Leidos has an immediate opening for a systems engineering intern to plan and design system interfaces supporting integration of security software products with both Leidos-owned and third party devices.  As a member of a cross-functional team representing software and devices, you’ll coordinate with Enterprise Product Teams to plan, design, and document interface solutions necessary to support system of systems (SoS) interoperability of our security products tocustomers worldwide.  You’ll report to and work with the Lead Systems Engineer and will coordinate closely with Systems Integration Engineers, Security Engineers, Device Engineers, Software Architects, and Software Engineering development teams to understand requirements, objectives, expected use cases and the interfaces required to support them. You’ll develop approaches and plans to ensure complete and effective end-to-end exchange of data and between software and devices by creating, coordinating, refining, and publishing data flows and OpenAPI Specification (OAS) documentation.  You’ll coordinate interface plans and approaches with the enterprise product teams and relevant device and interfaces stakeholders to ensure alignment with enterprise objectives and planning.  You’ll help establish functional flow diagrams documenting the use of the interfaces between the software products and the relevant devices for the intended architecture and concept of operations. You’ll coordinate with metrics and UI teams to ensure interfaces not only support operational needs but also support operational and technical metrics for dashboards and reporting. You’ll support comprehensive integration and test efforts such as reviewing test plans and participating indevelopment integration tests, system integration tests, and certification testing.  

Primary Responsibilities

• Coordinate closely with the Lead Systems Engineer to plan, design, document, and participating in testing of interfaces for the System of Systems (SoS).

• Estimate and plan system interface design and documentation efforts, and execute approved plans.

• Participate in all phases of the systems engineering lifecyclewith emphasis on analysis of requirements for the SoS impacting interfaces, SoS interface design, SoS interface documentation, and SoS interface testing.

• Utilize COTS products in support of systems engineering and integration activities.

• Implement creation of and modifications to OAS and flow diagrams in support of clearly documenting expected interfaces amongst systems interoperating within a common ecosphere for a given project.

• Execute systems activities with emphasis on configuration management of products. 

• Participate in Agile ceremonies, including daily standups, sprint planning meetings, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.

• Participate in engineering design and stakeholder meetings in support of a given project, including developing and presenting slides to participants as needed.

• Enter and update systems interface tickets to track progress.

• Support review and execution of test cases related to the interfaces, including supporting certification testing.

• Assist in identifying areas for improvement in systems engineering and integration efforts.

• Provide innovative solutions for more efficient systems engineering and integration.

• Mentor others in adopting systems engineering and integration strategies.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience documenting functional flows with tools, such as draw.io, visio, or gliffy.

• Familiarity with reviewing and/or developing test plans.

• Familiarity with Agile development principles and methodologies.

• Familiarity with configuration management of products.

• Familiarity with software design patterns.

• Strong, self-motivated desire to learn new tools, frameworks, and techniques.

• Ability to complete tasking independently with minimal direct supervision.

• Ability to work and collaborate effectively within a multi-disciplined engineering team.

Original Posting Date:

2024-12-17

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 $46,800.00 - $84,600.00

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.