Lead Systems RMA Engineer --Air Traffic Control

Leidos; Gaithersburg (MD); Hybrid; USD 87,000 - 157,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

Leidos in Gaithersburg, MD is seeking an Reliability, Maintainability and Availability (RMA) Engineer to join the FAA's En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM) program. This role focuses on ensuring system reliability, maintainability, and operational availability for complex aviation ground systems.

You will develop RMA requirements, perform modeling and analysis, support design reviews, test plans, and lifecycle sustainment, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams across hardware,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field with 4–8 years of experience.
• Experience with systems engineering throughout the system development lifecycle.
• Strong technical writing and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary engineering environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop, analyze, and maintain RMA requirements and specifications throughout the system lifecycle.
• Perform system-level RMA modeling, analysis, and performance predictions.
• Support system and design reviews, providing RMA assessments and recommendations.
• Develop and support test plans, procedures, and evaluations to verify RMA requirements.
• Perform failure analysis and trending; identify root causes and corrective actions.
• Support reliability growth initiatives by evaluating field performance and failure trends.

Skills

RMA engineering

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Master’s degree

Job description

Description

Leidos is seeking a Reliability, Maintainability and Availability (RMA) Engineer to join a dynamic engineering team supporting the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM) program. ERAM is a mission-critical component of the National Airspace System (NAS), providing the technology that enables air traffic controllers to safely and efficiently manage high-altitude air traffic across the United States.

The RMA Engineer will support the engineering, analysis, and sustainment of complex aviation and air traffic management systems, helping ensure they meet stringent reliability, maintainability, availability, and operational performance requirements.

Primary Responsibilities

The RMA Engineer will provide systems engineering and analytical support to aviation ground systems and air traffic control programs. Responsibilities include:

• Develop, analyze, and maintain Reliability, Maintainability and Availability (RMA) requirements and specifications throughout the system lifecycle.
• Perform system-level RMA modeling, analysis, and performance predictions to assess system reliability, availability, maintainability, and operational performance.
• Support system and design reviews, providing RMA assessments and recommendations to identify risks and improve system performance.
• Develop and support test plans, procedures, and evaluations to verify compliance with RMA requirements.
• Perform failure analysis and trending, identify root causes and systemic issues, and support the development and implementation of corrective actions.
• Support reliability growth initiatives by evaluating field performance, failure trends, and corrective-action effectiveness.
• Analyze field maintenance, operational, and maintenance-data-collection information to assess system performance and identify opportunities for reliability and maintainability improvements.
• Develop and evaluate system sustainment scenarios and provide RMA engineering support for lifecycle planning and operational availability assessments.
• Collaborate with systems engineering, hardware, software, maintenance, logistics, test, and program teams to integrate RMA considerations throughout the system lifecycle.
• Provide RMA engineering expertise in support of FAA-sponsored programs within the National Airspace System.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related technical discipline with 4–8 years of relevant experience, or a Master’s degree with 2–6 years of relevant experience.
• Experience applying systems engineering principles and processes throughout the system development lifecycle.
• Experience with requirements development, analysis, documentation, and management.
• Strong technical writing and communication skills, with the ability to develop clear and concise engineering documentation.
• Ability to analyze technical data, identify trends and issues, and communicate findings and recommendations to engineering and program stakeholders.
• Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary engineering environment, collaborating with systems, hardware, software, test, maintenance, and program teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Reliability, Maintainability and Availability (RMA) engineering, including one or more of the following: reliability analysis, maintainability analysis, availability modeling, failure analysis, reliability predictions, or lifecycle/sustainment analysis.
• Experience supporting systems subject to government or industry RMA requirements, standards, and engineering processes.
• Experience analyzing field performance, maintenance, failure, or operational data to assess system reliability and identify performance trends.
• Familiarity with aviation systems, air traffic management systems, or the National Airspace System (NAS).
• Experience supporting FAA programs or other mission-critical government systems is a plus.
• Familiarity with both ground-based and airborne aviation systems and operational environments is highly desirable.

** This is a hybrid position which requires employee to be in the Gaithersburg, MD office 2.5 days per week or 10 days per month

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Original Posting:

September 10, 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 $87,100.00 - $157,450.00

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.

About Leidos

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 $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

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