Flight Termination Engineer Lead - Hypersonics

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Leidos’ Defense Systems is seeking a Flight Terminiatrion Engineer Lead for its Hypersonics line of business. With offices across the United States engaging in the defense, space, cyber and commercial fields, Leidos provides responsive, cost-effective engineering, scientific and IT solutions. The selected candidate will support the Common Hypersonic Glide Body program (CHGB). The CHGB is the Army’s #1 priority for strategic weapons capability for long-range precision fires and will counter and gain a lead on our adversaries' technological advances in this field, come join us in this exciting, cutting-edge field.

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Primary Responsibilities

• Serve as the Responsible Engineer and IPT Lead for the Flight Termination System
• Lead technical reviews, failure investigations, supplier engagements, and cross-functional task teams
• Assist in requirement decomposition
• Interface with the Range Commanders Council
• Conduct non-conformance and root cause corrective action investigations

Basic Qualifications

• A BS in Electrical Engineering from an ABET accredited institution
• 8+ years of relevant experience (or 12+ years of relevant experience in lieu of degree) or a MS in Electrical Engineering and 6+ years of relevant experience
• Must be capable of reading engineering drawings, electrical schematics, cable/wiring diagrams, and the corresponding work instructions to produce complex assemblies and provide valuable feedback to program leadership
• Provide rapid integration and troubleshooting support for system-level integration
• Experience in electronics integration, test, and troubleshooting
• Experience in environmental testing of avionics
• Experience in writing qualification plans to meet RCC-319 and RCC-324 requirements
• Experience with risk, issues, and/or opportunity management
• Knowledge of test procedure development
• Knowledge of circuit design – analog, digital, power
• Organizational skills to document designs, assist with Technical Data Packages (TDP) and support production and test of the avionics
• Candidate must have demonstrated experience in effectively communicating within a team environment, which will include the government customer, industry partners, test, and manufacturing engineers.

Preferred Qualifications.

• Active DoD Secret clearance
• Experience with manufacturing and production of avionics components
• Familiarity with instrumentation, test equipment, and test methods including the use of oscilloscopes, multimeters, signal generators, etc.
• Knowledge of post test data processing
• Knowledge of test development to support troubleshooting hardware failures
• Experience in a MIL-STD-810 Test Environment
• Knowledge of ASME and IEEE standards
• Experience supporting DoD programs related to missile systems, reentry vehicles, or hypersonic technologies
• Prior work in assembly, integration, or testing of missile systems.
• Experience supporting rapid development, prototyping, or fast-paced engineering programs.

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Original Posting:

August 6, 2026

Pay Range:

Pay Range $107,900.00 - $195,050.00

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.