Sustainment Engineer
Job Location:
Huntsville, AL - USA
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Job Summary
The Logistics & Sustainment Department is seeking an experienced Sustainment Engineer directly supporting program execution.
The position operates within a matrix environment. Programs retain responsibility for program requirements priorities technical direction cost and schedule.
Primary Responsibilities
The Sustainment Engineer will:
Develop integrate and continuously improve sustainment engineering processes methods templates tools and standards.
Support development of sustainment strategies beginning early in the system lifecycle and continuing through fielding operations and sustainment.
Integrate reliability maintainability availability supportability maintenance supply support technical data training facilities support equipment and other sustainment considerations into system and program decisions.
Perform sustainment analyses supporting maintenance concepts sparing support equipment manpower training lifecycle cost readiness and support strategies.
Work across engineering product support provisioning technical publications training field services depot operations program management and other disciplines to integrate end-to-end logistics.
Participate in design and technical reviews to ensure sustainment considerations are identified early enough to influence system design and lifecycle decisions.
Participate in peer review and quality-control practices for sustainment engineering products.
Support development of contract deliverables and program documentation requiring sustainment engineering input.
Identify opportunities to use data digital tools automation and analytics to improve sustainment planning and decision-making.
Minimum Required Qualifications
Bachelors degree in engineering and a minimum of 4 years OR a Masters degree in engineering and a minimum of 2 years of relevant professional experience. Additional relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree where permitted by company requirements.
Demonstrated experience in sustainment engineering logistics engineering systems engineering integrated product support or a closely related discipline.
Experience supporting complex defense aerospace weapons system or similarly technical programs through development production fielding or sustainment.
Working knowledge of lifecycle sustainment maintenance planning reliability and maintainability supportability analysis readiness and logistics support concepts.
Ability to communicate technical and sustainment issues clearly to engineering program and senior leadership.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities resolve competing requirements and deliver quality products within established cost and schedule constraints.
US citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience supporting Department of Defense acquisition and sustainment programs.
Experience integrating sustainment requirements during system design and development.
Experience with reliability availability maintainability lifecycle cost maintenance task analysis sparing or other quantitative sustainment analyses.
Familiarity with digital engineering data analytics enterprise business systems and visualization tools supporting sustainment decisions.
Key Outputs
The Sustainment Engineer will be expected to:
Perform Root Cause and Corrective Action investigations on HW failures
Author Engineering Change Orders and Engineering Change Proposals
Maintain rigorous configuration control and tracking of fielded assets
Perform sustainment analysis including but not limited to Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) Mean Time To Repair (MTTR) Operational Availability (Ao)
Track and manage Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS)
Develop Integrate and Deliver ahead of schedule whenever program conditions allow.
Increase early integration of sustainment considerations into engineering and program decisions.
Execute repeatable processes that can be applied and scaled across the department.
Improve visibility of sustainment risks requirements workforce capacity and lifecycle impacts.
Strengthen integration among engineering product support field services depot operations and the broader logistics enterprise.
What Success Looks Like
The objective is to ensure sustainment engineering is integrated early remains connected to program execution and contributes directly to Deliver Ready Systems Integrate End-to-End Logistics and Precision Sustainment.
Success will follow measurable improvements to system reliability availability maintainability and customer satisfaction.
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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.
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.
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About Company
Leidos is an innovation company rapidly addressing the world's most vexing challenges in national security and health. Our 47,000 employees collaborate to create smarter technology solutions for customers in these critical markets.
