Stimulator/Message Software Engineer - JobID-0264

### Description

About The Role

Innovative Defense Technologies (IDT), a leading defense technology company, is seeking a Stimulator/Message Software Engineer to be part of our Warfare Systems team and based out of our Mount Laurel, NJ location.

The Stimulator/Message Software 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 location.

### Key Responsibilities

What You Will Do

* Design, implement, and test complex software in C++, utilizing Kafka, messaging protocols (DDS, Protobuf) * Design, implement, and test software using multiple languages and technology stacks * Integrate software components into complex DoD software environments * Explore and prototype next-generation solutions using artificial intelligence/machine learning, distributed processing, and modeling. * Interact with customers to elicit requ