IR Payload Production Project Lead

Leidos LLC; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 87,000 - 157,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellness programs

Paid leave

Retirement benefits

Job summary

Leidos Space Systems is seeking a Project Engineer in Huntsville, AL to support the Proliferated Space Portfolio on OPIR Space Payload programs for the SDA missile warning and tracking architecture. You will serve as the link between program leadership and the production floor, translating direction into floor actions and providing real-time hardware status updates.

Responsibilities include daily status updates, coordinating build station stand-ups, maintaining flight hardware visibility,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, manufacturing, or related field with 4+ years' experience (MS with 2+ years).
• Experience on defense aerospace or space hardware production programs.
• Flight hardware production including assembly, integration, and test of complex electro‑optical or electronic systems.
• Translate program direction to the floor and clearly communicate status to leadership.
• Familiarity with configuration management (ECPs, CCBs, as‑built docs).
• Experience with NCR processes and MRB dispositions.
• Familiarity with process travelers and MES (Solumina).
• Strong verbal and written communication; eligible for active clearance.

Responsibilities

• Provide clear, concise daily hardware status updates to the Operations Lead and Production Manager.
• Lead and participate in daily build station stand‑ups with technicians, inspectors, and support personnel.
• Maintain real‑time awareness of all flight hardware location, build status, and configuration across the production floor.
• Monitor production flow and identify impacts to schedule and downstream effects; surface them to the program‑level audience.
• Coordinate with Manufacturing and Engineering to ensure travelers reflect latest engineering direction.
• Maintain NCRs/MRB dispositions awareness and communicate status to leadership with urgency.
• Coordinate and support critical test events including functional, environmental, and ATP execution.
• Support PSR preparation with Quality and Engineering; track open items to resolution.
• Support customer and Government Source Inspection activities.
• Document lessons learned after each unit delivery for continuous improvement.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Education

Bachelor's degree (Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, or related field)

Master's degree

Tools

Solumina

Job description

Leidos Space Systems is seeking a Project Engineer in Huntsville, AL to support the Proliferated Space Portfolio on OPIR Space Payload programs for the SDA missile warning and tracking architecture. You will serve as the link between program leadership and the production floor, translating direction into floor actions and providing real-time hardware status updates.

Responsibilities include daily status updates, coordinating build station stand-ups, maintaining flight hardware visibility,