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Sustaining EngineerLeidos Inc • Huntsville, AL, United States
Sustaining Engineer

Sustaining Engineer

Leidos Inc • Huntsville, AL, United States
1 day ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Description

The Leidos Defense Sector is seeking a skilled and motivated Sustaining Engineer to join the Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2 (IFPC Inc2) Program, a ground-based, mobile defense system designed to neutralize cruise missiles and unmanned aircraft systems, to provide on-site and home technical support to diagnose and resolve field issues, maintain system readiness and support upgrades and retrofits.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on engineer with strong problem-solving skills, a solid understanding of system behavior in operational environments, and experience supporting deployed or fielded systems. This role is critical to ensuring system readiness, reliability, maintainability, and continued mission success.

Primary Responsibilities

  • Provide engineering support for fielded systems, including troubleshooting, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and performance optimization.
  • Serve as a technical point of contact for sustainment-related issues across field sites, depots, and user communities.
  • Support the development and maintenance of technical data packages, maintenance procedures, work instructions, and sustainment documentation.
  • Recommend design improvements, component updates, and obsolescence mitigation strategies.
  • Support Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System (FRACAS) activities.
  • Manage hardware and software baselines for fielded systems; coordinate updates, patches, and retrofit activities.
  • Author engineering change proposals, discrepancy reports, and technical risk assessments.
  • Work with logistics, supply chain, and depot teams to support spare parts provisioning, repair workflows, and maintenance planning.
  • Assist in developing long-term sustainment strategies that balance cost, reliability, and operational needs.
  • Support integration of sustainment feedback into new builds, retrofits, and follow-on production.
  • Interface with government stakeholders, field teams and program leadership to communicate status, drive issue resolution, and support mission readiness.
  • Support fielding events, training activities, and site assessments as needed.

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 4-8 years of experience or an MS with 2-6 years.
  • Basic understanding of weapons platform systems development lifecycle
  • Demonstrated experience effectively communicating within a team environment, including participation in Technical Design Reviews
  • Experience in sustainment engineering, logistics engineering, or field support for complex systems.
  • Demonstrated experience with troubleshooting, maintenance, or repair of integrated hardware / software systems.
  • Strong understanding of configuration management, defect tracking, and FRACAS processes.
  • Ability to interpret engineering drawings, schematics, technical manuals, and requirements.
  • Hands-on experience with depot repair workflows, retrofits, upgrades, or service life extension programs.
  • Experience with Army systems, launchers, sensors, or missile-related subsystems.
  • 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

  • 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 familiarity with Lean & Six Sigma methodologies
  • Experience with direct system users interactions
  • DOORS and / or other requirements database tools
  • Understanding of the DoD acquisition processes and methods
  • Experience supporting one or more DoD programs
  • 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 : December 1, 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 $85,150.00 - $153,925.00

    The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand 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 .

    Securing Your Data

    Beware of fake employment opportunities using Leidos' name. Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information during any part of the employment application process (i.e., ask you for money), nor will Leidos ever advance money as part of the hiring process (i.e., send you a check or money order before doing any work). Further, Leidos will only communicate with you through emails that are generated by the Leidos.com automated system - never from free commercial services (e.g., Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail) or via WhatsApp, Telegram, etc. If you received an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information (e.g., about you or your previous employer), and you are concerned about its legitimacy, please make us aware immediately by emailing us at LeidosCareersFraud@leidos.com .

    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.

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