Field Support Team Manager

Leidos Defense is seeking a Field Support Team (FST) Manager to support operations in Virginia Beach, VA.

Program Overview

The Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System (SURTASS) mission delivers on-demand, mobile, active and passive maritime surveillance capabilities in support of Joint and Naval Task Force commanders. Utilizing advanced towed acoustic sensor systems, SURTASS vessels are engineered for extended, independent operations in remote maritime environments.

Position Summary

The SURTASS Field Support Team Manager will lead a team of intermediate-level technicians responsible for the installation, retrofit, testing, maintenance, and repair of SURTASS systems across all assigned vessels. This role ensures operational readiness and technical excellence in support of mission-critical maritime surveillance activities.

Primary Responsibilities.

• Manage staffing, qualifying, training, and execution of Intermediate level maintenance of all SURTASS mission systems

• Maintain the FSTs in a state of preparedness that shall ensure the Government a readiness posture capable of responding to SURTASS operational tasking, routine preventative maintenance, and expeditious repair of failed equipment both CONUS and OCONUS, in port and at sea

• Generate reports for SURTASS mission systems status as directed by the Government

• Identify maintenance knowledge gaps for contract personnel and author curriculum to address deficiencies

• Development and maintenance of the Maintenance Integrated Master Schedule

• Monitor certifications and performance, ensuring adherence to standards, policies, guidelines, and contract requirements

• Enforces quality standards throughout all elements of program performance, identifies non-conformities, and participates in corrective actions

• Develop, plan, coordinate, and integrate related requirements to support operational needs

• Develop briefs, procedures, and processes

• Identifies programmatic risks and opportunities and develops solutions to achieve mission

• Interfaces with customers and program stakeholders

Basic Qualifications.

• Must have at least an Associate Degree in Computer Science, Electronics Technology, or be a graduate of US Navy electronics “C” school or equivalent civilian electronics technical school. Curriculum must have dealt directly with industrial maintenance, troubleshooting and repair of secure networks and communications systems, navigations systems, and sonar surveillance systems.

• Ten (10) years of progressive work experience in a Navy life cycle sustainment program with personnel supervision responsibilities, and familiarity with C4I technologies and sonar maintenance.

• Must have at least five (5) years of supervisor experience that includes:

  • Manpower planning

  • Shipboard technical support management

  • Maintenance scheduling for in-port periods

  • Administration of personnel performance and qualification currency

  • Task management, scheduling, reporting and tracking FST technical requirements described in this SOW

  • Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing

  • 5 years of experience in the operation, maintenance, and/or repair of complex Navy Systems.

  • Experience working with teams in a dynamic, complex operational environment

  • Top Secret clearance is required to start

Preferred Qualifications.

• Eight (8) years of combined experience in the maintenance and repair of SURTASS PROCESSING Subsystems, SURTASS COMMs subsystems, and/or SURTASS arrays. Experience in all three of these areas, versus one or two, is highly desirable.

  • SURTASS PROCESSING SUBSYSTEM includes: ICP, UNIX, LINUX, Windows, ORACLE, COMPOSE, GCCS-M, GPS (Commercial and MIL-STD),

  • Bathythermograph/Sound Velocimeter, Mechanical and Ring Laser Gyro, TTTS, and/or PC Test Set;

  • SURTASS COMMs SUBSYSTEM includes: SHF, UHF SATCOM and LOS, HF,

  • NOW, IFF, SECURE VOICE and DATA CRYPTOs, CMS, EKMS, KMI, SIPRNET,

  • ADNS/CFCP, and/or NIPRNET; iii. SURTASS ARRAYS includes: TL-29A Twinline and Single line, LFA, CLFA, and/or HFM3.

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Original Posting

April 8, 2026

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 $92,300.00 - $166,850.00

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.

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

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