Staff Engineer, Electronics – Project Talon

Northrop Grumman

Staff Electronics Engineer focusing on mission systems design and development for Northrop Grumman. Leading mission systems projects and mentoring junior engineers with a commitment to innovation.

Posted 6/23/2026full-timeEl Segundo • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $177,000 - $265,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Responsible for designing mission systems technical baselines (subsystems, components, software) to meet platform requirements.
Lead trade studies, technical analysis, modeling & simulation, risk/opportunity management, and support strategic objectives.
Decompose system-level requirements, track/report metrics, and maintain strong relationships with customers, suppliers, peers, and leadership.
Mission system element design, capability assessment, interface decomposition, verification/validation planning, and mission integration during development.
Advise programs as subject matter expert, mentor junior engineers, conduct independent reviews of milestones and technical work products.
Support technical business development (proposals, white papers).
Oversee technical activities within Mission Systems IPT, ensuring sound engineering processes.
Engage customers/end users to translate requirements into deployable products.
Perform subsystem trades, analysis of alternatives, modeling, and simulation for mission effects, data, or capabilities (including air vehicles, payloads, ground segments, mission planning, CONOPS, DRM, system security, and interfaces).

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s in STEM + 12 years related engineering experience (platform mission systems: mission computing, communications, sensors), OR Master’s in STEM + 10 years related experience, OR PhD in STEM + 7 years related experience
Active DoD Secret (or higher) clearance (background investigation within past 6 years or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation)
Ability to obtain/maintain Special Access Program (SAP) and DoD Top Secret clearances
Experience supporting Supplier SSOW, SRD, and scope discussions
Engineering experience on a DoD program
Significant experience in at least two of the following: Technical leadership on DoD development projects, System architecture concepts/solutions, Performance modeling & simulation, Designing systems with COTS/GOTS components for DoD interoperability, RF or EO/IR systems for sensing, EW, or communications, Non-kinetic effects (cyber operations), DoD cyber requirements, RMF, and solutions
Identifying/managing system capabilities, producing architecture artifacts
Preparing/reviewing architecture designs and presenting at DoD customer reviews

Benefits

Comp & perks

Retirement and Savings Plan
group medical, dental and vision coverage
life and disability insurance
flexible spending accounts

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Hard Skills & Tools

mission systems designtechnical analysismodeling and simulationrisk managementverification and validationsystem architectureperformance modelingCOTS componentsGOTS componentscyber operations

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringcustomer engagementcommunicationrelationship managementtechnical writingproblem-solvingcollaborationstrategic thinkingindependent review

Certifications

Bachelor’s in STEMMaster’s in STEMPhD in STEMDoD Secret clearanceDoD Top Secret clearanceSpecial Access Program clearance