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Software Engineer II (Sign-On Bonus Available)

BAE Systems

Merrimack, NHFull-time$73–125K/yrSeen 1mo agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$73–125K/yr
Location
Merrimack, NH
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Secret clearanceBachelor's degree

Job overview

Software Engineer II role at BAE Systems offers early‑career professionals a full‑time onsite position developing advanced defense software. The role includes flexible scheduling, mentorship, education benefits, and a competitive salary range, while requiring US citizenship and a secret clearance.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

CObject Oriented DesignSource Code ControlReal Time Embedded DevelopmentGITJiraConfluenceAgile DevelopmentSoftware Algorithms DesignWindowsLinuxARMx86-64 CPUsGPUs

Qualifications

Secret ClearanceBachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or Related Field2 Years Related Work Experience or Equivalent ExperienceUS Citizenship Status

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

Job Description

Come see what you re missing. Our employees work on the world s most advanced electronics from detecting threats for F-35 pilots to illuminating the night for soldiers. Spanning air, land, sea, and space, we are developing the technology of tomorrow, delivered today. Drawing strength from our differences, we re innovating for the future. And you can, too.

If you re looking to return to the workplace after a career pause or looking to dial back your hours from your current full-time role, we re the place for you! We know that your talents are a valuable addition to our team, and our schedule is flexible around your availability.

Our engineers are the lifeblood of our company and we re more than 5,000 strong. With our robust offering of educational and career development opportunities, your opportunities to grow are limitless. In addition to learning alongside your team as you deliver software, you ll have the opportunity to take training courses online and in person to further grow your technical skills and domain knowledge. We also offer education benefits which can fund additional degrees in a related field of study. We pair new employees like you with a mentor someone who s eager to welcome you to BAE Systems and help you get connected to and settled into the BAE Systems community.

The organization focuses on career development of our software engineers and advancement of the craft of software engineering. We work with you align your projects with your career aspirations, whether you re interested in becoming an experienced developer, subject matter expert, software leader, or landing in engineering or program management You will be working alongside other highly motivated engineers passionate about software and protecting our military service personnel. This position may require occasional travel to support integration and test event. Come join us as We Protect Those Who Protect Us.

Because of the need for consistent, in-person collaboration and/or the requirement to perform all work onsite due to the nature of this particular role, it will be performed full-time on site . This means work will be conducted on location at a BAE Systems facility 100% of the time.

Job Description

We are looking for talented early career Software professionals to help us create the world s most advanced solutions in the area such as Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), Aircraft Protection, Radar Warning and Electronic Attack for our defense related customers. Our products provide critical mission capabilities to address the ever-evolving threats to our nation s security and the war fighter.

In this exciting role, you will enjoy opportunities to take on diverse and challenging work assignments, flexible scheduling with every other Friday off, an inviting and supportive culture, competitive compensation, and an excellent benefits package that includes tuition reimbursement for advanced degrees.

We will provide you opportunities to learn, leverage our current technologies, incorporate new technologies, and if you desirebecome an expert or future technical leader in our engineering organization.

We have multiple positions in Southern New Hampshire, in facilities located in Nashua, Hudson, Merrimack and Manchester.

Job Responsibilities

Duties include analyzing, designing, coding and code modification (typically in C ) of complex software designs for simple systems or subsystems or subsystems of larger systems.

You will be assisting in the evaluation of complex software designs to identify design flaws.

You will utilize either a Windows or Linux based software development environment. Embedded targets could range from ARM through high performance x86-64 CPUs and Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). You will be integrating and testing in the selected target test environments.

We put our customers first exemplified by our mission: We Protect Those Who Protect Us.

Please note that pursuant to a government contract, this specific position requires US citizenship status

Current BAE Systems employees are ineligible for sign-on bonuses.

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Required Education, Experience, & Skills

  • Secret Clearance (active within the last two years)

  • Bachelor's Degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related field, and 2 years related work experience or equivalent experience

  • Experience with Object Oriented design, development practices, and implementation in C

  • Experience with source code control tools

  • Willingness to perform a wide variety of related tasks

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

  • Real-time embedded development

  • GIT, Jira, Confluence

  • Agile Development experience

  • Designing and/or implementing software algorithms

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $73370 - $124740

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20 hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.

Software Engineer II (Sign-On Bonus Available)

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How this job compares

Set against the 34,906 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$73–125K/yr
  • New Hampshire median$115–219K/yr205 salary ranges
  • US median$140–222K/yr28,067 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $99K, is 42% below the New Hampshire median midpoint ($170K) — in the lowest quarter of Software Engineer salary ranges in New Hampshire.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 234 open Software Engineer jobs in New Hampshire and 34,906 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New Hampshire
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 28,149 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 12,570 of the 34,906 open Software Engineer jobs (36%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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