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Sentinel - Principal / Sr. Principal Systems Engineer - 18563

Northrop Grumman
UTRO01, United States, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 15 Apr 2026
💰 $184,200/yr($98,400/yr$184,200/yr)

About the role

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer / Senior Principal Systems Engineer. This position is located in Roy, UT and supports the Sentinel program.

What You'll Get To Do:

  • Designs and develops key capabilities and performance requirements for the Guidance Computer (GC).
  • Defines design and technology maturity constraints of the system in accordance with customer specifications.
  • Develops thorough definition of system external interfaces.
  • Defines system implementation approach and operational concept.
  • Ensures requirements are met and evaluates performance with customer.
  • Performs technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems.
  • Analyses are performed at all levels of total system product to include: concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal.
  • Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
  • Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detailed trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.

Basic Qualifications:

This requisition may be fulfilled at either the Principal Systems Engineer (T-03) level or Sr. Principal Systems Engineer (T-04) level

  • Principal Systems Engineer: Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Science Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) discipline from an accredited university plus 5 years related experience OR Master's Degree plus 3 years related experience.
  • Senior Principal Systems Engineer: Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Science Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) discipline from an accredited university plus 8 years related experience OR Master's Degree plus 6 years related experience.
  • Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with electronics design and verification
  • Experience defining hardware/software and hardware/hardware interfaces
  • Mature requirements definition experience including definition of verification plans.
  • Experience with engineering requirements management tools (i.e. DOORS).
  • Experience working on an agile team.
  • Understanding of the following specialty areas: nuclear surety, cybersecurity, flight safety.
  • Strong experience in system engineering (SE) process, including SE experience across multiple levels of integration for a DoD/Aerospace program.

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including: 

  • Medical, Dental & Vision coverage 
  • 401k 
  • Educational Assistance 
  • Life Insurance 
  • Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions 
  • Paid Time Off 
  • Health & Wellness Resources 
  • Employee Discounts 

This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.

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Primary Level Salary Range: $98,400.00 - $147,600.00

Secondary Level Salary Range: $122,800.00 - $184,200.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditio

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