Software Engineer at Lockheed Martin
Boulder, CO
$76,500–$134,895from the description
Jul 24, 2026
Boulder, CO
Jul 26, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A software engineering role focused on building and maintaining applications for remote sensing data processing, mission payload processing, and edge hardware — primarily in C++ with some Python. Day-to-day work spans new application development, legacy code upkeep, CI/CD pipeline management, debugging embedded software, and contributing to simulation environments used for algorithm validation. Suits engineers with C++ experience who can obtain a Secret clearance.
Mid level · Boulder, CO · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
What the occupation pays Median $168,179 (middle half $132,051–$211,194). 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 Basic Qualifications require a degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field — treated as a hard degree gate. The Desired Skills section separately calls out a Bachelor's degree in an engineering or scientific discipline, which is consistent with the basic requirement.
The posting states candidates must have the 'ability to obtain a Secret clearance' as a basic qualification; an active clearance is listed only under Desired Skills. The hard gate is therefore the ability to obtain Secret, not possession of an active clearance.
No overall years-of-experience requirement is stated. The role is titled 'Experienced Professional' internally but carries no explicit seniority level in the job title itself, and the scope (designing/developing/testing on a team, maintaining legacy code) is consistent with a Mid-level engineer.
Docker and Kubernetes are listed together as a single containerization/orchestration bullet under Desired Skills; they are captured as separate preferred skills given they are distinct tools.
CI/CD is listed as a responsibility in the job description body ('Drive CI/CD') and Jenkins/GitLab CI appear under Desired Skills as example tools — Jenkins and GitLab CI are captured as preferred with each other as alternatives.
Image Signal Processing and Mission Data Processing are listed as a single bullet under Desired Skills; Image Signal Processing is used as the skill name to represent this capability.
The salary range quoted ($76,500–$134,895) applies specifically to Colorado (among other listed states); the actual range may differ for other locations.
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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