Software Quality Engineer
Lockheed Martin · Huntsville, AL
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Jul 10, 2026
Huntsville, AL
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
Junior level · National · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
What the occupation pays Median $106,594 (middle half $82,076–$136,109).
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)
The job title is 'Software Quality Engineer Associate,' which signals an entry-level/associate hire; no overall years-of-experience floor is stated.
The posting requires a Final Secret clearance (not TS/SCI); candidates must be US Citizens and able to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance.
No work location city is specified in the posting — only that the role is onsite at a Lockheed Martin facility supporting the THAAD program. CBSA left blank accordingly.
C/C++ knowledge is referenced in the Basic Qualifications section ('experience and/or knowledge of languages such as C or C++'), making it a hard gate; the ability to write in C, C++, or Java appears again under Desired Skills, so C++ and Java are treated as preferred alternatives there.
SDLC knowledge and Requirements Analysis are listed as hard gates in the Basic Qualifications section; all other skills (JIRA, Confluence, Code Collaborator, Agile, Microsoft Office, etc.) appear only under the 'Desired Skills' heading.
The role is explicitly onsite full-time; remote work is not available.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Software Development Life Cycle.
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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