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At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers' success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainable. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.

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Leidos' Defense Sector Manufacturing Segment is seeking a mid-level Mechanical Engineer to join our team at our MidCity facility located in Huntsville, AL.

If this sounds like the kind of environment where you can thrive, keep reading!

Leidos Defense Sector/Manufacturing provides a diverse portfolio of systems, solutions, and services covering land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace for customers worldwide. Solutions for Defense include enterprise and mission IT, large-scale intelligence systems, command and control, geospatial and data analytics, cybersecurity, logistics, training, and intelligence analysis and operations support. Our team is solving the world's toughest security challenges for customers with "can't fail" missions. To explore and learn more, click here!

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Primary Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership for delivering, maintaining, and improving ground support equipment, tooling, and assembly fixtures.

• Design and create drawings for production tooling and supporting equipment.

• Revise current designs or create new designs to facilitate process improvements.

• Interface with operations team to understand roadblocks impeding production flow.

• Create bills of materials and work with procurement to order hardware for ground support equipment and/or tooling needed for the production build process.

• Disposition non-conformances of ground support equipment and/or tooling.

• Collaborate with manufacturing engineering to ensure work instructions accurately depict processes for utilizing ground support equipment and/or tooling

• Play a key role in tooling engineering efforts to help map the production process flow and optimize manufacturing tooling needs.

• Identify and execute on continuous improvement projects.

• Monitor status of tooling jobs to ensure they meet schedule requirements & report job status to management using spreadsheets, custom reports, etc.

Basic Qualifications:

• A bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering with 4 - 8 years of applicable experience or a Master's Degree with 2 - 6 years prior relevant experience in an engineering field

• Proficient in CAD software (e.g. Creo, AutoCAD, SolidWorks).

• Ability to work tasks with limited direction, as well as provide clarification and instruction to others.

• Implement GD&T (ASME Y14.5-2009) methods and tolerance stack-ups on parts and assemblies.

• Works within integrated teams supporting drawing modification and production activities.

• Experience leading issue resolution in a manufacturing environment.

• Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills.

• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.

• Eagerness to learn and grow within the organization.

• Proficiency in MS Office programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

• Candidate must be a resident of the North Alabama area or willing to relocate to the Huntsville - North Alabama, AL area.

• Candidate must be a US Citizen and possess (and be able to maintain) a Final Secret Clearance OR meet the eligibility to obtain (and maintain) a Secret Clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior work in DoD Missile or Aerospace fields.

• Prior experience in tooling and production environments.

• Prior work creating engineering drawings using PTC Creo and Windchill.

• Prior work designing Mechanical Ground Support Equipment or tooling needed for production use.

• Understanding of cost and schedule implications of typical engineering deliverables.

• Experience working rapidly changing development programs.

• Deltek, Costpoint ERP & MRP, Solumina, Windchill

Experience with ISO9001/AS9100 processes

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:

October 22, 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 $87,100.00 - $157,450.00

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.

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.

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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.

About Leidos

https://www.leidos.com/

Size: 10,000+ employees
Industry: Technology: B2B Tech Services

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