Senior Test and Integration Engineer

Leidos is seeking a Senior Test and Integration Engineer to lead cutting-edge testing and validation efforts within the Undersea Systems Division (USD). This role is a unique opportunity to drive innovation in testing underwater vehicle systems, maritime sensors, subsea telemetry, and ISR solutions that support critical defense and national security missions.

You'll contribute to a multidisciplinary team focused on testing, integrating, and validating advanced maritime technologies, ensuring system reliability and performance from prototype design to full-scale system deployment for ongoing Navy missions.

Leidos’ Undersea Systems Division is a recognized leader in C4ISR technologies, delivering innovative, mission-critical solutions across sensor networks, unmanned systems, and tactical platforms. We’re known for achieving “industry firsts” in the most challenging maritime domains.

Join us and be part of a world-class team delivering unmatched solutions for today's most pressing maritime missions.

Why Join Us?

• Make an Impact: Your work will directly support U.S. maritime dominance and national security.
• Lead Innovation: Be at the forefront of applying innovative technology and autonomy to real-world maritime systems.
• Work with Experts: Collaborate with a top-tier team of engineers, scientists, and technicians located across the U.S.
• Shape the Future: Influence both the strategic and tactical direction of next-generation subsea technologies.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the planning and development of comprehensive test plans, procedures, and protocols to ensure system functionality, reliability, and compliance with requirements.
• Analyze and communicate complex test results to inform system integration, validation, and verification.
• Organize and ensure the auditability and retainability of OQE, test procedures, reports, and results.
• Work closely with systems engineers, software developers, and hardware teams to identify and resolve issues during testing phases.
• Communicate directly with government customer to coordinate testing.
• Ensure a “design for testing” focus during system development and integration.
• Guide and mentor a matrixed team of engineers through testing phases of the product lifecycle.

What You Bring

Required Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Systems, Mechanical, Electrical, Software, Ocean), Computer Science, Physics, or Math.
• 8+ years of hands-on testing, integration, validation, and verification experience with software and integrated electro-mechanical systems including developing test procedures.
• Experience with designing, writing, executing, and evaluating system integration bench tests.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues.
• U.S. Citizenship with the ability to obtain a SECRET clearance.

Preferred Experience:

• Familiarity with UUVs, deployed subsea systems, and underwater payloads.
• Experience with government operational testing and developmental testing processes.
• Experience working with DoW Operational Test & Evaluation.
• Over 10 years of experience leading integration, testing, validation, and verification of complex subsea maritime systems.

SUBSEAMSS

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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.