**Engineering** **Technical Specialist Engineer 3** Long Beach, CA Posted: 1/21/2026 Job Description Job ID#: 215114 Job Category: Engineering Position Type: Associate - W2 Duration: 52 Shift: 1 **PDS Defense, Inc. is seeking a Technical Specialist Engineer 3, in Long Beach, CA. Job ID#215114** Pay Rate: $55 - $60/hr **Job Description:** Seeking a Technical Specialist to support the C-17 Sustainment Engineering organization. The successful applicant will be a highly-motivated self-started willing to work a diverse array of projects simultaneously. The selected candidate will work with both internal and external stakeholders to support the multi-disciplinary Sustainment Engineering team. **Position Responsibilities:** • Supporting cross-functional teams, assisting in development, documentation, implementation, and review of Engineering requirements, metrics, and processes. • Assist with budget management. • Coordinate with both internal and external stakeholders. • Prioritize, delegate and track tasks and action items needed to achieve project completion. • Facilitate and resolve issues. **Required Skills:** • 5+ years of experience presenting project status, progress, and changes in the project to identified project stakeholders **Preferred Skills:** • Candidate must be a self-starter with a positive attitude, high ethics, and a track record of working successfully under pressure in a time-constrained environment • Experience working in a dynamic environment • Experience collecting data, developing metrics, and conducting trend analysis • Must be able to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams within and external partners • Able to develop and maintain relationships / partnerships with customers, stakeholders, peers, and partners to develop collaborative plans and execute on projects • Proactively seek information and direction to successfully complete the statement of work • Must be flexible, with a high tolerance for organizational complexity and ability to work with team members across different cultures and time-zones **Education / Experience:** Education/experience typically acquired through advanced education (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 6 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience (e.g. Master+4 years' related work experience, 10 years' related work experience, etc.). Benefits offered to vary by the contract. Depending on your temporary assignment, benefits may include direct deposit, free career counseling services, 401(k), select paid holidays, short-term disability insurance, skills training, employee referral bonus, affordable medical coverage plan, and 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 **VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled** To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please visit **http://www.tadpgs.com/candidate-privacy/** or **https://pdsdefense.com/candidate-privacy/** The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable: + The California Fair Chance Act + Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance + Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers + San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled