Quality Engineer Technician

Description

Our Security Enterprise Solutions (SES) quality team at Leidos currently has an opening for a Quality Engineer Technician. This is your opportunity to support new product introductions, work hands on with the latest in cutting edge technology, collaborate with teammates on business-critical programs, and impact Leidos' future success.

Primary Responsibilities:
This role will provide overarching QA support including directing implementation of QA/QC practices into the manufacturing process, drive standard work, monitor staff performance; including aligning staff to appropriate areas based on skills/capabilities. This role is essential to perform 1st shift in-process inspection and operational test/verification (system), support. Assist with Factory Acceptance Testing (with/without customer), final paperwork/packaging review prior to shipment and participate in supplier audits/qualification. This person will assist with resolving CARs/SCARs for the facility; RCA training (as needed); and update Quality documents for the facility. Assist with the control/management of calibrated equipment, review calibration certificates for any OOT findings and uploading calibration certificates to the database repository. Assist with managing the preventive maintenance (PM) of manufacturing equipment.

Basic Qualifications:

• BS degree and 2 - 4 years of prior relevant experience or master's with less than 2 years of prior relevant experience.
• Defines and specifies the implementation of standards, methods, and procedures for inspecting, testing, and evaluating the precision, accuracy, and reliability of company products and equipment.
• Understanding of Electro-Static Discharge (ESD) practices and IPC related standards for printed circuit boards (PCBs).
• Familiarity of wide range of measurement tools such as micrometers, calipers, height gauges, plug gauges, etc.
• Microsoft office suite - Word, Excel, PowerPoint
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Six Sigma / Problem Solving Tools
• Excel skills
• Statistical Process Control (SPC) techniques such as control charting and assessing of process capability
• Design of Experiments / ANOVA / Gauge Reliability and Repeatability (GR&R) Studies
• Prior Security Clearance
• Lean Six Sigma certification - Green Belt / Black Belt.
• IPC-610 Certification

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. 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:

January 28, 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 $59,150.00 - $106,925.00

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.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

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Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.