Local Development Centre (LDC) Technical Lead

Are you looking to lead the development of local engineering capability while delivering complex, mission-critical technology solutions? If so, the Local Development Centre (LDC) Technical Lead position at Leidos Singapore offers a unique opportunity to build and lead a collaborative engineering organization focused on software development, cloud platforms, systems integration, DevSecOps, and long-term customer capability growth.

Leidos is a global technology company delivering innovative solutions across aviation, transportation, defense, government, and critical infrastructure domains. In Singapore, Leidos partners with customers, industry, and research organizations to solve complex operational challenges through advanced engineering and digital transformation.

Joining us will allow you to:

• Lead a strategic engineering capability-building initiative in Singapore.
• Build and mentor multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Work closely with customers in a collaborative development environment.
• Drive adoption of modern software engineering, cloud, DevSecOps, and reliability practices.
• Collaborate with teams across Singapore and the United States on complex technology programs.

LDC Technical Lead Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Local Development Centre (LDC) and its multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Establish development standards, engineering processes, governance frameworks, and delivery practices.
• Lead integrated engineering delivery with customer teams.
• Develop and execute knowledge-transfer and engineering capability-development plans.
• Mentor customer agents and internal engineers across software development, cloud engineering, DevSecOps, integration, testing, and site reliability engineering disciplines.
• Oversee software development, system integration, deployment, testing, and operational transition activities.
• Ensure customer personnel actively participate in development, integration, cloud infrastructure, testing, configuration management, and CI/CD activities.
• Collaborate with technical authorities to ensure compliance with architecture, quality, cybersecurity, safety, and operational requirements.
• Lead technical planning, resource allocation, risk management, and progress reporting for LDC activities.
• Support future enhancements, innovation initiatives, and long-term engineering capability growth.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of experience delivering software, systems, infrastructure, or complex technology solutions.
• 5+ years of experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Experience in establishing engineering processes, development standards, governance frameworks, and delivery practices.
• Demonstrated experience leading customer-facing technical teams in collaborative development environments.
• Experience building, mentoring, and developing engineering talent and technical capabilities.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle, systems integration, cloud technologies, and modern engineering practices.
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills with the ability to communicate effectively with technical teams, management, and customers.
• Experience in aviation, transportation, defense, government, critical infrastructure, or other mission-critical environments is desirable.

Preferred Skills

• Experience establishing or scaling engineering centers, development organizations, or capability-building programs.
• Experience leading knowledge transfer, workforce development, training, or mentoring initiatives.
• Experience leading co-development programs involving customers, partners, and contractor teams.
• Experience developing engineering governance frameworks, operating models, and quality management processes.
• Experience managing technical road maps, resource planning, and delivery across multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Familiarity with regulated, safety-critical, cybersecurity-sensitive, or highly available operational environments.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive organizational change.
• Ability to balance strategic leadership with hands-on technical guidance when required.
• Proficiency in English and one or more regional languages is desirable.
• Candidates with existing authorization to work in Singapore.

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