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Senior Signals Analyst

Leidos Inc
Laurel, MD Full Time
POSTED ON 8/21/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/20/2026

Description

About Leidos

Leidos is a FORTUNE 500 company bringing a mix of innovative technology and sector expertise to customers in the national security, engineering, and health industries. We deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers' success.

The Leidos Intel Sector combines technology-enabled services and mission capabilities to support Intelligence Community customers as they address evolving national security challenges.

About the Opportunity

Leidos is seeking a highly experienced Senior Signals Analyst to perform advanced technical analysis of signals in recorded and live environments. You will operate signal collection, processing, and analysis equipment; diagnose signal and payload characteristics; and communicate technical findings through published reports and briefings.

You will collaborate with analysts throughout the Intelligence Community, support collection missions, and apply extensive technical-analysis experience to complex signal-analysis challenges.

Why This Role Matters

Advanced signals analysis requires the ability to identify and characterize complex signal structures and translate detailed technical findings into useful analytic products.

As a Senior Signals Analyst, you will apply deep technical expertise to payloads, interleavers, coding and modulation characteristics, and randomization techniques while helping communicate and transfer that expertise through technical reporting and training materials.

What You'll Do

Advanced Signals & Payload Analysis

  • Operate signal collection, processing, and analysis equipment.

  • Analyze signals from recordings and in live environments.

  • Diagnose and process payloads.

  • Diagnose interleavers.

  • Diagnose characteristics of LDPC, Reed-Solomon, and code modulation schemes.

  • Diagnose randomization techniques.

Technical Reporting, Training & Collaboration

  • Write and publish technical signals analysis reports.

  • Prepare complex technical reports documenting analysis results.

  • Present technical briefings on analysis findings in accordance with Government direction and customer requirements.

  • Develop training material based on technical signals-analysis expertise.

  • Collaborate with analysts throughout the Intelligence Community and maintain awareness of related analysis efforts involving supported signals.

Required Qualifications

Clearance

  • TS/SCI with Polygraph, at time of Application, to be considered for the position.

Experience

  • BS degree.

  • Minimum of fifteen (15) years of experience interacting with customers, deploying on collection missions, performing technical analysis, and preparing technical analytic reports.

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:August 18, 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 onlyand 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.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

Securing Your Data

Beware of fake employment opportunities using Leidos' name. Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information during any part of the employment application process (i.e., ask you for money), nor will Leidos ever advance money as part of the hiring process (i.e., send you a check or money order before doing any work). Further, Leidos will only communicate with you through emails that are generated by the Leidos.com automated system - never from free commercial services (e.g., Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail) or via WhatsApp, Telegram, etc. If you received an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information (e.g., about you or your previous employer), and you are concerned about its legitimacy, please make us aware immediately by emailing us at LeidosCareersFraud@leidos.com.

If you believe you are the victim of a scam, contact your local law enforcement and report the incident to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

 

Salary : $131,300 - $237,350

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