Production Engineer

Description

Leidos is dedicated to making the world a safer place. This starts with helping our customers in the Defense Industry achieve their critical missions. From our airborne work with sensors alerting warfighters to what's over the next hill, to our autonomous maritime platforms protecting sea lanes and shores; our dedicated Defense Group employees are solving critical challenges across the globe.

The Airborne Solutions Operations (ASO) of Leidos Defense Group currently has an opening for a Production Engineer to work in our Bridgewater, VA office. This is an exciting opportunity to use your experience helping the Leidos mission. In this mission, we provide aerial intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance platforms for today’s warfighter.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provide onsite production support for subcontractor, act as manufacturing liaison between Leidos engineering and production facility.

• Support engineering tasks for lead manufacturing liaison, which includes, but are not limited to the following:

• Mechanical design, drafting, and review

• Create/Review formal documentation of issues & track solutions

• Hardware manufacturing, outsourcing and, procurement

• Design review for manufacturability

• Quality assurance and quality control

• Development of procedures and work instructions

• Configuration management

• Project scheduling and tasking

• Program management support

• Data collection and analysis

• Manage multiple projects simultaneously, utilizing sound project management principles to prioritize work to meet performance, schedule, and quality objective

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Industrial Engineering (or equivalent) and minimum two (4) years of experience. Additional years’ experience may be used in lieu of a degree.

• Diverse engineering experience working in an agile (quick reaction) environment

• Experience using parametric 3D CAD software preferably SolidWorks

• Proficiency in MS Office suite

• Strong manufacturing process knowledge

• Experience designing structural components, machinery, and sheet metal products.

• Experience with low-volume/custom design and manufacturing.

• Experience with production planning, creating Bills of Material and reviewing manufacturing discrepancies.

• Excellent communications skills to interface with customers and peers

• Strong multitasking and time management skills, including working independently.

• Ability to address manufacturing issues from internal and external sources

• Eligible to obtain minimum of Secret clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• ISO9001, AS9100, Six Sigma or, similar quality management system experience.

• Aircraft structures experience

• Active Secret clearance

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Original Posting:

October 19, 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 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 .

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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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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Leidos will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in accordance with relevant Laws. Leidos is an equal opportunity employer/disability/vet.