STINGRAI Software Engineer (Engineer Software 4)- 29218 at Huntington Ingalls Industries
Bremerton, WA
$123,126–$175,000from the description
Jul 2, 2026
Bremerton, WA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A mid-level software engineering role supporting U.S. Southern Command intelligence and surveillance operations. The work centers on designing, developing, testing, and maintaining software systems and applications, with particular emphasis on open-systems military aviation standards (FACE), Agile/DevOps practices, and technology modernization. Collaboration with hardware engineers and multidisciplinary teams is a regular part of the job. A Secret clearance is required.
Senior level · 9+ years · National · Secret clearance · Full-time
Advertised as Mid, but the requirements read as Senior.
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How this req sits in the market our data
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The posting's internal 'Level of Experience' label reads 'Mid', but the experience requirements (9 years with a Bachelor's, 7 with a Master's, 13 with a high school diploma) and the scope of responsibilities support a Senior classification.
No specific work location city is stated beyond the SOUTHCOM mission context; the posting does not indicate remote eligibility.
FACE (Future Airborne Capability Environment) open-systems architecture experience is listed under requirements but qualified with 'desired depending on project', so it is treated as preferred.
Image and video software development appears in the requirements section but is explicitly qualified as 'as needed', indicating it is situational rather than a hard gate.
Compiler/OS/system-level utility development is listed in the requirements section but explicitly qualified as 'desired depending on project', so it is not surfaced as a hard gate.
Degree is not hard-required; the JD offers a High School Diploma + 13 years as a fully equivalent path, so no minimum degree is set.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): image and video processing.
Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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