# Principal Mechanical Engineer

Looking for an opportunity to make an impact? 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. Leidos is seeking a Principal Mechanical Engineer to join our Directed Energy team in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The ideal candidate will have a background in thermal analysis, engineering design, and thermal controls. The successful candidate will work with a multidisciplinary team of engineers, scientists, technicians, and fabricators in a research and development environment supporting advanced directed energy technologies, including high-power microwave, RF, electromagnetic, and pulsed-power systems. If this sounds like the kind of environment where you can thrive, keep reading! Leidos Defense Sector / Non-Kinetic Effects provides a diverse portfolio of systems, solutions, and services covering land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace for customers

- **Id**: 3946036
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/leidos-principal-mechanical-engineer-2>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Albuquerque, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T11:52:55Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 3
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 8824
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: yes
- **Industries**: National Security, C4ISR, Defense Manufacturing, Engineering Services

## Company

- **Id**: 7791
- **Name**: Leidos
- **Domain**: leidos.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/leidos>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: services
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 78
- **Open postings**: 310
- **Ghost share**: 0.003
- **Stale share**: 0.881
- **Repost share**: 0.013
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 28
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 154050
- **Max**: 278475
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 278475

## Technologies

- **SolidWorks** — Optional: no
- **GD&T** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 3

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-08T20:22:31Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 50 · green card filings: 24; Filings 12m: 50

## Liveness

- **Score**: 60
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.602
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 3
- **Expected fill days**: 28
- **Reasons**: conf:2, stale_co, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 278475
- **Is top pay**: yes

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