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Chief Architect, Missile Warning Integration and Test

El Segundo, CA
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Chief Architect ( Missile Warning Integration and Test)

Location: El Segundo, CA, 6314 Remote/Teleworker US

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

Leidos is seeking a visionary Chief Architect to lead the FLITE+ architecture effort at Los Angeles Air Force Base. In this mission‑critical role, you will shape the future of Missile Warning Integration and Test, driving the evolution, optimization, and long‑term sustainment of the FORGE architecture—one of the nation’s most important space-based defense capabilities.

As the senior technical authority, you will guide enterprise‑level architectural decisions, influence strategic direction, and ensure the Missile Warning enterprise remains resilient, modern, and aligned with emerging threats and technologies. Your expertise will directly inform government leadership and help define the next generation of Missile Warning capabilities.

Telecommuting 50% : Candidates must be within commuting distance of Los Angeles AFB, CA.

Anticipated start date: 1 April 2026

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Serve as the Chief Architect for Missile Warning Integration and Test, providing authoritative technical leadership across the enterprise.
  • Assess the current FORGE architecture and chart its future direction, ensuring scalability, resilience, and mission alignment.
  • Deliver high‑impact recommendations for system improvements, architectural optimization, and long‑term sustainment strategies.
  • Advise senior leadership on architectural risks, tradeoffs, dependencies, and opportunities that shape Missile Warning capabilities.
  • Maintain deep awareness of adjacent technologies, programs, and interfaces that influence or integrate with Missile Warning systems.

What You’ll Need

  • Active TS/SCI clearance
  • Bachelor’s degree in science or engineering and 17+ years of relevant experience
  • Proven expertise supporting Missile Warning systems, architectures, and integration efforts
  • Demonstrated ability to provide senior‑level technical leadership and shape enterprise architecture strategy
  • Residency within commuting distance of Los Angeles AFB, CA

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:

February 23, 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.

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