Consulting Employee

Leidos’ Undersea Systems Division is seeking a Senior Optical Systems Engineer to join a funded Government-Industry-Lab team. The role focuses on establishing the feasibility of an optical laser communication system configured for communication through the air-water interface, using underwater and airborne hosts.

Responsibilities

• Direct the architecture, development, and sustainment of mission-critical sensor recording systems across multiple concurrent projects.
• Collaborate with the team to identify embedded firmware and software requirements and evaluate design approaches for solving complex technical problems.
• Review the current state of the recording system codebase, assess changes, and prioritize next steps for development.
• Identify and resolve code quality issues to establish a stable baseline for ongoing development.
• Set up the recording system build in a CI pipeline to enable automated builds and reduce manual integration risk.
• Begin active development on the recording system, addressing priority tasks based on project needs.
• Provide technical guidance to the development team on recording system architecture and best practices.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain a SECRET security clearance.
• Experience with the Leidos Pulse Propagation Model (PPM) design, legacy MATLAB codebase, and operation.
• Extensive experience with optical (blue-green) transmitters and receivers, including development of integrated transceiver payloads and integration/testing with host platforms.
• Ability to read, understand, and interpret complex technical documents.
• Strong oral and visual communication skills for conveying complex ideas.

Preferred Qualifications

• 40+ years of experience in the development and application of technologies, design, integration, test, and production of systems.
• Career progression demonstrating increasing responsibility, leadership, and accountability for complex technical and system challenges.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with innovative digital and mission solutions. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos employs 47,000 professionals globally and reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025.

Pay and Benefits

Leidos offers competitive compensation packages, including Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave, and Retirement benefits. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.