Fire Protection Engineer

The job

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Job description

Description

Leidos is seeking a Fire Protection Engineer (with expertise in Fire Life Safety) to join the National Airspace System Integration Support Contract (NISC) team.

This role is for someone with experience in Fire Life Safety/Fire Protection With their PE or wanting to become a PE.

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The position will support numerous facets of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Fire Life Safety Program, FLS Guidance, policy development, and planning. You will assist the Environmental Occupational Safety and Health (EOSH) Services Group to support and improve Fire Life Safety program elements intended to protect employees and others in the workplace and ensure compliance with Federal, State, and FAA laws and regulations.

Remote position

Up to 50% travel

Specific subject areas where services are needed include program management, training, Condition Risk Assessments (CRA) and Stairwell Pressurization Engine Generator (EG) replacement.

Fire Protection Engineer Primary Responsibilities:

• Assist with the development of FLS code and standards analyses.
• Provide guidance on the applicability of codes and standards to FAA facilities, its mission, and specific technical items encountered.
• Provide FLS guidance to the FAA on program and Agency initiatives where the FLS program is a stakeholder.
• Develop technical guidance on issues related to design and construction.
• Assist with the development of standard specifications for installations at FAA facilities.
• Assist with FLS programmatic planning initiatives, prioritization, and consultation regarding program direction and goals.
• Authoring white papers, proposals, and analysis papers on any of the items above for distribution to FLS stakeholders.

• Conduct comprehensive fire protection and life safety surveys of critical air traffic control facilities including airport traffic control towers (ATCT), terminal radar approach control (TRACON) facilities, in air route traffic control centers (ARTCC), and various other types of facilities supporting the FAA's air traffic control mission. The surveys require broad knowledge and experience in analyzing and evaluating these facilities against the applicable requirements of the International Building Code, NFPA 101, NFPA 13, NFPA 20, NFPA 72, NFPA 75, and other applicable codes, standards, and FAA orders.
• Evaluate facility human element programs to address OSHA required Emergency Action Plans, Fire Prevention Plans, fire drills, and inspection, testing and maintenance of fire protection and life safety systems.
• Coordination of sites with customer on specific dates, locations, impacts to the facility, etc.
• Develop and maintain a current schedule of CRA's at all times, with dates of visit, location, current status of CRA, team assigned, and other relevant information.
• Provide additional CRA support as requested by AJW-23 Program Manager.

• Relevant Bachelors' Degree and 4+ years relevant exempt experience or a relevant Masters' Degree and 2+ years relevant exempt experience.
• EIT certificate or equivalent experience.
• Strong working knowledge of applicable ICC and NFPA codes.
• Past experience developing and/or providing holistic consultation on FLS programs.
• Ability to produce FLS designs of a variety of critical FLS elements and be able to provide critical comments on FLS designs and installations.
• Former experience in training FLS concepts and code application.
• Ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance.

• Experience with FAA National Airspace System facilities, FAA staffed or unstaffed facilities, or similar government installations.
• Experience with 29 CFR 1960.20.
• Specific experience with programs at Federal agencies is preferred, with FAA experience weighted heavily.
• Former training on the use/maintenance of Fire Protection systems.

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This is a Mid Level role in the Engineering, Construction and Energy field (Manufacturing and hardware engineering) at Leidos. Mid-level roles usually expect some years of relevant experience and the ability to work with limited supervision.

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The city

The job is in Worcester, MA. Below is what the official statistics say about living and working there.

How Worcester compares. Among the 80 largest places in Massachusetts, Worcester is #2 by population, #69 for homeownership (#1 = highest), #67 for household income (#1 = highest), #19 for long commutes (#1 = fewest). Its county, Worcester County, is #6 of 14 counties for average pay ($71,641).

The place in numbers

Worcester has 207,055 residents (ACS 2020–2024), about 2.9% of the population of Massachusetts. It covers 37 square miles of land, which works out to roughly 5,542 people per square mile. The median age is 33.9, 15% younger than the state median (33.9 against 40.0).

Housing

The median gross rent is $1,487 a month (rent plus utilities), 16% below the state median ($1,487 against $1,762). Over a year that is 25.5% of the median household income. US housing guidance treats housing as affordable when it takes 30% of income or less, so the typical household is under that line. The median home value is $374,400, which is 5.3 times the median household income ($70,102); a ratio above 5 usually means buying is out of reach without savings or a second income. 42.8% of households own their home, 32% below the state average (42.8% against 62.5%). A low ownership share points to a rental-heavy market with more apartments and shorter stays.

Work and pay

The Worcester, MA metropolitan area has 349,880 jobs in the BLS wage survey, and the median pay across all occupations is $57,830 a year, 13% above the national median ($57,830 against $50,980). The biggest occupation groups are office and administrative support (36,840 jobs, median $50,850); educational instruction and library (29,500 jobs, median $72,630); healthcare practitioners and technical (28,620 jobs, median $97,330). The area is most specialised in life, physical, and social science (1.8 times) and community and social service (1.6 times), where the share of workers is well above the national share. The best-paying groups with at least 5,000 jobs are management ($128,750) and computer and mathematical ($107,970). In 2026M09 the unemployment rate of Worcester County was 4.2%. 65.2% of residents aged 16 and over are in the labour force. The city lies in Worcester County; its jobs, pay by industry and GDP are on the county page.

Getting around

Among workers, 65.2% drive alone, 3.2% use public transit, 5.1% walk, 11.6% work from home. 15.0% of workers commute 45 minutes or more, 30% below the state average (15.0% against 21.5%).

People and education

35.2% of adults aged 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 26% below the state share (35.2% against 47.3%). 25.1% of residents were born outside the United States, 39% above the state share (25.1% against 18.1%). The poverty rate is 19.6%, 95% above the state rate (19.6% against 10.0%).

Climate

The warmest month is Jul, averaging 72°F (22.1°C), and the coolest is Jan at 22°F (-5.3°C). About 1,182 mm (47 inches) of precipitation falls in a year; Oct is the wettest month (125 mm) and Jan the driest (75 mm). These values come from NASA satellite-based climatology on a grid of about 50 km, so they describe the wider area, not a weather station in the city.

Nearby cities to compare

Closest cities in this guide: Marlborough (14 miles, rent 26% higher); Hudson (15 miles, rent 6% lower); Webster (16 miles, rent 19% lower); Milford (17 miles, rent 27% higher). Rent differences are against Worcester; use the Compare tab to put any two cities side by side.

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Official links for Worcester

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Company description (from The Muse): Leidos is a Fortune 500® innovation company rapidly addressing the world’s most vexing challenges in national security and health.

size: Large Size; industries: Information Technology; locations on The Muse: Reston, VA.

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What is the cost of living there?

Median rent in Worcester is $1,487 a month and median household income $70,102 (ACS 2020–2024).

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• Wages and projections: BLS OEWS (May 2025) and Employment Projections 2025–35.
• City and county figures: Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024, BEA, BLS QCEW and LAUS, NASA POWER climatology; distances from Census Gazetteer coordinates.

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• BLS JOLTS
• BLS State and Metro Area Employment
• Census Bureau American Community Survey (via Census Reporter)
• BEA GDP by state and Regional Price Parities
• IRS 2026 tax adjustments
• U.S. Department of Labor, minimum wage by state
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• NASA POWER climatology
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