Systems Engineer - Requirements Manager at Leidos
Colorado Springs, CO
$107,900–$195,050from the description
Jun 30, 2026
Colorado Springs, CO
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A systems engineering role focused on modernizing legacy ground-based radar systems across multiple sites to support missile warning, missile defense, and space domain awareness missions. Day-to-day work centers on developing and managing system requirements, maintaining bidirectional traceability within a digital system model using MBSE tools such as Cameo, authoring interface control documents, and defining verification and validation strategies. Suits an experienced systems engineer with an active Secret clearance and hands-on MBSE background.
Senior level · 8+ years · Colorado Springs, CO · Secret clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $131,571 (middle half $103,691–$168,322). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
The role title is 'Systems Engineer / Requirements Manager' — a systems engineering and requirements management discipline role, not a pure software development or IT operations role. SOC 15-1211 (Computer Systems Analysts) is the closest available code; 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is a reasonable runner-up given the specialized MBSE/digital engineering focus.
The degree requirement states a Bachelor's in a relevant field with 8+ years, but explicitly allows 'additional experience, training, or certifications' to substitute for the degree — treated as no hard degree gate.
An active Secret clearance is explicitly required as a hard gate ('Currently possesses an Active Secret Clearance').
MBSE, Digital Engineering, Cameo, requirements management, system integration, configuration management, cybersecurity, test support, and CI/CD are all listed together in the Basic Qualifications block. Cameo Enterprise Architect is specifically named in the body of the role description as the MBSE tool in use.
DOORS is listed under Preferred Qualifications ('Experience with DOORS or other requirements management tools') and is therefore preferred, not required.
DoD IAT Level II (e.g., Security+) certification is listed under Preferred Qualifications.
Several other preferred qualifications (DoD/MDA/Space Force program experience, ITW/AA radar experience, missile/space domain experience, cloud solutions, classified networks) are domain knowledge and program context rather than named, discrete technologies — they are not emitted as skills per extraction rules.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): DoD IAT Level II (Security+).
Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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