Associate Software Engineer (Contract)
Airbus US Space & Defense, Inc. · Merritt Island, FL
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Jun 29, 2026
Merritt Island, FL
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
Junior level · Remote · 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 $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
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 JD titles this role 'Associate Software Engineer' and explicitly states a minimum of 0 years experience with a Bachelor's degree, confirming a genuine entry-level / Junior position.
C/C++ and Python are listed under 'Knowledge, Skills, Demonstrated Capabilities' with the word 'Proficiency', which functions as a hard-gate requirement section; all other technical items in that section are introduced with 'Knowledge of one or more of the following', making them preferred rather than required.
Clearance: the JD states candidates must be 'able to obtain and maintain a Government security clearance' (a hard gate on clearance eligibility) and notes an 'active DoD Secret or above' is 'highly desirable' (preferred). The hard gate is on the ability to obtain — not on currently holding — a clearance; Secret is set as the minimum required level based on the explicit gate language.
US Citizenship is explicitly required for eligibility.
No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
Preferred work locations listed (Arlington VA, Denver CO, Houston TX, Merritt Island FL) are stated as preferences only; the caller has confirmed this is a fully remote, national-pool role, so no metro is set.
Ignored 6 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): embedded software development, BSP development, device driver development, real-time operating systems, hardware-in-the-loop simulation, software configuration management.
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.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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