Drimva

Innovative Defense Technologies

Tactical Systems Engineer - JobID-0262

$114K–$231K

Mount Laurel, New Jersey · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026

Experience
5+ years of full-time professional experience.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, System Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent full-time professional experience.
Visa sponsorship
Must be able to obtain/maintain an active Secret U.S. Security Clearance.

About the job

Architects and modernizes Navy tactical-system software, delivering production-ready solutions for cloud-native and tactical-edge platforms.

What you'll do

  • Design, implement, test, and integrate software; refactor legacy systems and develop software architecture.
  • Assess Navy tactical-system code, elicit and document customer requirements, and support testing and integration.
  • Prototype solutions involving AI/ML, distributed processing, and modeling; report project progress to leadership.

What they ask for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, System Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent full-time professional experience.
  • Experience with combat-system design and software, ideally AEGIS or SSDS, and tactical-systems software on DOD programs.
  • Experience with C, C++, Python, and/or Java; Linux development, including shell scripting.
  • Ability to obtain/maintain an active Secret U.S. Security Clearance; on-site work in Mount Laurel, NJ (at least 4 days in office) and travel up to 10%.

Nice to have

  • Experience with Make, Maven, Ant, X-Windows, MBSE, Jenkins, Jira, or the Atlassian tool suite.
  • Familiarity with networking, VMware vSphere, Azure, and complex software development environments.

Pay

USD $114,000 - $184,000 base salary; USD $135,000 - $231,000 base salary

Tools

C, C++, Python, JavaScript, Java, Linux, Git, Jenkins

AI focus

Explore and prototype solutions using artificial intelligence/machine learning, distributed processing, and modeling; the project domain also includes AI/ML-based data analytics.

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First seen Oct 29, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)