Chief Engineer
Leidos
Columbia, MD · $154k–$278k a year · Posted October 24, 2026
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Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $216,265 a year. Across 124 open chief engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $128,500 to $251,500 and the median is $215,000. That is inside the middle half of those listings, 1% above the median.
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About the job
...mission to defend against evolving threats around the world. Your greatest work is ahead! The Intelligence Sector is hiring for a Chief Engineer to lead the technical execution on a very large, nationally significant software development and system engineering and...