The Mission Solutions Business Area at Leidos is seeking a Chief Scientist for our Reston, VA location. The

primary focus of the group is reverse engineering Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) related facilities. Candidate

must bring a technically sound multi-disciplinary approach to identifying and solving challenges where all the information desired is inherently unavailable. The successful candidate will lead technical members of an interdisciplinary team of government and contractor personnel. Work will be performed in a fast-paced, high-energy environment within a government facility

Role and Responsibility:

The candidate shall perform the following:

• Provide technical execution and development oversight of subordinate staff supporting a wide variety of research and development (R&D) projects as well and operations and maintenance (O&M) analytic projects.
• Resolve highly complex and multi-dimensional problems requiring consideration of variables that impact multiple aspects of the project/program.  Lead the development of highly innovative products/solutions,  achieved through collaboration and dialogue with other experts.
• Coordinate with the production coordination staff, fellow technical chiefs, portfolio managers, and the Deputy Program Manager for Technical Capabilities to manage resources assigned to current projects.
• Work within the team to explore technical solutions to current and emerging challenges and opportunities for optimization of current work.
• Leadership and management functions for your team.
• Brief senior officials regarding technical solutions, capability, and trends.

Requirements and Qualifications:

• US Citizenship is required.
• Candidate must possess an active TS/SCI, or a Top Secret clearance with a current SSBI, and be eligible to obtain a TS/SCI w/ poly level clearance.
• Candidate must possess a Masters degree with 15 – 20 years of prior relevant experience or Doctorate with 13 – 16 years of prior relevant experience involving both multi-disciplinary technical and personnel management aspects.
• Hard science degree.
• Experience in lieu of degree.
• Five plus years of experience with Defense or Intelligence community work.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to successfully communicate with personnel at all levels of seniority and technical competence.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Working knowledge of chemical, biologic, radiologic, and nuclear weapons, phenomenology, production, or neutralization.
• Degrees across multiple STEM fields.
• Experience in scientific system of systems or high-fidelity modeling and simulation.
• Experience with the application of Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning to scientific problems.
• Experience integrating scientific solutions with software development.

Original Posting Date:

2025-01-17

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 $148,850.00 - $269,075.00

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.