Associate Simulation Software Engineer / Simulation Software Engineer
Northrop Grumman · Melbourne, FL
$62,300–$118,900from the description
Jul 1, 2026
Melbourne, FL
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role centers on designing, building, and testing cloud-based infrastructure and simulation software environments, with a focus on pipeline automation, infrastructure-as-code, and configuration management. The work sits within an Agile Scrum team and spans the full software development lifecycle, including integration and system testing. It suits early-career engineers with a STEM background, programming experience in C, C++, or Python, and an active Secret clearance.
Junior level · Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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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 $134,657 (middle half $104,151–$166,625). 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)
This posting covers two levels simultaneously: Associate Simulation Software Engineer (Level 1, 0 years experience) and Simulation Software Engineer (Level 2, 2 years experience). The salary range spans both levels ($62,300–$98,800 for Level 1; $75,100–$118,900 for Level 2). Seniority and the overall years minimum reflect the entry-level (Level 1) floor.
The hard requirement on programming language is 'at least one of C, C++, or Python' — these are interchangeable gates on the same requirement. C is listed as the primary with C++ and Python as alternatives; all three are marked accordingly.
An active U.S. Government Secret clearance (or higher) is a hard gate for both levels, as is the ability to obtain a Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
The role has a dual location: Melbourne, FL or Oklahoma City, OK. The CBSA reflects Melbourne, FL as the primary listed location; Oklahoma City (CBSA 36420) is an equally valid work site.
Infrastructure-as-Code and CI/CD tools (GitLab, Bamboo, Jenkins) appear under Preferred Qualifications only. Terraform is listed as a representative IaC tool inferred from the 'infrastructure-as-code' preferred qualification; no specific IaC tool is named in the required section.
Domain-specific preferred qualifications (JSE, DIS, HLA, AFSIM, NGTS, Full-Motion Flight Training Systems) are simulation/defense domain knowledge rather than named commercial tools, so they are omitted from the skills list per extraction rules.
The SOC classification is Medium confidence: the role primarily involves building and deploying cloud-based simulation software (15-1252), but the emphasis on cloud infrastructure, IaC, and pipeline automation introduces some overlap with 15-1244 (Systems Administrators).
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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