Software Engineer (AHT) at Northrop Grumman
Bellevue, NE
$79,300–$118,900from the description
Jul 13, 2026
Bellevue, NE
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A full-stack software engineering role embedded in an Agile team, focused on the complete development lifecycle — design, coding, testing, and delivery — using C and C++ on Linux. Day-to-day work involves collaborating with developers and designers, demonstrating progress to customers, and applying test automation practices. Suits candidates with hands-on experience in full-stack development who can obtain a DoD Top Secret clearance.
Mid level · 2+ years · Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA · Top 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 $125,220 (middle half $100,120–$137,150). 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 (9)
The role is titled simply 'Software Engineer' with no level modifier; seniority is assessed as Mid based on the minimum qualifying path of a BS + 2 years (or MS + 0 years).
Clearance: the JD states no active clearance is required to start, but candidates must be able to obtain a DoD Top Secret clearance — treated as a hard gate on clearability. Holding a current TS is listed under Preferred Qualifications.
Degree requirement is set to None because the JD explicitly offers a high-school-diploma path (6 years experience) as a qualifying alternative to a bachelor's or master's degree.
The overall years minimum reflects the lowest qualifying experience threshold (2 years with a BS; 0 years with an MS; 6 years with a HS diploma) — the BS+2 path is the most common entry point.
C and C++ are listed together as a single demonstrated-experience requirement; both are emitted as separate skills with each other as an alternative, reflecting that the JD treats them as a paired requirement rather than a strict either/or.
Test automation tools (GoogleTest, Eggplant) appear in the Basic Qualifications under 'Familiarity with' — a softer gate phrase, but the section is clearly a required-qualifications block, so they are marked required. GoogleTest is emitted as primary with Eggplant as an alternative since the JD presents them as examples of the same category.
Atlassian Tool Suite is listed as a required skill; no specific Atlassian products (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket) are individually named.
DevOps/DevSecOps experience appears under Preferred Qualifications and is a methodology rather than a named tool — omitted per guidelines. CI/CD is retained as a named practice/capability.
Requires a Top 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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