Leidos
Defense, intelligence, and civil IT solutions
CBRN Field Service Engineer
Travel within the Continental United States is required, up to 60% of the time.
About the job
- Active Top Secret clearance.
- Ability to work flexible hours and shifts and travel on short notice, up to 60% of the time.
- Ability to work independently or in a team environment, follow written and oral instructions, and carry out tasks safely with minimal supervision and oversight.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including updating and writing status reports and after-action reports.
- Valid driver's license and ability to drive up to 500 miles during daytime and nighttime hours.
- Ability to fly for a minimum of six hours without a layover.
- Real ID-compliant identification and/or a U.S. passport or passport card.
- Ability to access mechanical spaces, HVAC systems on rooftops, and manholes to install and retrieve sensor systems and environmental samples.
- Ability to ascend and descend fixed ladders up to 24 feet high.
- Ability to ascend and descend five levels of stairs without stopping in under 130 seconds.
- Ability to work on elevated surfaces at heights of up to 40 stories for periods of up to 30 minutes.
- Ability to walk up to one mile without stopping on uneven terrain in under 20 minutes.
- Ability to work in small enclosed spaces for up to 40 minutes multiple times during a shift.
- Ability to bend at the waist, kneel, or squat for up to 30 seconds at a time, 12 times per shift, with minimal recovery time.
- Maintain an inventory of supplies and equipment, produce updated status reports, maintain shipping and receiving logs, and work with procurement to track order status and repair and maintenance issues.
- Act as the lead on temporary deployments lasting two to three days within the Continental United States, collecting, initially processing, packaging, and preparing environmental media for laboratory testing.
- Obtain sensor equipment from storage locations, test it to ensure it is operational, and transport it to required installation sites with little to no supervision from the Project Manager.
- Schedule and complete logistical duties, including travel and equipment shipping, in coordination with the customer.
- Collect environmental media, package it, and prepare it for initial laboratory testing.
- Follow the customer's step-by-step instructions for collection and testing.
- Prepare after-action reports, weekly and monthly reports, and other program documentation.
- Schedule and conduct preventive maintenance at regular intervals and publish the results.
- Secure DFU equipment upon task completion, package it, and arrange shipment back to the storage facility.
- Knowledge of sample collection systems, field test methods, and field data collection.
- Experience planning field operations within short timelines, installing equipment at temporary sites, and producing customer after-action reports.
- Fundamental knowledge of HVAC systems and background in CBRN detection and analysis.
- Previous HAZWOPER certification or HAZMAT training.
- Background in environmental health and safety.
- A B.S. degree in a scientific discipline or equivalent experience.
- Experience in environmental, chemical, biological, or radiological monitoring and/or sampling.
- Technical expertise diagnosing and repairing electronic malfunctions, removing and repairing or replacing unserviceable equipment, troubleshooting and testing faulty equipment, identifying system malfunctions, repairing system failures, performing confidence tests on selected equipment, assisting with system sampling and identification, and assessing equipment health and operational data while maintaining communications.
About the company
Leidos is a large technology and engineering company that serves defense, intelligence, healthcare, and civil government customers. It provides scientific, engineering, and IT solutions to help ensure safety, health, and efficiency, from upgrading air traffic control to strengthening cybersecurity for critical missions. The company delivers integrated systems and services—software, research, cyber defense, and digital modernization—through programs that span government and commercial clients. Leidos stands out through its long history as SAIC’s split-off and rapid growth via major acquisitions, creating a broad, mission-focused portfolio across defense, space, intelligence, and civilian sectors. Its overarching goal is to help customers solve hard problems with advanced technology, enabling safer operations and better public services.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Reston, Virginia
Founded
1969
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- The Navy renewed Leidos' enterprise network work with an $875 million second option year.
- Q2 2026 revenue rose 7%, and management raised full-year guidance to $18.4 billion.
- Defense bookings accelerated, including a $301 million Army cyber-defense award and $127 million ARTEMIS extension.
What critics are saying
- Fifty percent of revenue comes from DoD and Intelligence; program cuts hit immediately.
- DHMSM and Antarctic recompetes remain unresolved, threatening 2027 revenue continuity and margins.
- July 2026 layoffs of 305 indirect workers signal ongoing restructuring and internal disruption.
What makes Leidos unique
- Leidos' 2026 NorthStar 2030 pivots into digital modernization, cyber, and mission software.
- Its Navy network franchise spans NMCI, ONE-Net, and MCEN across 2,500 sites globally.
- Sea Hunter and Seahawk prove Leidos-led autonomy at carrier-strike-group and RIMPAC operations.
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Medical, dental, & vision insurance
Health Savings account
Income protection
PTO
Paid parental leave
Jury duty pay
Bereavement leave
401(k) Retirement Plan
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Family Benefits
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↑ 8%Leidos has secured a contract worth up to $127 million to continue providing the Airborne Reconnaissance and Targeting Exploitation Multi-Mission Intelligence System (ARTEMIS) for the U.S. Army. The contract extends ARTEMIS intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) operations within the U.S. European Command area of responsibility through summer 2027, with two additional option years. Leidos has supported the mission since 2020. The company provides a comprehensive Contractor-Owned, Contractor-Operated ISR capability built around a modified Bombardier Challenger 650 aircraft, including the aircraft, mission systems, flight operations, and support services. Originally fielded as a technology demonstrator, ARTEMIS has evolved into a globally deployable, high-altitude ISR platform that strengthens the Army's intelligence collection capabilities whilst providing flexibility to support operations across multiple theatres.
Former Leidos executive Kim Denver named KBR contracts, supply chain SVP. * Denver will lead a newly created contracts and supply chain organization * He spent more than 13 years at Leidos, most recently as global chief supply chain officer * He previously served as deputy assistant secretary of the Army for procurement KBR has named Kim Denver senior vice president of contracts and supply chain, putting him in charge of a newly created organization combining both functions. The company announced the appointment Monday in a LinkedIn post, noting that Denver will focus on growth, strategic partnerships and commercial practices. Who is Kim Denver? Denver spent more than 13 years at Leidos, most recently as senior vice president and global chief supply chain officer and chief contracts executive. He joined the company in 2013 as corporate contracts director and held successive roles covering contracts, procurement and pricing. Before that, he served as deputy assistant secretary of the U.S. Army for procurement, directing more than 8,000 military and civilian contracting personnel and overseeing more than 270 Army contracting offices worldwide. He held that post from 2011 to 2013. Denver earlier led the Army Corps of Engineers' National Contracting Organization, serving as principal contracting adviser to the chief of engineers. From 2003 to 2008, he was the principal assistant responsible for contracting at the Army's Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation. He holds a master's degree in business administration from the University of Central Florida and a bachelor's in business administration from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Why does the role matter for KBR? KBR cited Denver's experience supporting the U.S. Antarctic Program in announcing the appointment. The company won a potential $8 billion contract from the National Science Foundation in June to support the program, covering logistics, infrastructure and scientific mission support across three year-round research stations. The 20-year, single-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract followed a full and open competition NSF launched in 2025. Its scope spans management and planning, laboratory services, vessel operations, IT and communications, infrastructure maintenance, and medical services.
George Mason to establish Virginia Quantum Hub. September 22, 2026 Press play to listen to this content Sept. 22, 2026 - With support from a $3.7 million GO Virginia grant, George Mason University will establish the Virginia Quantum Hub (VQH) - an inclusive quantum ecosystem, built by public-private partnerships, that generates intellectual property across research and technology, attracts capital investments, trains a highly skilled workforce, and addresses global innovation needs, from health and logistics to national security and energy sectors. A George Mason physics PhD student uses a microscope to probe nanoelectronic devices. The university launched the first master's degree in quantum science and engineering in the commonwealth earlier this year. Photo credit: George Mason University. "The Virginia Quantum Hub at George Mason positions the Commonwealth of Virginia at the forefront of this cutting-edge technology that will drive investment and economic opportunity in the decades to come," said Governor Abigail Spanberger. "As home to the first open-architecture quantum computing system in the National Capital Region, this is exactly the kind of public-private partnership that keeps Virginia first. The collaboration among higher education, GO Virginia, the Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (VIPC), and many other critical public and private partners also represents game-changing capacity building for our innovation ecosystem." To scale partnerships already underway, George Mason has been approved for the GO Virginia grant, pending final award, to expand K-12 education and employer training programs, technical infrastructure deployment, lab buildout, and collaborative partnership operations. In addition to current research investments, laboratories, and K-12 and higher education programs and training, George Mason partnered with Oxford, England-based TreQ to bring the first open-architecture quantum computing system to the state. TreQ has completed the system design and will deploy and operate the built-to-evolve quantum computing infrastructure, collaborating with George Mason to connect Virginia and the region with companies and innovators across the global quantum technology ecosystem. "George Mason is not waiting for the quantum future - we are building it, responsibly and accessibly, with industry and government. By anchoring the Virginia Quantum Hub here, we are turning the commonwealth's research strength and our region's talent into jobs, new businesses, and opportunity for real change and impact," said George Mason President Gregory Washington. "We are building a quantum ecosystem for the nation, which is open to the world. With the catalytic help from the GO Virginia grant, this is how a public university helps an entire region lead the future." With the new VQH, George Mason will organize a fast-moving ecosystem around Northern Virginia's distinctive combination of assets - federal demand, defense and cybersecurity, cloud and data infrastructure, advanced computing, industry, research universities, and deep technical talent - to help drive the developing future of quantum. "This hub provides access to the hardware and advanced research to empower a workforce to fuel the quantum economy," said College of Science Dean Cody Edwards, who will deliver a keynote at Thursday's Quantum World Congress. "We start with bold solutions to create a better world for everyone - not a search for quantum-shaped answers. Strong ecosystems don't depend on any one dominant part; their strength comes from the interactions among talent, infrastructure, capital, research, industry, and government." "At the College of Engineering and Computing, quantum is not a single discipline - it is where computing, engineering, and science converge," said Ken Ball, dean of George Mason's College of Engineering and Computing. "Our strength lies in preparing students and researchers to work across that entire continuum, from quantum algorithms and software to the systems and technologies that make quantum computing possible while we prepare our graduates for the workforce of the future." George Mason will work with founding partners and strategic investors - including the VIPC, Connected DMV, TreQ, Leidos, Aliro Quantum, Boeing, Booz Allen, MITRE, IonQ, Marymount University, Northern Virginia Community College, and others to be announced - to deliver on three reinforcing pillars: * Open-architecture quantum hardware and shared infrastructure: Dual-use open infrastructure operated by George Mason - a cryogenic lab, a quantum optics facility, and one of the only TreQ-designed open-architecture quantum computers in the United States - for technology innovation. * World-class quantum workforce programs: A four-tier pipeline including middle school, high school, and community-college partner programs, quantum-related professional education, internships, and a new master's degree program with hands-on access to the accessible hardware. With 80 to 85% of George Mason graduates staying to work in Virginia and the region, this talent pipeline is positioned to meet the region's workforce needs both now and as they expand in the future. * Collaborative technology innovation: An industry-government-academia partnership program that builds critical educational programs, drives collaborative technology development, and coordinates the growth of Virginia's quantum ecosystem. "The quantum future of the United States requires we empower our citizens, no matter their backgrounds, with the skills needed to lead in the growth of this exciting technology. The VQH accomplishes this by empowering Virginians with a unique hands-on quantum technology training program, de-risking innovation by providing key high-cost infrastructure to the region and working with partners to make Virginia the destination for transformative quantum companies looking to grow," said Patrick Vora, executive director of George Mason's Quantum Science and Engineering Center (QSEC). "The Virginia Quantum Hub gives us an opportunity to move beyond simply accessing cloud-based, black-box quantum computers and instead open the box to study and innovate at deeper layers of the quantum computing stack," said Weiwen Jiang, QSEC's codirector. "With open-architecture hardware and shared research infrastructure, our faculty, students, and industry partners can work across the full quantum stack, from applications and software to systems, control, and devices. This kind of infrastructure is essential for training the next generation of quantum engineers and advancing research toward practical quantum applications." Several of George Mason's partners weighed in on this opportunity and moment for the state: "VIPC is proud to be a founding partner and strategic investor in the Virginia Quantum Hub. Built through public-private partnership, VQH will help grow Virginia's innovation ecosystem by accelerating research commercialization, growing next-generation talent, and catalyzing company attraction and industry investment in the commonwealth," said VIPC President and CEO Joe Benevento. "TreQ is grateful for George Mason's trust and partnership in building this foundational infrastructure for Virginia's quantum ecosystem. This region brings together digital infrastructure, national security, research, talent, and the technology industry in a way few places can. That combination is shaping the frontier of computing," said TreQ CEO and Founder Mandy Birch. "The Greater Washington region has the computer infrastructure, the research base, and the security-cleared talent that quantum companies need. The Virginia Quantum Hub adds a critical missing piece: Open hardware companies can test on today, paired with a pipeline that keeps four out of five graduates here. For frontier technology companies deciding where to build and scale, the case for Northern Virginia just got stronger," said George D. Thomas, president and CEO of the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority. The new Virginia Quantum Hub builds on eight years of investment through George Mason's QSEC, where 24 faculty across seven departments and several colleges have built the university's research and education foundation in quantum. A priority within George Mason's Grand Challenge Initiative, George Mason's Quantum Leap project is research backed by a new $2.4 million catalyst investment, with six new postdoctoral positions and three new faculty positions. The university recently launched Virginia's first interdisciplinary master's degree in quantum science and engineering and signed an MOU with two of Korea's leading quantum organizations, extending the hub's reach to a strong global quantum marketplace.
Brooke Pierce joins DLH as president of health business group. * Brooke Pierce will oversee technology, scientific research, AI, data analytics and mission-support services at DLH * Pierce previously served as Leidos' defense enterprise vice president and cyber operations division manager * Her Leidos experience included AI-driven modernization, cloud and cybersecurity services DLH Holdings has named Brooke Pierce president of its health business group, effective Sept. 14. The Atlanta-based company announced the appointment on Monday. Commenting on Pierce's appointment, DLH President and CEO Kathryn JohnBull said, "Brooke's experience building high-performing health and technology organizations that deliver operational excellence to customers, profitable growth, and organizational development at scale will be invaluable as we advance DLH's health strategy." The appointment comes as federal health agencies prepare for FY27 priorities involving AI, digital tools and healthcare technology. The Potomac Officers Club's 2026 Healthcare Summit will bring senior leaders from HHS, the Defense Health Agency and the Veterans Health Administration together to discuss these priorities. Register today! Who is Brooke Pierce? Pierce is a former Leidos executive with nearly two decades of experience leading federal programs and global operations. Before joining DLH, she served as vice president of the defense enterprise and cyber operations division manager at Leidos, where she supported artificial intelligence-driven modernization initiatives and oversaw the delivery of cloud and cybersecurity services. Previously, Pierce led Leidos' Marine Corps and international portfolio. She also served as deputy program executive for the Department of the Navy's Next Generation Enterprise Network Service Management, Integration and Transport program, supporting more than 4,500 personnel at more than 1,500 locations. Earlier in her tenure at Leidos, Pierce led efforts to recover high-risk federal programs, including a $1 billion infrastructure and hosting contract. She also helped establish Leidos' Independent Program Assessment framework for evaluating program health and informing executive decision-making. Prior to Leidos, Pierce held leadership roles at Cotiviti, ARDX and FEI Systems, where she oversaw government services operations, program delivery and business development for federal health portfolios. Her earlier career included program management roles at Northrop Grumman, CORMAC and other organizations focused on health IT and technology. What will Pierce oversee? As head of DLH's health business group, Pierce will drive growth and strategic direction spanning technology, scientific research, AI, data analytics and mission-support services for the company's federal health customers. She will also oversee day-to-day execution, manage customer relationships and build up staff. Pierce's responsibilities align with DLH's focus on health IT strategy and digital transformation. The company named Jess Berrellez vice president of health IT strategy and operations in November 2025 to support those areas, including data strategies and AI adoption.
The US Department of the Navy has awarded Leidos $875 million for the second option year of a contract to manage critical military networks worldwide. The company will support more than 650,000 Navy and Marine Corps personnel by managing over 425,000 devices at more than 2,500 sites globally. Leidos is responsible for all aspects of user support, operations and IT transformation on the Navy Marine Corps Intranet, Outside the Continental United States Navy Enterprise Network and Marine Corps Enterprise Network. Since winning the initial contract in 2020, the company has introduced automation that delivers patches to network devices 93% faster and accelerates enterprise-wide patching by 94%. The award supports Leidos' NorthStar 2030 strategy, focusing on digital modernisation, cyber capabilities and mission software.