[Skip to main content](#main-content) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) [Hiring report](/reports/hiring/) · [All Leidos jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/leidos/) · [Search jobs](/search/) Leidos · Chantilly, VA # Senior Airborne ISR Payload Systems Engineer Chantilly, VA Senior individual contributor $131,300.00 - $237,350.00 Operations Listed on Leidos’s official careers site. Posted October 2, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there. [Apply on Leidos’s careers site →](https://leidos.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job/Chantilly-VA/Senior-Airborne-ISR-Payload-Systems-Engineer_R-00193670) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) / [Leidos](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/leidos/) / Senior Airborne ISR Payload Systems Engineer ## Job description Leidos is seeking a Senior Airborne ISR Payload Systems Engineer to provide technical and programmatic SETA support for the development, acquisition, integration, testing, fielding, and sustainment of airborne SIGINT, COMINT, ELINT, and Multi-INT collection payloads. ### CLEARANCE REQUIREMENT Candidates must currently possess an active TS/SCI with Polygraph to be considered for this position. There are no exceptions to this requirement. Candidates who do not currently hold the required TS/SCI with Polygraph will not be considered. ### Primary Responsibilities Assist and advise the customer in the research, evaluation, development, procurement, integration, testing, and sustainment of airborne collection payload systems. Support management of a portfolio of programs, including: Monitoring technical, schedule, and cost performance.Analyzing technical alternatives and supporting risk-management activities.Reviewing program expenditures and invoices against approved spend plans.Supporting development of future-year program budget requests. ### Support management of payload equipment, including Tracking equipment installations across airborne platforms.Ensuring equipment purchases and deliveries align with operator need dates.Maintaining property tracking and accountability as equipment is procured, repaired, or retired.Planning and coordinating movement of hardware and personnel in support of operations. Develop strategies and plans that leverage emerging technologies and innovative TTPs/CONOPS to increase customer agility and mission capability. ### Basic Qualifications Current TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph. Bachelor’s degree and 12+ years of relevant technical experience supporting SIGINT, COMINT, ELINT, or Multi-INT collection payloads. Experience integrating ISR or intelligence collection payloads onto airborne platforms, including fielded-system support and troubleshooting. Experience with or knowledge of government acquisition processes and budget cycles. Experience supporting technical and programmatic activities with limited supervision. Ability to travel CONUS approximately 5–8%. ### Preferred Qualifications Experience participating in or directing airborne range testing. Programmatic experience managing subcontractors or vendors. #MSBA If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares. ### Original Posting October 1, 2026 For U.S. ### Positions 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 $131,300.00 - $237,350.00 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. ## At a glance - Posted by the employer: Oct 2, 2026 - First seen by OpenNash: Oct 11, 2026 - Last checked: Oct 18, 2026 - Listed for: 16 days - Location: Chantilly, VA - Pay: $131,300.00 - $237,350.00[Apply on Leidos’s careers site →](https://leidos.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job/Chantilly-VA/Senior-Airborne-ISR-Payload-Systems-Engineer_R-00193670) ## More jobs at Leidos ### [Automated Test Engineer Expert](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/leidos/jobs/4dab18e0002ea64ec1bc/) Chantilly, VA ### [Command & Telemetry (C&T) Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/leidos/jobs/fe011692892c7b6650f5/) Chantilly, VA ### [Electronic Warfare Operator](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/leidos/jobs/b6619ab75cde01131719/) Chantilly, VA ### [Engineering Tech Lead](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/leidos/jobs/034d4aa3e96609759197/) Chantilly, VA ## Similar jobs at other companies ### [Future Payload Capabilities Interface Control Systems Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/bae-systems/jobs/c04f662f370ce7733810/) BAE Systems · Hill AFB, Utah, United States ### [Systems Engineer – Airborne PNT (Hybrid, Sign On Bonus & Relocation Available)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/bae-systems/jobs/fb0a8b4efef284336d92/) BAE Systems · Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States ### [Payload Control System - Software/Systems Engineering Intern (Summer 2027)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/general-dynamics/jobs/1c91ce5a51d40e12597e/) General Dynamics · Manassas, VA, US ### [Structures and Payload Design Engineer (Payload Systems Design)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/boeing/jobs/aa0190ee6b4fb956335f/) Boeing · USA - North Charleston, SC ### [Structures & Payload Design Engineer (Payload Systems Design) - Experienced or Senior](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/boeing/jobs/31c813c4db58c1ffee21/) Boeing · USA - North Charleston, SC [Operations jobs](/functions/operations/) OpenNash lists jobs from employers’ own careers sites and does not handle applications. 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