Modernization Software Engineer (Associate or Mid-Level) at The Boeing Company
Colorado Springs, CO
$85,000–$141,450from the description
Jul 17, 2026
Colorado Springs, CO
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role involves modernizing a ground control system used to manage military wideband communications satellites, covering the full development lifecycle from design through maintenance. Day-to-day work spans writing and testing software, building automated test frameworks, integrating front-end and back-end components, and supporting system verification. It suits engineers with a background in software integration and testing, particularly those comfortable with web technologies and working in an Agile environment. A security clearance is required.
Junior level · 1+ years · Colorado Springs, CO · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Full-time
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This posting covers two levels simultaneously: Associate (Level 2, $85,000–$115,000/yr) and Mid-Level (Level 3, $104,550–$141,450/yr). The hard-required experience floor is only 1+ year, placing the minimum hire at Junior/Associate level; the seniority band reflects that floor.
The role blends software development and integration & test responsibilities roughly equally. 15-1252 (Software Developers) was chosen as primary because the JD emphasizes developing code, automated test frameworks, and the full product development lifecycle; 15-1253 (Software QA Analysts and Testers) is a credible runner-up given the explicit test-case execution and defect-reporting duties.
A U.S. Secret clearance is required post-start (interim acceptable); candidates must be U.S. Persons (citizens, nationals, LPRs, refugees, or asylees) — no visa sponsorship offered.
The preferred qualifications section lists the Level 3 experience thresholds (5+ years or equivalent combinations) as well as all technology preferences (ReactJS, Redux, REST, Java, Jira, etc.). None of these appear in the Basic Qualifications block, so all are marked preferred.
The 'software engineering' and 'software integration and test' skills are retained as required because the JD explicitly gates on '1+ years' experience' in each — these are role-level experience requirements that also name a concrete discipline. The years are captured on the skill per the stated gate.
The compensation range shown spans both levels; the min ($85,000) is the Associate floor and the max ($141,450) is the Mid-Level ceiling.
Ignored 3 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): software engineering, software integration and test, open-source software development.
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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