Description

Job Description:

Leidos is seeking an Analysis Engineer to join our spacecraft and payload development teams in San Diego, CA. This is an exciting opportunity to leverage your expertise in successfully deploying complex engineering projects, while contributing to our national defense mission, while working in San Diego.

We are looking for a proactive cross functional engineer that thrives in fast-paced environments leading and managing team members to accomplish payload integration, test and debug electrical components within a payload. While being an experienced engineer with Space DNA who has worked on LEO, MEO, and GEO is important, and we value and welcome those with experience working for organizations like SDA, RCO, or DARPA, we are most excited about candidates who have demonstrated success in delivering complex, reliable space systems under tight timelines.

As an Analysis Engineer, you will lead a team to integrate, test, and deliver components, subsystems and systems on multiple payloads, plus work with other disciplines and leadership team. In addition, you will use your experience to help manage, coordinate and determine staffing requirements, manage material needs and find ways to beat schedule goals. The ideal candidate will have space domain experience across the product lifecycle - from development, manufacturing, operations and sustainment.

Are you ready to join a team dedicated to a mission? Begin your journey of a flourishing and meaningful career - share your resume with us today!

Primary Responsibilities

• Apply knowledge of structural analysis (e.g., materials technology, finite element modeling, static analysis, fatigue analysis, damage tolerance analysis, thermal analysis, vibration analysis, structural testing, etc.).

• Ability to perform hand-calc and FEM analysis to report margins of safety for structures.

• Ability to utilize ANSYS, NASTRAN, and FEMAP in analysis efforts.

• Document stress analysis to support nonconformance resolution design upgrades, and design analysis cycles (loads, modeling, assumptions, etc.).

• Determines technical objectives and develop innovative, practical solutions to advanced technical engineering problems.

• Ability to work in a team and lead in a multidisciplinary team environment.

• Provide guidance on improvement methods and analytical practices for both composite and metallic structures.

• Support designers with stress/stability/failure analysis and best practices.

• Collaborate with internal and external teams throughout program design and manufacturing phases.

• Ability to mentor lead junior engineers through mechanical analysis and design work including structural analysis, structural dynamics, thermal analysis, 3D CAD, and engineering drawings.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and 10 years of prior relevant experience or Master’s degree with 6 years of prior relevant experience.

• Experience with CAD, FEA software such as Solidworks, ANSYS, NASTRAN, FEMAP is required.

• Candidate must have experience with structural design. Exposure to laboratory environment preferred, including materials characterization, materials testing, vibration testing, and failure analysis.

• Analyzing modal, random vibration, shock, and stress.

• Experience interfacing with subcontractors and suppliers including generating detailed specifications and test requirements, providing technical guidance, and performing issue resolution.

• Familiarity with performing design trade studies and analyses to optimize mechanical designs relative to performance, size, weight, and cost.

• Strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills to effectively interface with other teams, customers, and/or senior leadership.

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD SECRET clearance. (U.S. Citizenship is required)

• Ability and willingness to work onsite in San Diego, California, or in Huntsville, Alabama.

• Experience working cross-functional teams for project-wide collaboration.

• Possess strong and fluent communication, project focus, and execution skills.

• Self-motivation and comfort working in a fast-moving high-tech environment.

• Demonstrated experience working in small engineering teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Space Mechanical Systems familiarity.

• US Citizen with current TS/SCI clearance.

• Experience with space products (space vehicle or payload) design, manufacturing, or support that includes broad demonstrated experience in electrical, mechanical, software, and manufacturing engineering including product design, validation, test, troubleshooting, repair, and support evaluating unique space environment-induced designs through low power and stress calculations and for cost-effectiveness and ease of manufacture and maintenance.

• Experience with US DoD Contract Data Requirements List (CDRLs) and mechanical-related documentation as required by US DoD Data Item Descriptions.

At Leidos, we don’t want someone who "fits the mold"-we want someone who melts it down and builds something better. This is a role for the restless, the over-caffeinated, the ones who ask, “what’s next?” before the dust settles on “what’s now.”

If you’re already scheming step 20 while everyone else is still debating step 2... good. You’ll fit right in.

Original Posting:
September 9, 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 $126,100.00 - $227,950.00

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.