RCDD Telecom Design Engineer

Description

The Leidos Technology and Digital Transformation Solutions Division is looking to add a part-time team member to our San Diego based utility telecom and networking team who can provide immediate impact on our backlog of design efforts. This position supports teleworking.

Primary Responsibilities

• Participate as a member of our design team for a new utility control center. 
• Develop changes to and maintain inside and outside plant communications cabling infrastructure design drawings in Visio, Bluebeam or AutoCAD, write product specifications and descriptions for inside and outside plant cable infrastructure as needed.
• Develop cabling and patching – fiber and copper - details for circuit interconnections. 
• Support the development of bills of material for communications cabling systems. 
• Develop test and migration approaches for new cabling systems.
• Design fiber interconnections between external sites and internal transport and routed network equipment. 
• Participate in peer reviews and customer meetings include developing and presenting technical design materials.

Basic Qualifications:

• Current RCDD accreditation with BICSI and a minimum of 10 years experience as an RCDD developing communications cabling design for building and campuses. 
• Engineering degree desired but not required
• Must be a US citizen and be able to pass a DOE security background check.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with designing inside plant and outside plant fiber communications infrastructure using Corning, Commscope or BEJED equipment. 
• Experience in designing cable infrastructure for utility customers. 
• Experience in developing design drawings for fiber interconnections including block diagrams, butterfly diagrams, patch panel diagrams, etc.

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Original Posting:

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:

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.

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 .

Pay and Benefits

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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.

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