Energy AI Operations Excellence Analyst

Leidos; United States; Remote; USD 50,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is actively seeking a motivated Energy Automation Operational Excellence Analyst to enhance energy design automation strategies. This role involves collaboration with internal customers to ensure project efficacy and user satisfaction. Ideal candidates should have strong communication and problem-solving skills, along with a relevant degree and experience in power systems.

Benefits

Competitive compensation and benefits

Career advancement opportunities

Mentoring and training assistance

Strong work/life balance

Qualifications

• Entry Level: Bachelor's Degree with 2+ years relevant experience.
• Mid-Level: Bachelor's Degree with 4+ years relevant experience.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with users and development teams on business processes.
• Develop benefits measurement strategies during development.
• Track feedback and develop continuous improvement strategies.

Skills

Problem-solving

Communication

Collaboration

Analytical abilities

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Leidos, a Fortune 500 company, and leader in the Energy Infrastructure and Automation market, is seeking to hire an Energy Automation Operational Excellence Analyst to join our team. This is a great opportunity for someone with broad skills across operations, benefits management, and business process transformation domains to help ensure our next generation energy and power design automation strategies deliver measurable customer value. The selected candidate will work with automation tooling internal customers, users, and operational support teams to ensure efficacy, track benefits realization, collect feedback, advocate for consumers where needed, and maintain a repository of continuous improvement opportunities for future consideration.

An ideal candidate will have exceptional skills in communication, engagement, collaboration, team leadership and be a self-starter requiring minimal supervision and direction. The ideal candidate will have strong investigative skills and an ability to connect with people to dig into processes and cultivate/develop what is working and what isn’t. The candidate should be intellectually curious, enjoy discovery and learning, and possess organizational skills needed to organize and prioritize feedback. Experience with utility power systems (Transmission, Substation, Distribution, Planning) and fundamental AI technologies is a great basis for success, as is business acumen and perspective.

Primary Responsibilities

• Collaborate with operational users and development teams to clarify existing and future business processes
• Develop a clear understanding of the intended business benefits and technology enablers
• Work with customers to develop benefits measurement strategies during development and track and measure benefits through operations
• Schedule and lead customer feedback sessions and drive to clarify on efficacy and impact
• Track feedback and develop continuous improvement strategies
• Engage program leadership and brief benefits trends
• Collaborate with technical support to drive understanding and resolution of issues
• Coordinate and communicate change between business and technical stakeholders.
• Sound the alarm when things aren’t working
• Celebrate successes and create user stories about impacts of change

Basic Qualifications

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• Entry Level: Bachelor's Degree with two plus (2+) years of relevant experience. May consider more years of relevant experience in lieu of degree
• Mid-Level: Bachelor's Degree with four plus (4+) years of relevant experience. May consider more years of relevant experience in lieu of degree
• Strong problem-solving, conceptual, and analytical abilities
• Experience developing customer engagement plans
• Basic knowledge of electric power systems and the power grid
• Basic conceptual knowledge of AI/ML strategies including supervised, unsupervised, semi-supervised, and reinforcement learning
• An intellectually curious mindset and passion for learning / sense-making
• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills; you will need to learn enough to appreciate your customers’ missions and challenges
• Excellent teamwork skills
• Ability to prioritize tasks independently
• Must currently have a valid U.S Passport or the ability to obtain one for international travel
• Ability to travel up to (25%)

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience in low/medium/high voltage power system design
• Formal AI training courses or degree
• Direct experience as a business process change consultant

Are you ready to make an impact? Begin your journey of a flourishing and meaningful career; share your resume with us today!

We take care of our employees. Leidos seeks the best and the brightest, and in return, we invest in you, with an eye on your future, through career advancement, growth opportunities and continuous improvement via mentoring, formal and informal project management training and assistance with obtaining pertinent certifications. We challenge you to help solve some of the world’s toughest problems, and reward you with a welcoming culture that recognizes the importance of a strong work/life balance, as well as competitive compensation and benefits. We believe that diversity and inclusion make us all better and offer the chance to have fun and make a difference

Original Posting: June 5, 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 $50,700.00 - $91,650.00

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.