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Manufacturing Specialist

Leidos1,925 open roles

Pay
$59,150 – $106,925 a year
Where
Chesapeake, VA
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Your applicationOpen nowManufacturing SpecialistLeidos · Chesapeake, VA

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12.7% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. Leidos postings stay open a median of 8 days.

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  4. 20.4%14 days
  5. 35.6%30 days
  6. 58.7%60 days
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Leidos median: 8 days open

The posting

At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers’ success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainably. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.

Your greatest work is ahead!

The Leidos Defense Group has a current opening for a Manufacturing Specialist at its Chesapeake, VA facility. This is an opportunity to use your manufacturing expertise to support Environmental equipment builds for the US Navy. In this project, Leidos as OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) provides fabrication of build-to print Environmental equipment including material/subcontractor purchases, logistic support, field support (as required), factory acceptance testing and equipment/system packaging within the ISO-9001 environment. The selected candidate will be part of a multi-disciplinary team consisting of material planners, buyers, management (program/site), technicians, quality, contracts, finance as well as external suppliers and subcontractors.

If this sounds like the kind of environment where you can thrive, keep reading!

Leidos Defense Group provides a diverse portfolio of systems, solutions, and services covering land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace for customers worldwide. Solutions for Defense include enterprise and mission IT, large-scale intelligence systems, command and control, geospatial and data analytics, cybersecurity, logistics, training, and intelligence analysis and operations support. Our team is solving the world’s toughest security challenges for customers with “can’t fail” missions. To explore and learn more, click here!

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Primary Responsibilities

  • Apply manufacturing expertise to provide guidance to Leidos shop technician staff and external fabrication subcontractors based on US NAVY build-to-print fabrication drawings and past historical build files within an ISO-9001 environment. (i.e. document control, records retention, traceability, corrective actions, and continual improvement).
  • Lead development new bills of material or use of legacy bills of material to select vendors and requisition material within the Leidos approved procurement system with consideration of historical quality performance, lead times, cost, and fabrication schedule. Incorporate procurement information into task Material Release, fabrication work orders, and route cards.
  • Maintain configuration management of the equipment builds. Lead review and revision as required of mechanical related quality procedures, forms and test procedures.
  • Lead mechanical review of incoming material or process non-conformities and develop workable documented resolution.
  • Develop technical rationale and communicate with US NAVY civilian engineers (Life Cycle Manager) when drawing discrepancies (like obsolete material) are discovered during the manufacturing process. In cases of obsolescence, conduct analysis of replacement part for form-fit-function and document recommended replacement.
  • Upkeep of “Technical Record Book” to track key component/equipment/design decisions. (This is storage for project record as well as “your” historical reference data source.)
  • Assist in review/development of illustrations, parts breakdown and bill-of materials for technical manual or user manuals and training material of equipment.
  • Assist program manager and site manager to review applicability of “new work opportunities” and participate in cost exercises, development of work statements and final technical proposal.

Basic Qualifications

  • 5+ years manufacturing work experience
  • Ability to understand and interpret US NAVY or Industry drawing requirements including bill of material, balloon callouts, deciphering details, weld symbols, and dimensions and tolerances.
  • Experience with 2D and 3D drafting software packages including Auto-Cad, Solid Works/Solid Edge and/or Inventor.
  • Ability to develop work instruction packages, manufacturing work orders and route cards.
  • Expertise with Microsoft Office applications – EXCEL, WORD, POWERPOINT, OUTLOOK
  • Familiarity with project management and scheduling software like MS PROJECT
  • Clean background to support work with DOD Secret security clearance, as required.
  • Familiarity with mechanical engineering reference material: Machinery’s Handbook, Mark’s Handbook for Mechanical Engineering, ASME and ASTM material standards, ASME and ASTM fastener specifications, ASTM Y14.5 for dimensioning and tolerancing, ASME B31 piping specifications

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in developing or working with Bills of Material, ordering and tracking material, and releasing material for manufacturing
  • Exceptional organizational and documentation skills as part of ISO certification, and ongoing US NAVY equipment builds.
  • Strong work ethic with ability to recognize opportunities for improvement and document corrective action and bring resolution and closeout.
  • Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines.
  • Comfort with discussing engineered components, quality, and work schedules with external suppliers and customers.

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:

October 19, 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 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.

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