[Hiring] Transmission Line Engineer @Leidos

Role Description

Leidos is seeking a Transmission Line Engineer to join our dynamic and exciting EPC Solutions Team. You'll design overhead and underground transmission systems for major developer and utility clients — real projects, real construction dates, real impact on how power moves across the country. This team runs on close collaboration across engineering disciplines, with a PE mentor invested in helping you grow into the next stage of your career.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Design & Analysis: Model and analyze transmission structures using PLS-CADD, PLS-POLE, and PLS-TOWER, applying NESC, ASCE, ACI, IEEE, and related standards.
• Project Development: Support projects from conceptual routing and engineering analysis through material procurement and construction-ready packages, through as-builts and project close-out.
• Cross-Discipline Collaboration: Work alongside designers and engineers from other disciplines, plus project management teams, to keep designs moving toward the field.
• Client Interface: Participate in client-facing project work, building the communication skills that set senior engineers apart.
• Technical Growth: Work under the direct guidance of a licensed PE, with increasing ownership of design decisions as your judgment develops.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform structure spotting and transmission line design in PLS-CADD to verify conductor clearances and loading under NESC or GO95.
• Design and analyze steel, wood, concrete, or fiberglass transmission structures using PLS-POLE, including structure selection and loading verification.
• Underbuild/joint-use or attachment analysis, when required.
• Perform foundation design or analysis for direct-embed and drilled-pier structures in MFAD or LPILE.
• Prepare construction packages, including creating the basis of design, plan and profiles, staking sheets, bill of materials, structure data sheets, alignment maps, stringing charts, steel packages, foundation drawings, etc.
• Coordinate with the Construction prime on material procurement, material specs, and constructability.
• Perform conductor selection and EMF studies.
• Attend field walks and constructability reviews as needed.
• Support proposal/estimating efforts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Civil, Structural, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering.
• 2+ years of relevant experience in electric utility transmission line design.
• Proficiency in both PLS-CADD and PLS-POLE.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently while staying plugged into a team.
• Candidates must be located in the United States to be considered.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with TOWER.
• EIT certification (or actively pursuing).
• Exposure to FAD, Mathcad, AutoCAD or MicroStation, LPILE, or GIS tools.
• Familiarity with Bentley ProjectWise.

Benefits

• Mentorship that matters — direct PE supervision means real technical guidance, not just sign-offs.
• Room to grow — clear path toward independent design ownership, EIT/PE milestones, and eventually leading your own scopes.
• Genuine cross-training — early exposure to structural and construction considerations most engineers don't see until much later.
• Work that ships — your designs become physical infrastructure, not shelved deliverables.

Company Description

At Leidos, we pride ourselves on being a trusted and technology-focused solutions provider. Delivery Services Team is the go-to for utilities and mobile operators who need reliable power and telecommunication expertise. We've worked with over 50 investor-owned utilities, over 160 municipals/cooperatives, and we're continuing to expand our reach. Plus, we've got an amazing group of industry-leading construction partners who help us deliver meaningful Energy Delivery Solutions. Our recognition as an industry leader has been confirmed time and time again. Engineering News-Record (ENR) has ranked Leidos among the Top 10 T&D Firms and Top 10 Power Firms.