will shape the future of our technology. Ensure Excellence in Execution: Lead technical management efforts, integration initiatives, rigorous system testing, and robust quality assurance to maintain our standards of excellence and reliability. Note: This is a telecommuting position that requires candidates be within reasonable commuting distance of Virginia Beach VA. Basic Qualifications: A Bachelor's degree coupled with 8-12 years of relevant experience, with a foundation built on substantial MDS expertise. Strong grasp of the TWS system, TMPC, and especially MDS is essential. You should be comfortable with technical planning and adept in system hardware, software, and network design, from development through integration to validation. Proven experience in assessing alternatives, including cost, risk, and supportability analyses, ensuring you can confidently recommend and implement the best course of action. Requires a current Top Secret clearance with the ability to obtain a Top Secret SCI security clearance after hiring. Preferred Qualifications: Experience with MDS operations within the fleet, strategic insights into strike planning, and an in-depth understanding of the TMPC installation process will set you apart. Why Leidos? At Leidos, your work will have a direct impact on shaping critical systems that drive tomorrow's innovations. If you're ready to harness your expertise to influence change, drive excellence, and elevate your career, join us in delivering advanced solutions that matter. Step into a role where every day is a chance to innovate, collaborate, and lead. Transform systems. Transform futures. Transform your career at Leidos. Are you curious about how your work might integrate with emerging technologies or have questions about career growth within such a dynamic field? Let's dig deeper into what excites you most about this opportunity or explore other innovative projects on the horizon. At Leidos, we don't want someone who "fits the mold"-we want someone who melts it down and builds something better. This is a role for the restless, the over-caffeinated, the ones who ask, "what's next?" before the dust settles on "what's now." If you're already scheming step 20 while everyone else is still debating step 2... good. You'll fit right in. Original Posting: September 11, 2025 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. Pay Range: Pay Range $104,650.00 - $189,175.00 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. Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.