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How Quest Defense hires

Truth index
B 77/100
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
92%
Reposted roles
0%

Quest Defense scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 13 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 92% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed

Overview

Quest Defense Systems & Solutions is an aerospace and defense engineering services company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, providing systems, software, embedded hardware, mechanical design, aero-thermal analysis and aftermarket engineering across air, land, sea and space programs. It supports defense and aerospace manufacturers on programs such as next-generation flight management and surveillance avionics, handles classified work, and a Quest Global aerospace and defense executive sits on its board. It hires embedded software and FPGA engineers, structural and thermal engineers, systems integration and test engineers, mechanical designers and nuclear engineers.

Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Quest Defense over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
22
Postings analysed
30
Stack modernity
70/100
Languages
Python57%
C++50%
Embedded C23%
C23%
Cloud & platforms
RTOS40%
Linux17%
GitLab13%
Power BI3%
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Full Quest Defense tech stack 22 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$140k
Typical range
$65k – $190k
Open positions
52
51 Jobs
Junior 21.6%
Middle 17.6%
Senior 41.2%
Staff 17.6%
Architect 2%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Junior 11 $83k $65k – $165k
Middle 9 $140k $75k – $145k
Senior 21 $145k $85k – $170k
Staff 9 $150k $95k – $185k
Architect 1 $190k $190k
Highest paying role Chief Software Engineer $190k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Quest Defense By role, level and city, against the market · 52 jobs with pay

Growth

Hiring Momentum
23/100
Hiring freeze
Open positions
56
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
60 days
faster than 23% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics 0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Industrial Engineering
47% ▼
Hardware
38% ▲
Backend
6%
Administrative
4% ▲
QA
2% ▲
Finance
2% ▲
Actively hiring for Industrial Engineering (+13 in 30 days)

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
32
Hiring now
17
Countries
1
Busiest office
Cincinnati
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Cincinnati United States
HQ
Cincinnati
15 open roles 13 posted in 90 days 7% remote $98k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Finance, Sales
seen since Mar 2026 job postings
Cedar Rapids United States
Engineering / R&D
Cedar Rapids
8 open roles 7 posted in 90 days 100% engineering $154k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware, Backend, QA
seen since Jul 2026 careers board, job postings
Endicott United States
Engineering / R&D
Endicott, NY
5 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering $144k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware, Backend
seen since Jun 2026 job postings
Phoenix United States
Engineering / R&D
Scottsdale
4 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 100% engineering $168k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware
seen since Oct 2026 job postings
Scottsdale United States
Engineering / R&D
Scottsdale
4 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 100% engineering $168k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware
seen since Oct 2026 careers board
Hartford United States
Regional office
East Hartford
3 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 33% engineering $104k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, Administrative, Industrial Engineering
seen since Apr 2026 job postings
Marietta United States
Plant / site
3 open roles 3 posted in 90 days $128k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering
seen since Jul 2026
Indianapolis United States
Work-from-home/Remote
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 100% remote $135k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering
seen since Oct 2026 job postings
Windsor Locks United States
Regional office
Windsor Locks
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days $85k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering
seen since Oct 2026 careers board, job postings
Boston United States
Boston
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days $95k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering
seen since Oct 2026 job postings
Wilmington United States
Wilmington, NC
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 100% engineering $150k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Fort Wayne United States
Cedar Rapids
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering $145k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware
seen since Oct 2026 job postings
West Palm Beach United States
West Palm Beach
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days $88k Avg Salary
hires for Administrative
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Greenville United States
Greenville
1 open roles
hires for Operations
seen since May 2026 job postings
East Hartford United States
East Hartford
1 open roles $120k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering
seen since Apr 2026 job postings
Nampa United States
Wilmington, NC
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering $150k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Marlborough United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering $160k Avg Salary
hires for QA
seen since Oct 2026
Houston United States
Regional office
Houston
careers board
Saint Louis United States
Regional office
St. Louis, MO
careers board
Minneapolis United States
Regional office
Minneapolis
careers board
Charlotte United States
Regional office
Charlotte, NC
careers board
Oklahoma City United States
Regional office
Oklahoma City
careers board
Columbia United States
Regional office
Columbia
careers board
San Antonio United States
Regional office
San Antonio
careers board
Middletown United States
Regional office
Middletown, CT
careers board
Groton United States
Regional office
Groton, CT
careers board
Lynn United States
Regional office
Lynn
careers board
Wilmington United States
Regional office
Wilmington, MA
careers board
Plymouth United States
Regional office
Plymouth
careers board
Moorestown United States
Regional office
Moorestown
careers board
Tullahoma United States
Regional office
Tullahoma
careers board
Hunt Valley United States
Regional office
Hunt Valley, MD
careers board
Earlier presence
New York, United States 2 open roles · last posting Jul 2026

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$100k – $140k per year • Hybrid • 2+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Endicott
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