Principal Systems Engineer
US$114,000 – US$213,500 / yr base salary
Posted 4 Aug 2026
Advertised as “Systems Engineer - R&V (Principal or Senior Principal)”
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- Expected experience
- 5+ yrs
- Management level
- Individual contributor
- Contract
- Full-time
| Base salary | US$114,000 – US$213,500 / yr |
|---|
Field of studySTEM (or related)
Study levelBachelor's or higher
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.
Please note that this opportunity is contingent on program funding. Start dates are determined after funding confirmation.
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems sector has an opening for a Systems Engineer (Principal or Senior Principal Level) - Requirements and Verification to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals in our Systems Engineering organization. This position is located in Rancho Bernardo, CA.
In this role, you will be part of the Core Systems Engineering team and will primarily focus on Requirements & Verification.
You will be part of the requirements development, analysis, decomposition and verification campaigns across the Triton Enterprise with a primary focus on Increment 2 development activities. You will perform use case analysis, system traces, architecture analysis and use the results of those analyses to ensure the Triton requirements baseline is rigorously defined and executable to the capabilities required of the platform.
Additionally, you will support diverse engineering design teams to provide imaginative, technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems within the Core Systems Engineering team on the Triton Enterprise. This includes scope across the entire spectrum of the Systems Engineering V-Model. You will be executing system integration tasking across the entire lifecycle of a system and integrating new capabilities on the MQ-4C Triton platform.
Duties will include:
- Support cross-IPT development of system level requirements and use cases
- Implement requirements verification methodology and traceability
- Support development of interface definitions and integration plans
- Conduct formal integration and support capabilities based system level testing of fully integrated complex software and hardware subsystems