
Senior Power Distribution Engineer
Required skills
- electrical distribution
- ABET accredited university
- BOUD
- Maximo
- production environment
Nice to have
- storm hardening
- pole replacement
- system upgrades
- technical analyses
- quality control
- documentation standards
Role summary
Leidos is seeking a Senior Design Engineer to support critical utility distribution projects, including storm hardening, pole replacement, and system upgrades. This primarily remote role requires a Bachelor's degree in engineering and 3+ years of relevant experience in electrical distribution. The engineer will apply technical knowledge to develop and support design projects, collaborate with internal and external teams, prepare design packages, and ensure compliance with standards and regulations. Proficiency in BOUD and Maximo software is required. The company seeks individuals who are proactive, disruptive, and driven to exceed expectations.
Join our ENTRUST team as a Senior Design Engineer supporting critical utility distribution projects, including storm hardening, pole replacement, and system upgrades. Primarily remote with limited travel.
Primary Duties & Responsibilities:
Apply technical knowledge to develop and support utility design projects while ensuring compliance with specifications, standards, and regulations.
Collaborate with designers, drafters, clients, and internal teams to complete accurate design packages.
Prepare designs, calculations, drawings, and technical analyses for projects of varying complexity.
Support project coordination by communicating scope, cost, schedule, and quality considerations.
Review and ensure work products meet company and client procedures, including quality control and documentation standards.
Conduct peer reviews, perform self-checks, and deliver accurate work with minimal errors.
Interact professionally with clients, vendors, and stakeholders to understand project requirements.
Provide guidance to designers and drafters and support team collaboration.
Perform field visits and other related duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in engineering from ABET accredited university
3+ years of relevant work experience in electrical distribution
Knowledge of software's BOUD, Maximo
Strong work ethic with desire to work in a production environment
If 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.
Original Posting:
September 18, 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.
Pay Range:
Pay Range $57,850.00 - $104,575.00The 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.
Sample Leidos interview questions
- 1
What are the key considerations when designing a highly available and consistent service registry?
system designmedium - 2
Buildings with an Ocean View Find all buildings that have an ocean view. Input: heights = [1,2,3,4] Output: [3] Explanation: Since the ocean is to the right, only the rightmost tallest building (index 3) is not blocked by any others.
codingmedium - 3
Merge K Sorted Linked Lists Merge K sorted linked lists. Input: lists = [[2,2,3],[1,5]] Output: [1,2,2,3,5] Explanation: Extracts the smallest current node iteratively using a priority queue to build a single merged and sorted linked list.
codingmedium - 4
Optimal Meeting Point Calculate the optimal meeting point for multiple people on a 2D grid. Input: grid = [[1,0],[0,1]] Output: 2 Explanation: The optimal meeting point is either (0,1) or (1,0), requiring exactly 1 step from each person resulting in a total distance of 2.
codingmedium - 5
Maximize the minimum distance between aggressive cows in stalls. Input: stalls = [0,4,3,7,10,9], cows = 3 Output: 4 Explanation: Placing the cows at positions 0, 4, and 10 yields a maximum possible minimum distance of 4 between any two cows.
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