• Systems Engineer 3

    PDS Defense (Seal Beach, CA)


    Engineering

    **Systems Engineer 3** Seal Beach, CA Posted: 11/20/2025

    Job Description

    Job ID#:

    214416

    Job Category:

    Engineering

    Position Type:

    Associate - W2

    Duration:

    26

    Shift:

    1

     

    PDS Defense, Inc. is seeking a Systems Engineer 3 , in Seal Beach, CA. Job ID#214416

     

    Pay Rate: $61 - $66/hr

    Job Description:

    The SI&WS GMSE division creates the next generation products and services for the BDS business unit. We work with both commercial and proprietary customers in the development of the next-generation technologies in space. Our team focuses on rapid prototyping to demonstrate a host of mission-focused technologies for a variety of customers. Our group works all facets of engineering from technology investment, concept development, proposal writing, requirements, design, build, integration, test, and demonstration of products in their relevant environments.

     

    The Ground Systems Engineer will join a high-performing team that is immersed in high intensity development projects. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to work proprietary programs for U.S. government customers who are responsible for exciting advanced technology national security missions.

    Position Responsibilities:

    • Apply modern DevSecOps practices (including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, containerized deployments, and infrastructure as code) to streamline integration and test activities

    • Stand up, configure, and maintain secure test environments leveraging cloud-native and virtualized resources

    • Drive continuous improvement of integration and test processes, incorporating automation, metrics, and lessons learned to increase efficiency and reliability

    • Automate, develop, monitor, improve, and troubleshoot across software engineering development, tooling, testing, integration, deployment, configuration processes, and security controls

    • Review, develop, document, and maintain system requirements and traceability

    • Interface with cross-functional teams, senior leadership, and external customers

    Required Skills:

    • Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science

    • This position requires an active TS/SCI security clearance with an adjudicated polygraph, for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. citizenship

    • 3+ years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience

    • Experience with Linux

    • Experience with Ansible software platform

    • Experience with Terraform software

    • Experience with JIRA and Confluence

    Preferred Skills:

    • 5+ years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience

    • Experience leading or managing an engineering project or team

    • Experience with Packer, Nessus, and Trivy DevSecOps tools

    • Experience with AWS, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, mutual Transport Layer Security (mTLS), cert-manager, Harbor, Postgres, and Windows

    • Experience with Shell and Python Scripting

    • Experience working with Government customers

    • Active CompTIA Security+ certification

    Education / Experience:

    Bachelor's degree and typically 5 or more years' experience in an engineering classification or a Master's degree with typically 3 or more years' experience in an engineering classification or a PhD degree with experience in an engineering classification.

     

    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:

    Top Secret

     

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

     

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    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