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The National Security Sector at Leidos currently has an opening for a Launch Communications Coordinator located at Schriever SFB, CO. This is an exciting opportunity to use your experience helping the Ratchet Launch mission. As the Launch Communications Coordinator you will support complex planning, scheduling, and execution of Ratchet Launch projects.

Primary Responsibilities:

Support the customer’s launch planning process by providing requirements definition and project planning support.

Collaborate with launch customers to define launch communications requirements, engineer solutions, and develop supporting documentation.

Develop project plans, schedules and timelines.

Lead project through customer milestones and reviews.

Perform technical writing on project documentation.

Track project tasks and action items.

Develop and present briefings as required.

Produce project status reports.

Ensure accuracy and timeliness of all engineering and maintenance documentation required to support a launch project.

Collaborate with technicians to ensure IT requirements are met.

Assist technicians to ensure readiness of systems to support launch activities.

Collaborate with configuration management team to ensure accuracy and completeness of CM documentation such as facility maps, site floor plans, rack elevations, patch panel, equipment shelf layouts, system overviews, circuit drawings.

Attend working groups (WGs), Technical Exchange Meetings (TEMs) and participate in Integrated Product Team (IPTs).

Assess staffing requirements and IT deployment delivery times to identify lead times.

Support launch communications testing and rehearsal activities.

Coordinate development of project deliverables and products.

Ensures quality assurance of project deliverables.

Directs all activities in support of defined launch communications checks with all participating stakeholders.

Documents, tracks and provides launch project lessons learned.

Basic Qualifications:

US Citizen with active TS/SCI with Polygraph

Requires BS degree and 4 - 8 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 2 - 6 years of prior relevant experience. Additional experience maybe considered in lieu of a degree.

Knowledge of Federal government standards and guidelines

Full Microsoft Office Suite; focus on Excel and MS Project

Experience working with Sub-contractors

Preferred Qualifications:

Strong Analytical skills

Launch or Mission Operations experience

SharePoint, NETS, ServiceNow

Launch or Mission Operations experience

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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: June 29, 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 $73,450.00 - $132,775.00

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.