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Software Engineer 3

PDS Defense • Huntsville, AL • 5h ago

Engineering

Software Engineer 3 Huntsville, AL Posted: 12/4/2025

Job Description

Job ID#:

214561

Job Category:

Engineering

Position Type:

Associate - W2

Duration:

Shift:

Positions Available:

PDS Defense, Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer 3, in Huntsville, AL. Job ID#214561

Job Description:

As a software developer on an Internal Research and Development (IRAD) team, you will work in a collaborative environment to understand system requirements, create and implement new capabilities and algorithms. Many of the algorithms and capabilities implemented by the team will be mathematics and physics intensive complex solutions that will be highly critical to the system performance. In addition to software development you will also be expected to support reviews of requirements and test cases that are developed for the software capability.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in STEM related field, and 12 years of related experience, or a Master's degree with 10 years of related experience, or 8 years with a PhD.

Applicants must have a current, active in-scope DoD-issued Secret security clearance at the time of application, which is required to start

Recent and extensive Experience Developing Software in C++ or Java

Quick to learn and absorb new concepts and information

Recent MATLAB and or Python Experience

Must have an Interim or Active Secret Clearance

Unix/Linux Operating System Experience

Experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) and container orchestration.

Must be able to support an in-person / closed-area work environment

Preferred Qualifications:

Highly experienced with Linux, scripting, and operations

Experience with automated software requirements testing and analysis

Experience with the battle management and or fire control systems

Experience developing and deploying containerized applications in distributed environments

Experience with Behavior Driven Development (BDD) using tools like Gherkin and Cucumber for automated acceptance testing

Experience with Static & Dynamic Code Analysis Tools and Fuzzing Tools such as: Coverity, Fortify, AND/OR SonarQube

Experience developing software in an Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) environment.

Experience with CI/CD, containers, and pipelines.

Experience with Software Change Control, Change Management, Code Quality, Static Analysis, and CI/CD tools such as: Atlassian tool suite, Jira, GitHub, GitLab, SonarQube, Coverity, and Jenkins.

Familiarity with the Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA)

Experience with Apache Kafka, Prometheus, Grafana, Istio, Elastic Stack (ELK), Terraform, and/or Ansible.

Very solid background in math and physics

Advanced degree in Mathematics or Physics or Computer Science

Benefits offered to vary by the contract. Depending on your temporary assignment, benefits may include direct deposit, free career counseling services, 401(k), select paid holidays, short-term disability insurance, skills training, employee referral bonus, affordable medical coverage plan, and DailyPay (in some locations). For a full description of benefits available to you, be sure to talk with your recruiter.

Job Requirements

Minimum Security Clearance:

Secret

VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled

To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please visit http://www.tadpgs.com/candidate-privacy/ or https://pdsdefense.com/candidate-privacy/

The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

The California Fair Chance Act

Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance

Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled

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