Aerospace Engineer at Leidos

Description

Looking for an opportunity to make an impact?

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 sustainably. 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.

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

The Leidos National Security Sector combines technology-enabled services and mission software capabilities in the areas of cyber, logistics, security operations, and decision analytics to support our defense and intel customers’ mission to defend against evolving threats around the world. Our team’s focus is to ensure our customers have the right tools, technologies, and tactics to keep pace with an ever-evolving security landscape and succeed in their pursuit to protect people and critical assets.

Your greatest work is ahead!

The National Security Sector (NSS) is hiring for an Aerospace Engineer to work in Dayton, OH (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base). As an Aerospace Engineer you will support and perform a wide range of aerospace and avionics, engineering, systems, hardware, software, testing, and analysis related activities. This opportunity is in anticipation of a contract award that is supposed to be announced this month!

What you’ll be doing:

• Utilize skills with hardware and software development and knowledge of aerospace engineering and avionics. 
• Develop, plan, coordinate, and integrate related requirements to support operational needs. 
• Conduct studies, technical assessments, and system analysis to determine performance and effectiveness of aerospace systems and concepts. 
• Participate in analysis and evaluations of capabilities and operational concepts to identify technology feasibility, operational viability, cost impacts, and more. 
• Analyze contractual documents, technical data, customer operation characteristics, and related reports. 
• Perform a wide variety of activities at customer sites and provide technical support to customers in solving technical problems. 
• Handle moderately complex products and/or problems of an advanced scope and may provide technical guidance to lower-level Analysts. 
• Use professional concepts, polices, and procedures to solve a wide range of advanced problems. 
• Work on problems of a diverse scope and exercise judgment within generally defined practices and policies. 
• Ensure system requirements and specifications are consistent with operational deployment environments aerospace system design and testing. 
• Analyze and evaluate operational viability in relation to proposed concepts of operation and identifying new possible concepts of operation. 
• Monitor and analyze strategic and operational aspects of political, military, and economic developments.
• Recommend innovative solutions for technical and operational problems. 
• Assist engineering in determining and solving equipment design problems. 
• Prepare operating and malfunction reports and associated documentation.
• Monitor and document component and system tests. 
• Apply Model Based Systems Engineering Principles.

What does Leidos need from me?

• Active Top Secret/SCI (TS/SCI) security clearance required.
• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering or related field. 
• Three years of related experience in aerospace/avionics engineering, systems, hardware/software, analysis, and/or test. 
• Knowledge of system test and validation processes. 
• Experience with root cause analysis and troubleshooting. 
• Experience with vulnerability assessment and risk management.

Favorable if you have:

• Five years of related aerospace or avionics experience.
• Knowledge and assessment of sensor phenomenology.
• Able to use data reduction tools to analyze raw data and identify system limitation factors. 
• Background in Developmental or Operational Testing.

Original Posting Date:

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:

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.