Procurement Specialist

Company: Leidos
Location: Ridgecrest
Posted on: April 1, 2026

Job Description:

The Defense Systems Sector at Leidos currently has an opening for a Procurement Specialist to work in our Ridgecrest, Ca. office. This is an exciting opportunity to use your experience helping with the AEWTTR mission. In this mission we provide engineering support for design, modification, and maintenance of ground radar and associated devices for the Navy’s Aircrew Electronic Warfare (EW) training capability. Our organization designs, manufactures, integrates, and provides depot level support for a wide variety of EW threat simulation systems that are part of the training infrastructure that ensures our Navy Aircrews are the most effective. Primary Responsibilities: Prepare and submit purchase requests, convert PRs into POs and track purchase status and delivery schedules. Prepare DD254, DD-1149, and other shipping documents while assisting in maintaining vendor contact list and quote records. Ensure accuracy of pricing, part numbers, lead times and compare supplier quotes to determine best value. Coordinate inbound/outbound shipments with warehouse, carrier, or freight forwarder. Attend weekly procurement meetings. Ability and willingness to work onsite in Ridgecrest California. (Relocation not offered) Ability and willingness to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance. (U.S. Citizenship is required) Basic Qualifications: Typically requires High School Diploma or equivalent and 1-2 years of prior relevant experience. Must Have: 1-2 years of prior experience in material procurement, production, planning, and inventory. 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: March 16, 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 $45,500.00 - $82,250.00 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.

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