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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