Job Description

National Security & Defense At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

Jacobs is a global technology company, delivering solutions for a more connected, sustainable world.  Become part of a respected and hard-working team delivering innovative, next generation aviation solutions to our customers across the globe. We design, build, and secure critical military aircraft solutions using unique technology application and Agile software development capabilities to improve mission agility, capability, and operational readiness.

Job Summary :

Software development in support of Jacobs projects and contracts for the US and foreign military aircraft and missions.  

Duties & Responsibilities:

Work scope may include the following duties:

• Contribute to a team of skilled engineers designing, building and maintaining thoroughly tested and stable software using a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFE).
• Create, update and review test plans, test cases, test procedures and prepare test related artifacts to ensure readiness, accuracy and completeness for test execution
• Perform software testing at the appropriate level (ie, unit, integration, UI, etc) in tandem with the team’s development activities and program schedule
• Track changes made to the software to ensure appropriate and timely regression testing is performed to verify changes do not adversely impact software behavior or performance, or introduce defects
• Support automated test activities, including development of scripts, tools or the employment of third-party products to provide automated test mechanisms  
• Be willing to share knowledge through proactive creation of wikis and documentation to help the team
• Participate in daily stand-ups providing status updates and raise any technical issues with the rest of the team.
• Contribute to pull request reviews, system demos, planning meetings and retrospectives.
• Be able to switch and work on different projects as customer and program goals evolve.
• Ask smart questions, take risks, and champion new ideas
• Use judgment and originality by interpreting data; planning the work; and refining the methods and techniques being used
• Our teams work a compressed 9/80 schedule

*This list is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities.

Here's what you'll need

Education Desired/Required:

Bachelor’s degree in a related scientific or engineering discipline and 2 years of experience 

Knowledge, skills & abilities:

• Ability to apply basic and technical aspects of quality software testing at all levels during active software development, as well as integration and deployment
• Curious with a bias for action, problem solving, learning and experimentation, to include advancing automated test using modern technologies
• Analytical thinker who puts mission first and values product quality and end-user needs
• Collaborator with a willingness to work hard and contribute to the team
• Teammate with courage, respect for others, empathy, and intellectual humility
• Communicator, oral and written, who can simplify complicated information and effectively present to an audience

Clearance:

Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret Clearance.

Posted Salary Range: Minimum

90,000.00

Posted Salary Range: Upper

110,000.00

Our health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you, and in the things you care about. Your health. Your well-being. Your security. Your future. Employees have access to medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance, a 401(k) plan, paid time off, and the ability to purchase company stock at a discount. Eligible employees may also enroll in a deferred compensation plan or the Executive Deferral Plan. And certain roles may be eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, performance discretionary bonus, and stock.

The base salary range for this position is $90,000.00 to $110,000.00. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. Job posted on March 23, 2026. This position will be open for at least 3 days.

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

Your application experience is important to us, and we’re keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team via Careers Support .

Locations

City State Country
Nashua	New Hampshire	United States

Job Tags

Remote work

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