Software Engineer at Kranze Technology Solutions, Inc
Des Plaines, IL
$90,000–$150,000
Jul 7, 2026
Des Plaines, IL
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A software engineering role at a defense-focused avionics company, covering the full development lifecycle — from requirements and architecture through coding, integration, and testing — on hardware and software products for military survivability and interoperability systems. The work is Python-centric, with Linux experience expected, and suits candidates across a wide range of experience levels who can work with limited supervision and are eligible to obtain a U.S. security clearance.
Mid level · National · Secret clearance · Full-time
Pay in the description: $90,000–$150,000
“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 $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). 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 posting explicitly welcomes candidates with 1–10 years of experience across multiple levels; seniority is assessed as Mid as the midpoint of that broad range, though the role could accommodate Junior through Senior candidates.
A Bachelor's or Master's degree is listed as 'preferred' in the requirements section, and no degree is stated as a hard gate — equivalent experience is implicitly accepted given the open experience range, so degree requirement is set to None.
The clearance requirement is framed as 'ability to obtain' a Security Clearance (not an active clearance), but US citizenship is a hard gate and sponsorship is unavailable. Mapped to Secret as the standard baseline clearance for defense avionics work; the exact level is not specified in the posting.
No work location (city/state) is explicitly stated in the posting; the phone area code (847) suggests the Chicago, IL metro area, but this is not confirmed.
JIRA, Confluence, and Bitbucket are listed together as a single preferred familiarity item ('or other software management tools'); JIRA is used as the primary name with Confluence and Bitbucket as alternatives.
The salary range appears to contain a typo in the posting ('$150,00' instead of '$150,000'); interpreted as $150,000.
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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