Senior Mechanical Engineer

Leidos has an opening in our Albuquerque NM office for a Senior Mechanical Engineer with experience in the development deployment operation and sustainment of weapon systems for the department of defense. The successful candidate will work with a team of engineers and scientists in a research and development environment. The candidate will guide the team to incorporate proven directed energy (DE) technologies into fully capable weapon systems for the United States Air Force and other customers.

Primary Responsibilities

• Create 3D solid models of innovative hardware and systems and provide mechanical analysis of the models
• Develop mechanical designs in accordance with established company standards and customer specifications
• Work with government Leidos and vendor machine shops to procure parts and components.
• Contribute to the overall success of projects and programs by actively interfacing with the Leidos team and customers to develop creative and robust mechanical designs
• Resolve manufacturing and testing issues including providing innovative mechanical design and fabrication ideas
• Effectively manage time to ensure designs are completed according to project schedules

Basic Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

About Our Team

Our Directed Energy team in Albuquerque consists of approximately 100 scientists engineers technicians drafters fabricators and support staff with backgrounds in advanced physics electrical and mechanical engineering electromagnetics lasers and high-power microwaves. For over three decades our team has worked with government laboratories to push the limits of the state-of-the-art in several high-tech fields and continue to do so on several programs.

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Original Posting : October 28 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 $126100.00 - $227950.00

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.

Required Experience :

Senior IC

Key Skills

Children Activity,Administrative Skills,Data Warehousing,Fire And Safety Engineering,Fleet,Asic

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 126100 - 227950