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Senior Systems Engineer — Product Owner

Leidos Gaithersburg, MD

Gaithersburg, MD

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$108k - $195k/yr Full time Application Lifecycle Management Product Management Product Owner

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Job Description

Join Leidos as a Senior Systems Engineer and Product Owner in a hybrid role based in Gaithersburg, MD. You will support development of the Leidos Common Automation Platform (L-CAP) for air traffic management capabilities in an Agile/SAFe environment. This position connects mission and platform needs to delivery through a backlog you own, prioritize, and refine in a highly regulated, safety-critical context.

Leidos also supports team members with programs focused on health and wellbeing, along with income protection, paid leave, and retirement benefits.

Responsibilities

Own and prioritize the backlog for one or more Agile teams, sequencing work based on stakeholder needs, program priorities, and dependencies while ensuring the team builds the right functionality.
Review program requirement documents, system specifications, and applicable FAA standards and orders to identify intent, constraints, and acceptance criteria.
Translate platform and mission capability needs into specific, testable capability statements as Agile features and stories, including clear acceptance criteria.
Maintain traceability from source requirements through features, stories, and verification evidence to support demonstrable compliance outcomes.
Engage customer stakeholders to identify use cases with an emphasis on completeness, testability, alignment with operational workflows, and readiness for validation and field activities.
Define team PI objectives, participate in PI planning and backlog refinement, make timely scope decisions, and accept completed work.
Capture and communicate design decisions, performance trade-offs, compliance rationales, and risk assessments with each release to support review and feedback.
Prepare and review technical documentation, including use cases, user interface specifications, and interface definitions.
Coordinate with the Release Train Engineer, Product Management, systems engineering, and Test and Evaluation to manage dependencies and align delivery with integration and verification milestones.
Lead and participate in structured reviews and inspections.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related discipline with 8+ years of relevant experience, or Master's degree with 6+ years of relevant experience. Equivalent experience may be used in lieu of degree.
Experience with Agile methodology, principles, and tools.
Experience in an Agile Product Owner role: owning and prioritizing the product backlog, defining complete user stories, making timely scope decisions, and accepting work.
Ability to decompose complex requirements into testable work items with clear, verifiable acceptance criteria.
Strong understanding of disciplined engineering processes and attention to detail.
Practical exposure to writing, testing, debugging, and maintaining software or scripts.
Experience in design of cloud-based systems.
Experience engaging customers to understand needs, deliver solutions, manage expectations, and maintain an ongoing relationship.
Experience working in a Scaled Agile (SAFe) organization, including PI planning and cross-team coordination.
Clear verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust.
U.S. citizenship required.
Successful completion of background investigations as required by the government customer.

Technologies

Agile
SAFe
CI/CD pipelines

Benefits

Health and Wellness programs
Income Protection
Paid Leave
Retirement

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge of and experience with AI-assisted development workflows and tools (Claude Code, Codex, etc.).
Experience with Java, Python, React, and scripting languages.
SAFe Product Owner / Product Manager (POPM) certification.
Knowledge of DevSecOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.
Knowledge of hybrid cloud data mesh architectures and microservices platforms.
Familiarity with MBSE concepts and systems engineering integration.
Knowledge of air traffic control systems, air traffic management, general aviation, and/or flight services.
Practical knowledge of FAA/DoD systems, technical policies, standards, and orders.
Knowledge of FedRAMP, FISMA, or government security compliance frameworks.
Experience supporting verification and validation of safety-critical systems.
Track record of successful delivery on large government programs.
Desired but not required: commutable distance to Gaithersburg, MD; Eagan, MN; or Egg Harbor Township, NJ.

Pay Range: $107,900.00 - $195,050.00 per year

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