2026 Associate Embedded Software Engineer - Rolling Meadows IL
Northrop Grumman · Rolling Meadows, IL
$70,600–$106,000from the description
Jun 28, 2026
Rolling Meadows, IL
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
An entry-level embedded software engineering role based in Rolling Meadows, IL, focused on the full development lifecycle — design, implementation, testing, and production — of digital electronic and hardware systems for navigation, targeting, and self-protection applications. Suited to recent or soon-to-be graduates in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering who already hold, or are eligible for, a DoD Secret clearance.
Junior level · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI · 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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Why we read it this way (6)
This is an entry-level / campus-hire posting (tagged #campusjobs). No overall years of experience are required — the role targets candidates completing or having completed a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD.
A final DoD Secret clearance is listed as a hard requirement to start; the ability to obtain Special Access Program (SAP) access is also required within a reasonable period.
All technical skills (C, C++/Java, Agile/Waterfall, Git/version control, Jira/Rally) appear exclusively under the 'Preferred Qualifications' section and are explicitly framed as 'helpful, though not required' coursework — none are hard gates.
The salary range of $70,600–$106,000 is stated for a Bachelor's-level hire; the posting notes that Master's/PhD candidates may fall under different ranges not explicitly quoted.
Majoring in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering is a hard requirement per the Basic Qualifications section, but as a degree field rather than a named technology it is not emitted as a skill.
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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