mil-std jobs in San Diego

As Principal Network Engineer reporting to the Director of Engineering & Technology, you will develop network architectures for tactical and enterprise systems, implementing security protocols (HAIPE, IPsec, TLS) and dynamic routing (OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, MANET). You'll oversee multi-million-dollar programs with rigorous technical baselines, mentor cross-functional engineering teams, translate customer requirements into system designs, and serve as the technical voice in executive and customer engagements.…See more Key responsibilities include WAN/LAN/WLAN design, DoD RMF compliance, emerging technology adoption (AI-enabled orchestration, zero-trust), and strategic roadmap development.

Staff Reliability Engineer at Qualcomm responsible for developing and executing reliability engineering strategies, performing failure analysis, and applying statistical reliability modeling to influence product and technology decisions. Requires 4+ years of reliability engineering experience (or equivalent with advanced degree) and 1+ year in a technical leadership role.…See more The role demands expertise in Design-for-Reliability (DfR), reliability physics, failure mechanisms, and statistical analysis methodologies, with experience in semiconductor, packaging, or electronic system technologies highly valued.

Senior Software QA Engineer to own system testing for Firestorm's avionics platform—embedded Linux and RTOS flight computers, board support packages, device drivers, and safety-critical data paths. You will design and execute risk-based test strategies (feature/bring-up, exploratory, regression, acceptance) and build automation across HIL/SIL rigs exercising real buses (CAN/CAN-FD, UART, SPI, I²C, Ethernet) and links (MAVLink, Tactical Data Links) under fault conditions.…See more You will instrument diagnostics, triage defects, and harden robustness for timing, jitter, packet loss, brownouts, and recovery paths before Flight Test. This is a full-time onsite role in San Diego requiring hands-on bench work with flight computers, power systems, radios, and sensors.