{"id":3464554,"url":"https://alion.io/job/leidos-instrumentation-operations-manager-rosie","title":"Instrumentation Operations Manager - ROSIE","company":{"id":7791,"name":"Leidos","domain":"leidos.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/leidos","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"services","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":78,"open_postings":303,"ghost_share":0.003,"stale_share":0.878,"repost_share":0.01,"time_to_fill_p50_days":28,"computed_at":"2026-11-03T05:54:40Z"}},"role":"Management","role_family":"Management","seniority":"staff","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Huntsville, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":154050,"max":278475,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":278475},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":15,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-29T14:58:48Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-29","last_verified_at":"2026-11-03T18:34:45Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":5,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":5},"description":"Job Description\nYour greatest work is ahead!\nLeidos' Defense Sector is seeking a highly accomplished Instrumentation Operations Manager to support the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC) Reagan Test Range (RTR) Operations, Sustainment, Improvement, and Engineering (ROSIE) program.\nAt 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.\nReagan Test Range operates some of the nation's most sophisticated radar, telemetry, optical, and test instrumentation systems supporting ballistic missile testing, missile defense, hypersonic testing, Space Domain Awareness, and space Measurement and Signature Intelligence (MASINT) missions.\nThe Instrumentation Operations Manager will lead RTR instrumentation operations and maintenance activities, ensuring radar, telemetry, optical, and supporting systems achieve the readiness, performance, availability, and reliability required to execute critical national security missions.\nThis position requires a leader who understands the complexities of operating and sustaining advanced instrumentation in a demanding mission environment. The successful candidate will combine technical expertise, operational leadership, disciplined maintenance management, and a demonstrated ability to improve system performance while protecting mission continuity.\nThe Instrumentation Operations Manager will lead a multidisciplinary technical organization supporting the KREMS ALTAIR, TRADEX, ALCOR, and MMW radars; additional range radar assets; optical and telemetry systems; and associated support infrastructure.\nYou will work closely with mission operations, engineering, maintenance, and modernization organizations to maintain operational readiness, resolve complex technical challenges, and improve the long-term performance and sustainment of RTR instrumentation.\nThis position is contingent upon contract award to Leidos.\nPrimary Responsibilities\nServe as the senior manager responsible for RTR instrumentation operations and maintenance, providing leadership across radar, telemetry, optical, and associated instrumentation systems.\nDirect operations and sustainment activities for RTR instrumentation, including ALTAIR, TRADEX, ALCOR, MMW, MPS-36, GBR-K, optical sensors, telemetry systems, and associated support equipment.\nEnsure instrumentation readiness and mission capability for ballistic missile testing, missile defense, hypersonic missions, Space Domain Awareness, MASINT, and other range activities.\nLead instrumentation operations and maintenance personnel across geographically dispersed sites and technical disciplines.\nCoordinate with RTR Mission Operations, Space Operations, Range Operations, and engineering organizations to ensure instrumentation availability and successful mission execution.\nDirect preventive, corrective, and reactive maintenance programs, including maintenance scheduling, troubleshooting, repair, testing, and return-to-service verification.\nLead planning and execution of radar Extended Maintenance Periods, including Government coordination, work packages, staffing, technical reviews, safety assessments, post-maintenance testing, and completion reporting.\nEnsure instrumentation operates within approved performance baselines, calibration specifications, operational thresholds, and published Instrumentation and Support Facilities Manual requirements.\nDevelop and implement measurement systems to assess instrumentation performance, operational availability, reliability, maintainability, and equipment condition.\nAnalyze performance trends, recurring failures, maintenance data, and operational metrics to identify corrective actions and continuous improvement opportunities.\nCoordinate maintenance, engineering, and modernization schedules to minimize conflicts with mission execution and protect operational readiness.\nPartner with the Chief Engineer and Improvements and Modernization organization to develop sustainment strategies, modernization plans, engineering improvements, and obsolescence mitigation initiatives.\nEnsure instrumentation maintenance activities and associated records are accurately documented in Government-approved logistics information systems.\nDirect development and maintenance of instrumentation procedures, maintenance documentation, technical records, and configuration-controlled operating baselines.\nManage instrumentation workforce staffing, qualifications, technical training, mentoring, and succession planning.\nEnsure operations and maintenance activities comply with applicable safety, RF safety, cybersecurity, environmental, quality, and Government requirements.\nProvide technical and operational leadership during mission anomalies, equipment failures, and other situations affecting instrumentation readiness.\nDevelop and present instrumentation status reports, availability assessments, reliability analyses, maintenance plans, and operational performance briefings.\nEstablish a culture of operational excellence, technical accountability, continuous improvement, and employee engagement.\nIdentify and implement improvements that increase instrumentation reliability, reduce recurring maintenance, improve workforce efficiency, and extend the useful life of mission-critical systems.\nBasic Qualifications\nMaster of Science degree from an accredited college or university in Engineering or a scientific field of study and a minimum of 15 years of progressively complex experience in engineering or scientific disciplines. A PhD in a related science or engineering field may substitute for three years of relevant experience.\nPrior experience in operations, planning, or ballistic missile test mission planning.\nFamiliarity with radar, telemetry, and/or optical instrumentation concepts, operations, and maintenance.\nDemonstrated experience leading complex technical operations, engineering, or maintenance organizations supporting mission-critical instrumentation or systems.\nExperience managing preventive and corrective maintenance programs, equipment readiness, reliability, and technical performance.\nExperience coordinating operational activities across multiple technical disciplines and geographically distributed organizations.\nDemonstrated ability to analyze system performance metrics, identify deficiencies, and implement improvements to operational availability and maintainability.\nExperience working with engineering organizations to resolve complex technical issues and implement approved system improvements.\nExperience developing operational plans, maintenance schedules, technical procedures, and performance reports.\nStrong technical leadership, analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and written/verbal communication skills.\nAbility to support mission-driven operations, including nonstandard schedules and surge requirements.\nAbility to travel to CONUS and OCONUS locations as required.\nAn active Top Secret / Secured Compartmented Information clearance and ability to meet installation access requirements.\nPreferred Qualifications\nDirect experience with KREMS instrumentation, including ALTAIR, TRADEX, ALCOR, or MMW radar systems.\nExperience managing operations and sustainment of large radar, telemetry, optical, or advanced sensor installations.\nExperience supporting Major Range and Test Facility Base, missile defense, ballistic missile test, hypersonic, or Space Domain Awareness missions.\nExperience with high-power radar systems, phased-array radar, precision tracking, or wideband imaging instrumentation.\nExperience managing technical operations and maintenance organizations at remote or OCONUS locations.\nFamiliarity with Army maintenance practices, logistics information systems, technical manuals, and configuration management.\nExperience managing instrumentation calibration, verification testing, operational acceptance testing, and readiness certification.\nExperience implementing reliability-centered maintenance, condition-based maintenance, predictive analytics, or other sustainment improvement methods.\nExperience supporting specialized technical facility systems, including cooling, electrical power, antenna systems, and transmitter infrastructure.\nExperience with digital engineering, maintenance analytics, operational dashboards, or integrated sustainment planning.\nDemonstrated success developing technical talent, retaining critical expertise, and improving operational performance.\nIf 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.\nOriginal Posting:\nOctober 29, 2026For 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.\nPay Range:\nPay Range $154,050.00 - $278,475.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. 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