Software Engineer II at Sierra Nevada Company, LLC
Lone Tree, CO
$94,345–$129,725from the description
Jul 1, 2026
Lone Tree, CO
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A software engineering role focused on designing, developing, and testing software components for aerospace systems, including debugging complex issues, writing documentation, and supporting hardware-software integration. The position suits early-to-mid-career developers comfortable working in multi-disciplinary teams on ISR and aviation platforms, and requires an active Secret U.S. security clearance.
Mid level · 2+ years · National · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
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 (7)
The required programming language gate is stated as 'C++, Java, or Python' — these are interchangeable options satisfying a single requirement; C++ is listed as primary with Java and Python as alternatives.
The preferred languages section (C, C#, C++, HTML, Java, Python, Bash) overlaps with the required gate. C++, Java, and Python are already captured as required; the remaining preferred languages (C, C#, HTML, Bash) are listed under the 'Qualifications We Prefer' heading and are marked accordingly.
Software tooling for requirements tracking, code reviews, static analysis, artifact repositories, and automated builds is mentioned under preferred qualifications but no specific tool names are given, so no skill entries were emitted for that category.
Development methodologies (Agile/Scrum, Waterfall, Spiral) appear under preferred qualifications; Agile is listed as primary with the others as alternatives since they are presented as interchangeable methodology options.
Agentic coding tools are listed under preferred qualifications with no specific product named; the entry is retained as a preferred skill using the posting's own phrasing since no canonical tool name can be inferred.
A current/active Secret clearance is explicitly required and is a hard gate for this role.
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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