Engineering Program Manager

Leidos is seeking an experiencedEngineering Program Manager (EPM) to lead a dynamic, multidisciplinary engineering team supporting the development and delivery of advanced air traffic management software solutions.

This position will support theNew En Route Centre Service Level Extension (NERC SLE), an advanced air traffic control program being established byNational Air Traffic Services (NATS) in the United Kingdom. The program is focused on delivering modern technologies and capabilities that enhance the safety, efficiency, and performance of air traffic operations.

The Engineering Program Manager will provide technical and program leadership across the engineering lifecycle, coordinating software development, systems engineering, integration, testing, and deployment activities. The EPM will work closely with program leadership, engineering teams, customers, and key stakeholders to ensure technical solutions meet program requirements, schedule commitments, quality standards, and customer expectations.

The successful candidate will have a strong background in managing complex, software-intensive engineering programs and demonstrated experience leading cross-functional technical teams. Experience with air traffic management, aviation systems, mission-critical software, or other large-scale safety-critical systems is highly desirable.

Responsibilities: 

• Provideengineering leadership and technical direction acrossmultidisciplinary teams, including systems, software, integration, test, infrastructure, and specialty engineering, throughout the full engineering lifecycle.
• Partner closely with theProgram Manager, customer, and technical leadership to establish priorities, resolve issues, and ensure alignment with program objectives.
• Ensure engineering activities are executed in accordance with establishedprocesses, quality standards, technical requirements, and contractual obligations.
• Monitor engineering performance againstcost, schedule, technical, and quality objectives; identify risks and drive corrective actions and mitigation strategies oftechnical and program execution risks.
• Drive effective coordination acrosssoftware, systems, integration, test, deployment, and operational teams to ensure successful end-to-end solution delivery.
• Lead technical reviews and ensure engineering decisions, designs, requirements, interfaces, and deliverables are appropriately documented and managed.
• Establish and maintain strong working relationships withNATS, UK Leidos team, and program stakeholders, partners, subcontractors, and internal Leidos organizations.
• Communicate program status, technical challenges, risks, dependencies, and recommend solutions clearly tosenior leadership and customer stakeholders.
• Support program staffing and workforce planning, including identifying required skills, forecasting resource needs, and coordinating with functional organizations.
• Mentor and develop engineering leaders and team members while fostering a culture ofaccountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Champion the adoption ofmodern engineering practices, Agile methodologies, automation, DevSecOps, and approved AI-enabled capabilities where appropriate to improve productivity, quality, and delivery.
• Supportbusiness development, proposal, estimating, and growth activities associated with current and future air traffic management opportunities.
• Ensure solutions maintain a strong focus onsafety, reliability, cybersecurity, performance, maintainability, and operational effectiveness within a mission-critical air traffic control environment.

Required Skills:

• Bachelors degree and 12+ years of relevant experience.(additional experience, education and training may be considered in lieu of degree)
• 7+ years of experience leading or supervising teams.
• Experience developing and managingengineering plans, schedules, milestones, staffing requirements, and technical deliverables to meet program commitments.
• Ability to travel internationally (i.e. England).
• Ability obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.

Desired Skills:

• Knowledge ofAir Traffic Management (ATM) and Air Traffic Control (ATC) systems, concepts, and operational environments.
• Previous experience supportingair traffic management programs or other complex, mission-critical systems.
• Ability to effectively communicatetechnical status, risks, issues, and recommendations to engineering teams, program leadership, customers, and other stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience drivingprocess improvements, productivity enhancements, and continuous improvement initiatives within an engineering organization.
• Strong customer-facing skills with experience facilitatingtechnical reviews, status meetings, planning sessions, and issue-resolution discussions.

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Original Posting:

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:

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.