Tactical Systems Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 13, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 9, 2026. Innovative Defense Technologies scores B on the Alion truth index.
About The Role:
Innovative Defense Technologies (IDT), a leading defense technology company, is seeking a Tactical System Engineer to be part of our Warfare Systems team and based out of our Mount Laurel, NJ office.
The Tactical System Engineer will be part of a multi-discipline team focused on the DOW’s initiatives in support of tactical capability development for Navy surface and unmanned (UxVs) platforms and will be directly responsible for the architecting and refactoring of mission critical legacy weapons system software into a modern software technology stack where the target end state will ensure the highest impact to the US Navy by enabling a microservices based tactical platform within both a cloud-native and tactical-edge deployment model.
Warfare Systems’ project domains include real-time automated test and analysis, virtual computing environments, Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Machine Learning (ML) based data analytics, cybersecurity, as well as backfit and forward-fit tactical solutions.
The Engineer will be fiercely accountable for the delivery of well-architected and production-ready solutions that exceed the Fleet’s requirements.
Clearance & Location Requirements:
- All applicants must be able to obtain/maintain an active Secret U.S. Security Clearance.
- This is an on-site position. Requiring at least 4 days in office, based out of our Mount Laurel, NJ office.