Senior Principal Systems Engineer

Northrop Grumman

Sr. Principal Systems Engineer at Northrop Grumman handling systems engineering for the Sentinel program.

Posted 5/30/2026full-timeRoy • California, Colorado, Utah • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $122,800 - $203,600 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

The selected engineer will be responsible for systems engineering technical baseline maturation to drive successful development and sell-off of systems within the Digital Ecosystem segment.
This individual will lead a small team or work with a cross-disciplinary team under the guidance of Lead Systems Engineers, other program leadership, and customer representatives to pursue incremental capability insertions across the Digital Ecosystem.
Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams to pursue incremental capability insertions across the Digital Ecosystem.

Requirements

What you’ll need

8 Years of related experience with bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical discipline; 6 Years with Masters; 4 Years with PhD
Must be a U.S. Citizen with an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application with an investigation completed within the last 6 years, current and within scope.
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business need.
5+ years of Systems engineering experience throughout the program lifecycle.
2+ years of Demonstrated experience in MBSE.
2+ years of experience with cloud-based environments, high performance computing, and virtualized environments.
2+ years of experience with software or IT-centric systems.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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

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Hard Skills & Tools

systems engineeringmodel-based systems engineering (MBSE)cloud-based environmentshigh performance computingvirtualized environmentssoftware systemsIT-centric systems

Soft Skills

leadershipcollaborationcross-disciplinary teamwork

Certifications

U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearanceSpecial Access Program (SAP) approval