Computer Engineer

At PMAT, we work on mission critical systems that directly support the warfighter, designing, building, and securing modern digital capabilities across cloud, data, and software environments. Our teams tackle complex, real-world challenges where delivery matters more than theory, and innovation is driven by curiosity, collaboration, and purpose.

In this role, you’ll contribute to mission-focused technology initiatives, working alongside engineers and operators to deliver resilient, forward-leaning solutions in support of national defense.

About the role: PMAT is seeking a highly experienced Computer Engineer to provide senior-level technical leadership for the design, acquisition, integration, and deployment of hardware and computing solutions supporting mission-critical operations. This role will lead efforts to develop and field enterprise and edge computing infrastructure, including innovative solutions that are not currently available within existing environments. The candidate will work closely with integration teams, emerging technology platforms, engineering organizations, and operational stakeholders to develop mission-ready solutions that address physical and deployment constraints through small-form-factor computing, mobile servers, workstations, and related hardware technologies. The role requires strong computer engineering expertise, technical leadership, hardware lifecycle management, and the ability to deliver reliable computing solutions across geographically distributed environments.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, evaluation, acquisition, integration, and deployment of computing hardware and supporting software solutions for enterprise, edge, and mission-focused environments.
• Lead and coordinate teams of engineers responsible for acquiring, building, configuring, integrating, testing, installing, and sustaining hardware and software solutions at government locations.
• Develop innovative computing solutions for emerging operational requirements by evaluating small-form-factor computers, mobile servers, workstations, edge computing platforms, and other technologies to address physical and deployment constraints.
• Support the design and redesign of IT and hardware architectures, including new system implementations, field changes, technology refreshes, upgrades, hardware replacements, and integration with existing infrastructure.
• Manage engineering schedules, technical tasks, dependencies, hardware acquisition activities, and integration milestones to ensure systems are delivered in accordance with customer and operational requirements.
• Manage equipment inventories by maintaining hardware accountability, configuration information, lifecycle status, deployment information, and planning inputs for replacement or modernization.
• Develop and maintain detailed engineering documentation, including hardware designs, system configurations, bills of material, installation procedures, maintenance procedures, technical specifications, and configuration records.
• Provide senior-level technical guidance to engineers, integration teams, program stakeholders, and operational personnel while troubleshooting complex hardware, software, infrastructure, and system integration challenges.
• Plan and execute system installations, upgrades, technology refreshes, and new capability implementations while ensuring solutions meet applicable technical, cybersecurity, interoperability, and industry requirements.

About Us: PMAT is an innovative small business founded with a passion for developing forward-leaning solutions from exceptional people that increase the mission's capability. We focus on designing and building impactful digital solutions that utilize modern cloud, data, and software concepts. Our passion is working on complex and progressive challenges such as edge platform computing, containerizing legacy platforms, distributed data platforms, or heterogeneous data analysis.

We recruit, retain, and foster a team motivated to pursue passions, investigate new ways of doing things, and embody an innovative and entrepreneurial spirit. We believe in being curious about every element of a problem and experiment relentlessly. We foster continuous learning in an environment that encourages positive collaboration and expands our capabilities. We tap into collective intelligence, acknowledging that the most brilliant people may not be in the room. Above all else, we believe that delivering and demonstrating is more potent than a sheet of paper. We are passionate about mission-centric design and delivering effective capabilities to and for the warfighter.

Whether you’re an experienced engineer or just beginning your career, you’ll work alongside experts who are committed to solving mission-critical problems. If you’re passionate about using your skills to make a real difference, apply today and become part of a team that’s shaping the future of defense technology!

Required Skills and Experience:

• Extensive experience in computer engineering, hardware engineering, systems integration, infrastructure engineering, or related technical disciplines supporting complex computing environments.
• Experience designing, acquiring, building, integrating, testing, installing, and sustaining computer hardware and supporting software solutions.
• Experience leading engineers or multidisciplinary technical teams responsible for hardware acquisition, system integration, installation, deployment, or sustainment activities.
• Strong understanding of computing hardware architectures, servers, workstations, storage, networking components, peripherals, and supporting infrastructure.
• Experience evaluating technical requirements and developing hardware solutions based on performance, interoperability, environmental, deployment, and operational constraints.
• Experience supporting system design and redesign activities, hardware upgrades, technology refreshes, field changes, configuration management, and lifecycle planning.
• Experience managing engineering schedules, technical tasks, dependencies, equipment requirements, and customer delivery milestones.
• Experience developing and maintaining detailed technical documentation for hardware designs, configurations, installation, maintenance, and sustainment activities.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with demonstrated ability to collaborate on complex technical challenges across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to provide technical direction and communicate engineering recommendations, risks, tradeoffs, and status to technical, program, and operational stakeholders.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Experience supporting Navy, Department of War, government, or other mission-critical operational environments.
• Operational experience supporting active-duty military customers and fielded capabilities at government or military installations.
• Experience supporting complex distributed computing environments, edge infrastructure, or other mission-focused technology platforms.
• Experience designing computing solutions around physical constraints, including small-form-factor computers, mobile servers, ruggedized workstations, edge computing systems, and deployable infrastructure.
• Experience integrating computing hardware with emerging technology platforms, sensors, networks, cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, or other mission-focused platforms.
• Experience with enterprise and edge server technologies, embedded computing, GPUs, high-performance computing hardware, virtualization, containerized workloads, or other mission-focused compute architectures.
• Experience performing hardware trade studies, component evaluations, technical assessments, compatibility analysis, or make/buy recommendations for emerging computing requirements.
• Experience managing technical equipment inventories, hardware configurations, asset lifecycle information, technology refresh planning, and End-of-Life considerations.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity, system hardening, secure configuration, vulnerability remediation, and accreditation considerations associated with deploying computing hardware in government environments.
• Experience supporting system installations, deployment activities, operational testing, technology demonstrations, or geographically distributed technical deployments.

Education and Certification Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent Experience

Citizenship and Clearance Requirements: 

• U.S. Citizenship required
• No dual citizenship

• TS/(SCI Eligible), security clearance required

Location/Address:

• 100% On-site
• San Diego, CA

Travel & Passport: 10%, CONUS and OCONUS

Work Environment: PMAT offices as needed. In some cases, work in a government facility may be required. Travel may be required for customer engagement, team coordination, and potentially for business development.

PMAT is an equal-opportunity employer. We believe in hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive, people-first culture. We are committed to non-discrimination on any protected basis, such as disability and veteran status, or any other basis covered under applicable law.