Systems Engineer 3

PDS Defense, Inc.; Everett (WA); On-site; USD 127,000 - 137,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Direct deposit

Free career counseling services

401(k)

Paid holidays

Short-term disability insurance

Skills training

Employee referral bonus

Affordable medical coverage plan

DailyPay

Job summary

PDS Defense, Inc. in Everett, WA is seeking a Systems Engineer 3 to join our engineering team.

In this role you will lead planning, scheduling, and project coordination for complex programs, working across hardware and software domains to meet program objectives. The ideal candidate brings 5+ years of related experience, PMP is a plus, and experience with Agile/Scrum and JIRA will help drive timely delivery across cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of Project Management experience.
• 3+ years of experience supporting cross functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains integrated plans and schedules for complex projects, programs and change driven activities.
• Leads studies and risk assessments to determine impacts and constraints on product development and production.
• Identifies risk and opportunity, develops mitigation planning and refines business cases.
• Develops and establishes lead time requirements.
• Facilitates integration of project plans, schedules, change and baseline management.
• Acts as primary project contact to establish key stakeholder requirements and objectives.
• Directs all phases of projects from inception through completion with internal/external coordination.
• Evolves Agile work management framework within Engineering teams.

Skills

Project Management

Cross-functional teamwork

Agile/Scrum

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD degree

Tools

JIRA

Job description

Engineering

Systems Engineer 3 Everett, WA Posted: 4/10/2026

Job Description

Job ID#:

216589

Job Category:

Engineering

Position Type:

Associate - W2

Shift:

1

PDS Defense, Inc. is seeking a Systems Engineer 3, in Everett, WA.

Pay Rate: $61 - $66/hr

Job Description:

• Develops, coordinates, integrates, analyzes, and maintains integrated plans and schedules for complex projects, programs and change driven activities in accordance with project management industry
• Leads studies/analysis (trend, variance, impact), reports, risk assessments and planning efforts to determine impacts, constraints involving product development, production rates, process improvement, program initiatives
• Identifies risk and opportunity potential, develops mitigation planning and refines the business case
• Develops and establishes lead time requirements
• Facilitates and ensures integration of project/program plan, schedules, change and baseline management, processes, techniques considered to be best practice across the industry
• Acts as primary project contact to establish key stakeholder requirements and project objectives
• Directs all phases of projects or subsystems of major projects from inception through completion. Coordinates commitments with internal and external stakeholders to fulfill strategies
• Evolve our Engineering teams Agile work management framework and tool kit as we transform the work management system

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• 3 + years of Project Management experience
• 3+ years of experience supporting cross functional teams and stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• 5 + years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Professional certification, such as Project Management Professional (PMP)
• A strong drive to see projects through to completion and pull together a highly skilled technical team to produce impactful results
• Experience working on airplane systems or integrated system development projects
• Experience working with teams across a diverse set of skills from Engineering to Production to Supplier Management
• Experience with Agile/Scrum project management framework
• Experience using JIRA or other Agile workflow management tools and ability to help teams better integrate and drive reporting from the tool

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.

• direct deposit
• free career counseling services
• 401(k)
• select paid holidays
• short-term disability insurance
• skills training
• employee referral bonus
• affordable medical coverage plan
• 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:

No Clearance

Military connected talent encouraged to apply.

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