Telecommunications Engineering Technician Palmdale, CA

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The National Airspace Systems Integration Support (NISC) program at Leidos is seeking a Telecommunications Engineering Technician to provide support to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Central Service Area - Engineering Services Group located across the United States. This work location is Palmdale CA

The ideal candidate will support the daily operations of the FAA Program. The program aims to design build operate and maintain the FAAs next-generation communications platform and to build a dynamic highly available and secure enterprise network to support all the agencys mission-critical applications across the NAS.

Telecommunications Engineering Technician Job Duties Include:

• Review FAA data bases and provide input and or draft Site Survey Reports (SSR).
• Conduct site surveys to provide input and/or draft Site Survey Reports.
• Coordinate schedules with SSC ES and Verizon personnel.
• Draft Project Risk Plans (PRP) and Operational Risk Management Plans (ORMP).
• Generate and/or update drawings sketches and artifacts.
• Draft project plans for site preparation activities.
• Coordinate scheduled outages with SSC Air Traffic and Operations personnel.
• Develop transition plans.
• Resolve schedule conflicts.
• Accompany unbadged personnel at facilities.
• Work with LECs on schedules.
• Develop briefings/information/reports on District status.
• Work with other Districts/SSC on interstate service flows transitions cutovers planning etc.
• Support District POC and SSCs with day-to-day work activities.
• Review and provide comments on Verizon Site Specific Implementation Plans (SSIP).

Telecommunications Engineering Technician Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Electronics Engineering and 2 years of relevant experience OR a Masters degree. Additional experience may be substituted/considered/accepted in lieu of degree.
• Ability to travel 75%
• Ability to obtain a Public Trust Security Clearance Suitability (To be eligible for Public Trust Security Clearance one must be either a U.S. Citizen OR a U.S. Permanent Resident/Green Card holder who has resided in the U.S.A for the past 3 years.
• Proficiency in MS Office Suites.

Desired Qualifications:

• 2 years of experience working with Telco systems performing Network Troubleshooting.
• Proficient working with AutoCAD or similar tools.
• Knowledge of National Electric Code (NEC) National Fire Protection Assoc (NFPA) standards National Airspace System Equipment Tower.
• Knowledge of OSHA and general construction and electrical safety standards.
• Knowledge of NAS facilities such as ASR ATCT VOR ARSR RCAG.

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Original Posting:
June 26 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 $59150.00 - $106925.00
• 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.

Desired Qualifications:

• 2 years of experience working with Telco systems performing Network Troubleshooting.
• Proficient working with AutoCAD or similar tools.
• Knowledge of National Electric Code (NEC) National Fire Protection Assoc (NFPA) standards National Airspace System Equipment Tower.
• Knowledge of OSHA and general construction and electrical safety standards.
• Knowledge of NAS facilities such as ASR ATCT VOR ARSR RCAG.