Senior Principal Engineer – Electronics

Northrop Grumman

Sr. Principal Electronics Engineer for Northrop Grumman developing advanced EO/IR Sensor systems.

Posted 6/19/2026full-timeSan Diego • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $142,200 - $213,400 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Responsible Engineer in the field of Electro Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) Sensor System development
Provide overall technical strategy for Systems, development, supplier management, integration, and testing.
Improve current architecture and synthesize architectural concepts for future solutions
Provide technical direction/guidance to multi-discipline engineering teams and ensure technical oversight on all efforts from concept to design.
Evaluating the impact of installation and environmental conditions such as windows, vibration, thermal gradients and atmospheric effects.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 8 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 6 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline and 4 years of related engineering experience.
Experience in the field of Electro Optical Infrared Sensors
Experience in technical integration of communications, payloads or avionics electronic subsystems
Experience with developing and executing test plans, and test reports.
Experience with MS Office
A U.S. Citizen with Active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance OR active DoD Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility (with a background investigation within the past 5 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business

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Hard Skills & Tools

Electro Optical Infrared Sensorstechnical integrationcommunications subsystemspayloads subsystemsavionics electronic subsystemstest planstest reportsarchitecture improvementsynthesis of architectural conceptsenvironmental impact evaluation

Soft Skills

technical directionguidancemulti-discipline teamworktechnical oversightstrategic thinking

Certifications

Bachelor’s Degree in STEMMaster’s Degree in STEMPhD in STEMDoD Top Secret clearanceDoD Top Secret/SCI clearance