Software Engineer - Simulation (Palmdale) at Northrop Grumman
Palmdale, CA
$91,800–$137,600from the description
Jul 9, 2026
Palmdale, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A software engineering role focused on designing, developing, and testing simulation software for aerospace platforms, including flight simulation and simulated training environments. The work involves the full development lifecycle within Agile Scrum teams, collaborating across disciplines such as systems engineering and test automation. It suits early-career engineers with C/C++ or Python experience and an active Secret clearance.
Mid level · 2+ years · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA · 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 $164,459 (middle half $130,334–$195,752). 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 role requires an active Secret clearance at start AND the ability to obtain a Special Access Program (SAP) clearance prior to employment commencement — both are hard gates.
The programming language requirement is an OR gate across C, C++, and Python; C is listed as the primary with the others as alternatives. The preferred qualifications call out deep C/C++ knowledge specifically.
The tooling requirement gates on experience with at least TWO of the listed tools (Jira, Crucible, Bitbucket, Subversion, Bamboo, Jenkins, SonarQube, Fortify, Coverity); all are captured as alternatives under a single skill entry to reflect this OR-across-the-set structure.
The degree requirement is a Bachelor's in a STEM field with 2 years of experience OR a Master's with 0 years; 'Bachelors' is set as the minimum formal degree, though a Master's alone (no experience) also satisfies the gate.
25% travel is required per the posting header.
Palmdale, CA falls within the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim CBSA (31080).
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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