Senior Mechanical Engineer

The Mission Solutions Business Area at Leidos is looking for a Mechanical Engineer to join our Reston VA based team. The successful candidate will work as a member of multi-disciplined government contractor team with a focus on research and development of characterization methodologies of aboveground and underground structures and associated infrastructure and protective design characteristics. Work will be performed in a fast-paced high-energy environment inside a government facility.

Role & Responsibility:

• Use exploitation products intelligence resources and engineering expertise to produce intelligence to characterize selected facilities

• Provide engineering guidance and judgment throughout the characterization process to produce accurate intelligence estimates of standard facility operations (power HVAC security etc.) and equipment

• Model different aspects of a facility to include mechanical electrical and structural components within industry software packages (AutoCAD Revit MEP UTAS etc.)

• Provide mechanical engineering expertise to assist with recommendations of protective HVAC designs for facilities of interest

• Provide briefings on R&D findings to both fellow team members and government customers

• Support field surveys in a variety of locations/environments to collect ground truth as part of the R&D verification and validation process

• Resolve highly complex and multi-dimensional problems requiring consideration of multiple variables that impact multiple aspects of facility design construction operations maintenance and disaster recovery.

• Collaborate in the development of tactics techniques and procedure improvements in order to innovate and maintain cutting edge capabilities.

• Mentor and train junior personnel.

Required Skills Education Clearance and Experience:

• Candidate must possess an active TS/SCI or a Top Secret clearance with a current SSBI and be eligible to obtain a TS/SCI w/ CI poly level Citizenship is required.

• Masters with 15 years of prior relevant experience or a Doctorate with 13 of prior relevant experience. Additional considerations given for specific domain experience.

• Working knowledge of mechanical (HVAC) and life safety systems associated with critical environments

• Ability to evaluate organize and utilize large datasets from various sources to include ground truth field collections industry equipment manuals and existing facility models

• Ability to make decisions based on incomplete information and communicate any gaps in information along with paths forward

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to successfully brief and interact with personnel at all levels of experience

• Ability to work in a fast-paced high-energy environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Construction or Facility Management hard target construction/facility support.

• Tunnel construction or mining (includes HVAC and power support)

• 5 years of process controls experience Allen Bradley FactoryTalkView GE Fanuc Modicon Schneider Electric Siemens DeltaV Wonderware Emerson etc.

• Experience with one or more modeling programs such as Revit MEP SketchUP. Solidworks VentSIM UTAS etc

• Military or defense-related experience and an understanding of operational planning. Knowledge of the Joint Targeting Cycle Facility Target Development Facility Vulnerability Analysis weapons effects Military Operational Planning or defense industry production process is a strong plus.

• Experience with Building Management Systems (BMS) Industrial HVAC Central Plant Utilities Industrial Processes Water/Wastewater Nuclear Power Data Centers Cogen Plants Combined Cooling Heating & Power Cooling towers chillers UPS Power Monitoring.

• Cybersecurity experience Monitoring advanced threats and managing security services.

• Modeling and Simulation support. Augmented Reality / Virtual Reality experience creation a strong plus.

• Production (Manufacturing Fabrication or Assembly) or warehouse design workflow development or management.

• Software development skills preferred python java etc.

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Pay Range:

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.