Description
Field Support Technician — Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System (SURTASS)
Location: Virginia Beach, VA
Clearance Required: US Citizen; Currently possess an Active DoD Secret
Mission Overview
Join the Leidos National Security Sector as a Field Support Technician supporting the U.S. Navy’s cutting-edge Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System (SURTASS) program. This dynamic role blends technical mastery, strategic impact, and worldwide travel, supporting one of the most advanced maritime surveillance platforms afloat.
What You’ll Do
Communicate & Collaborate: Act as a liaison between diverse teams including ship captains, government personnel, contractors, and military crews.
Required Qualifications
5+ years hands-on experience related to the industrial maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of secure networks and communications systems, navigations systems, and/or sonar surveillance systems.
Preferred Qualifications
Associate Degree in Computer Science, Electronics Technology, or be a graduate of US Navy electronics “C” school or equivalent civilian electronics technical school. Desired curriculum should have dealt directly with maintenance, troubleshooting and repair of Navy C5I, secure networks, communications systems, navigation systems, and sonar systems
8 years' experience of practical hands-on experience in the maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of Navy C5I, secure networks, communications systems, navigation systems, and sonar systems)
Proven track record with mission-critical subsystem repairs (GCCS-M, GPS, SHF/UHF SATCOM, HF, SIPR/NIPRNET).
This is more than a job — it’s a mission-critical technical leadership opportunity with global impact and operational prestige.
EIO2024
Come break things (in a good way). Then build them smarter.
We're the tech company everyone calls when things get weird. We don’t wear capes (they’re a safety hazard), but we do solve high-stakes problems with code, caffeine, and a healthy disregard for “how it’s always been done.”
Original Posting:
October 2, 2025
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:
Pay Range $50,050.00 - $90,475.00
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.
