Principal Engineer, Aeronautical

Northrop Grumman

Aeronautical Engineer or Principal Engineer role at Northrop Grumman focused on systems design, test and evaluation. Requires experience in STEM fields and active security clearance.

Posted 6/23/2026full-timePalmdale • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $91,800 - $137,600 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleJavaKubernetesOpenShiftPythonVMware

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Apply engineering principles to investigate, analyze, plan, design, test, and evaluate systems
Perform trade studies, engineering and technical analyses, reports, change proposals, and other technical documentation
Actively participate in the efforts associated with Agile development
Work in an integrated team environment with other systems, software (SW), and specialty engineers to develop solutions
Prepare technical presentations for management and stakeholders
Review Test Plans and Procedures for requirements verification and support system integration and test of complex systems
Address interface and functionality problems between SW components and/or hardware (HW)
Develop requirements for the subsystem and SRS/HRS specifications through use of MBSE tools & DOORS
Contribute to an implementation that includes the ability to analyze high-level needs and define a structured and logical approach to refine the capability into an integrated set of requirements that led to a fielded product

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline and 2 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline
Active DoD Top Secret clearance
Ability to obtain and maintain initial Special Program Access (SAP/PAR)
Experience with Ansible Engine
Experience with IBM Rational tool suite (DOORS and ClearQuest)
Experience with Atlassian tool suite (JIRA, Git, Confluence)
Experience using SW test automation tools/frameworks
Experience with Java, C++, or Python
Experience working within an Agile development environment
Experience with MBSE, Architecture development, system design and analysis, and development of metrics
Experience as a Product Owner
Experience with SW products running in a virtual environment (e.g. VMware, Openshift, Kubernetes)

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

JavaC++PythonSW test automationMBSEsystem designarchitecture developmentrequirements developmentmetrics developmentAgile development

Soft Skills

communicationteam collaborationproblem-solvinganalytical thinkingpresentation skills

Certifications

Bachelor’s Degree in STEMMaster’s Degree in STEMDoD Top Secret clearanceSpecial Program Access (SAP/PAR)