Field Engineer 2

Leidos LLC; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 126,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Health and Wellness programs

Income Protection

Paid Leave and Retirement

High travel (75%)

Job summary

Leidos seeks a qualified RSR Field Engineer to support the FAA BNATCS Radar Surveillance Replacement (RSR) Program Office at multiple busy airport sites. You will represent the PO on site, serve as an SME, and assist with site planning, installation, and disposition activities in a fast-paced, multi-site environment.

The role requires a bachelor’s or master’s degree with relevant experience and a proven ability to work independently within a small team, while ensuring high-quality maintenance

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree with 2 years of relevant experience, or Master’s Degree with less than 2 years of relevant experience, or additional years of relevant experience may be considered/accepted in lieu of a degree.
• Experience with research, design, and development of electrical equipment and systems.
• Ability to perform at a high level independently and as part of a small team, while meeting an aggressive installation schedule.
• Demonstrated commitment to high-quality maintenance practices during RSR implementation.
• Professionalism representing Leidos to FAA customers, consistent with delivering “best of the best” support.

Responsibilities

• Represent the PO at RSR sites, executing to an aggressive multi-site schedule.
• Serve as an RSR subject matter expert (SME) to the RSR program office project, implementation, and engineering leads.
• Participate in final planning and site preparation, including development of site implementation plans and site visits as required.
• Provide onsite installation/construction consultation supporting implementation and disposition activities, including advising contractors on requirements based on design drawings and the statement of work (SOW).

Skills

Independent work

Team collaboration

High-quality maintenance

Education

Bachelor’s degree with 2 years of relevant experience

Tools

Radar systems experience

Job description

As one of Leidos’ oldest and largest programs supporting the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the NAS Integration Support Contract (NISC) Program is seeking a qualified professional to support the FAA’s Brand-New Air Traffic Control System (BNATCS) initiative—specifically the Radar Surveillance Replacement (RSR) Program Office (AJM-41)—by serving as an RSR Field Engineer on the program office’s implementation and disposition teams. The selected candidate will support installation and disposition for the RSR PO, at some of the nation’s busiest and most critical airports.

Primary Responsibilities

• Represent the PO at RSR sites, executing to an aggressive multi-site schedule.
• Serve as an RSR subject matter expert (SME) to the RSR program office project, implementation, and engineering leads.
• Participate in final planning and site preparation, including development of site implementation plans and site visits as required.
• Provide onsite installation/construction consultation supporting implementation and disposition activities, including advising contractors on requirements based on design drawings and the statement of work (SOW).

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree with 2 years of relevant experience, or Master’s Degree with less than 2 years of relevant experience, or additional years of relevant experience may be considered/accepted in lieu of a degree.
• Experience with research, design, and development of electrical equipment and systems.
• Ability to perform at a high level independently and as part of a small team, while meeting an aggressive installation schedule.
• Demonstrated commitment to high-quality maintenance practices during RSR implementation.
• Professionalism representing Leidos to FAA customers, consistent with delivering “best of the best” support.

Preferred Qualifications

• The ideal candidate is a prior FAA radar specialist (engineer, technician) with multi-year responsibility for radar systems in the operational NAS.
• Hands-on field experience on one or more Radar systems in the active NAS.
• Understanding of FAA operational risk management practices.
• Demonstrated knowledge of FAA construction/installation requirements at RSR sites.

Travel Expectations: Travel is expected to be high 75% of the time.

At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting: October 2, 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: $69,550.00 - $125,725.00. 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.

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 $17.2 billion for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2026. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

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• competitive compensation
• Health and Wellness programs
• Income Protection
• Paid Leave and Retirement

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