Space Force Technical Director

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Job description

CO Salary Range: USD 154,050.00 - 278,475.00 per year

Description

The Leidos Space Force and Air Force Division has an opening for a Space Force Technical Director. The position will be primarily remote but will require onsite work at our Colorado Springs offices, on-contract sites, our Reston HQ, and in-person CONUS and OCONUS customer meetings as needed. Preferred location is Colorado Springs, CO.

POSITION SUMMARY:
The selected candidate will work with Technology and Growth personnel to understand customer needs and lead initial capability validation and solution development and verification. They will bring mission vision and respective solutions forward through white papers, proof of concepts, presentations, and initial proposal artifacts. This position requires a broad and deep understanding of technology and our customer's mission to match solutions to challenges, in order to differentiate Leidos from our competitors. The successful candidate will be able to hold executive level and mission stakeholder discussions with our customers to further advance their appreciation of Leidos' abilities to meet and exceed their mission needs.

In addition to growth support, this position will support Space Force Portfolio Managers and program managers with on-contract execution and growth of various SF agency contracts with a focus on the system requirements, development, and implementation of solutions. This support will enable effective requirements decomposition, repeatable engineering and architecture review processes, Department of War (DoW ) compliant configuration management programs, and validation that Leidos on-contract technical and management solutions align with to customer mission needs.

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS:
Must have an active TS/SCI security clearance (US Citizenship Required).

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support on-contract execution of various SF SE&I contract with a focus on the development and implementation of technical solutions to enable effective requirements decomposition, repeatable engineering and architecture review processes, DoW compliant configuration management programs, and validation of Leidos on-contract technical and management solutions alignment to customer mission needs.
• Support customer engagement and opportunity strategy development as a technical expert, bringing an understanding of Leidos capabilities, for application to challenges in customer missions.
• Collaborate on white papers, RFI responses, proposals, and briefings demonstrating the thought leadership capabilities of the organization, as well as supporting various marketing and business development efforts through customer interaction
• Support business development and capture teams to identify, quality, and pursue opportunities.
• Assist capture strategy development through technical leadership, including the creation and marketing of discriminating value propositions
• Support customer meetings and call plan development and execution to understand customer requirements and provide solution presentations to the customer
• Draft OV-1 and initial solution elements and validate with customers
• Support program management and business development reviews and assist in improving the performance of existing projects as required
• Conduct pre-sales engineering activities, to include engaging directly with customers in combination with our Business Development and Operations leadership teams

• Requires Masters degree from an accredited institution in a technical or scientific field of study and 15+ yrs of relevant work experience.
• Minimum 15 years of progressively responsible experience in relevant technical disciplines, to include support to the DoW, IC, or national security space programs.
• Experience (at least 5 years) in three of the following areas, with expertise in at least one: Networking Engineering, Cybersecurity, System Development, AI/ML, Data Science, Data Warehousing, Data Governance, Hardware Engineering, IT Operations, System Architecture, Cloud Architecture, Information Assurance or ITIL Framework
• Systems Engineering expertise across the entire full acquisition lifecycle, from requirements development through operational sustainment.
• Extensive experience in the architecture, development, and integration of command & control (C2) systems for space operations, including the ability to integrate disparate data sources focused on access and discovery to support faster decision-making in mission environments.
• Experience in running technology analysis, trade studies, product evaluations, or research projects
• Excellent communication skills (writing, speaking, and listening)

• Proven capability to articulate and champion a forward-looking technical vision that aligns with customer mission priorities, driving innovation and strategic alignment across stakeholders.
• Experience performing or technology oversight
• Experience in customer engagements
• Experience developing digital modernization solutions involving data sciences, machine learning, or artificial intelligence
• Experience in writing for business development and capture: i.e., white papers, RFI responses, and proposals
• Hands on experience with any of the major hyper scalers (AWS, Azure, GCP, or OCI)
• Proactive researcher of technology that wants to always learn more about the latest in the market
• Demonstrated track record of developing and maintaining customer understanding with mid and senior level leaders across the various departments of the Space Force
• Subject matter expert in the Space Force community with a demonstrated ability to discuss, explain, and apply differentiated capabilities in Leidos programs, plans and positions on current and future programs

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Colorado Springs has 487,887 residents (ACS 2020–2024), about 8.3% of the population of Colorado. It covers 202 square miles of land, which works out to roughly 2,414 people per square mile. The median age is 35.7, 5% younger than the state median (35.7 against 37.7).

Housing

The median gross rent is $1,648 a month (rent plus utilities), 6% below the state median ($1,648 against $1,761). Over a year that is 23.3% of the median household income. US housing guidance treats housing as affordable when it takes 30% of income or less, so the typical household is under that line. The median home value is $452,600, which is 5.3 times the median household income ($84,818); a ratio above 5 usually means buying is out of reach without savings or a second income. 60.9% of households own their home, 8% below the state average (60.9% against 66.2%).

Work and pay

The Colorado Springs, CO metropolitan area has 316,060 jobs in the BLS wage survey, and the median pay across all occupations is $52,710 a year, 3% above the national median ($52,710 against $50,980). The biggest occupation groups are office and administrative support (34,270 jobs, median $48,280); food preparation and serving related (32,150 jobs, median $36,480); sales and related (30,530 jobs, median $44,450). The area is most specialised in computer and mathematical (1.6 times) and architecture and engineering (1.5 times), where the share of workers is well above the national share. The best-paying groups with at least 5,000 jobs are management ($132,060) and computer and mathematical ($122,550). In 2026M09 the unemployment rate of El Paso County was 4.6%. 64.9% of residents aged 16 and over are in the labour force. The city lies in El Paso County; its jobs, pay by industry and GDP are on the county page.

Getting around

Among workers, 70.0% drive alone, 0.5% use public transit, 1.8% walk, 17.6% work from home. 8.1% of workers commute 45 minutes or more, 42% below the state average (8.1% against 14.1%).

People and education

42.7% of adults aged 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 6% below the state share (42.7% against 45.7%). 7.6% of residents were born outside the United States, 23% below the state share (7.6% against 9.8%). The poverty rate is 9.1%, 4% below the state rate (9.1% against 9.4%).

Climate

The warmest month is Jul, averaging 69°F (20.3°C), and the coolest is Dec at 26°F (-3.6°C). About 403 mm (16 inches) of precipitation falls in a year; Jul is the wettest month (70 mm) and Jan the driest (14 mm). These values come from NASA satellite-based climatology on a grid of about 50 km, so they describe the wider area, not a weather station in the city.

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