Lead Sustainment Engineer

tical short range air defense systems and our strategic systems. The Lead Sustainment Engineer will track sustainment-related activities, such as Root Cause analyses of in-service problems (Operational hazards, Corrosion effects, Reliability Degradation) and Logistics deliverables (user manuals, emplacement procedure, repair/replace procedures, and others) for fielded IFPC Inc 2 launchers and report their status to the program's technical leadership. Additionally, this Lead Sustainment Engineer will serve as a technical liaison with customer representatives and users. This position is highly visible and ensures that fielded systems remain operational, reliable, and safe.

The Lead Sustainment Engineer will work in a matrixed organization, which supports multiple programs at once in a variety of engineering fields with all different team environments. When the program ends, the Lead Sustainment Engineer will have the opportunity to support a different program in the matrixed engineering portfolio. A candidate with weapon platform development experience, logistics experience, and experience in systems engineering areas such as Model-Based Systems Engineering, Human Factors Engineering, Safety Engineering, and Reliability Analysis will be treated preferentially. However, a strong background in traditional systems engineering and technical leadership is what is required for this position.

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Basic Qualifications

• A Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or equivalent degree from an ABET-accredited university with 8+ years of experience or an MS with 6+ years.

• Basic understanding of weapons platform systems development lifecycle

• Experience leading cross-discipline and product teams

• Demonstrated experience effectively communicating within a team environment, including leading and conducting Technical Design Reviews

• Resident of the North Alabama area or willing to relocate to the Huntsville - North Alabama, AL area.

• Possess a secret clearance, or have the ability to obtain a secret clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

Preference shown to candidates who possess a Master of Science in System Engineering from an ABET-accredited university, and/or have at least 2-4 years of direct systems engineering experience.

Preferred candidates will also have experience and/or working knowledge with:

• Logistics deliverables and activities, such as user manuals, repair/replace procedures, and field service bulletins

• Reliability analyses such as Failure causes and effects, reliability and maintainability trends, and parts obsolescence

• Working directly with system users

• MagicDraw and/or other Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) modeling tools

• Effectively leading a team of engineers.

• Accurately estimating the engineering effort (i.e. hours) associated with Systems Engineering tasks.

• DOORS and/or other requirements database tools

• Understanding of the DoD acquisition processes and methods

• Experience supporting one or more DoD programs

• Object Management Group (OMG) Certified System Modeler Professional (OCSMP) certification

• INCOSE Systems Engineering Professional (SEP) certification - CSEP Level

Original Posting:
April 24, 2025
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 $104,650.00 - $189,175.00

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.