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Principal Optomechanical Engineer - 3
SP - Launch Vehicles
United States
Northrop Grumman Space Systems is looking for a Principal Optomechanical Engineer - 3 to support the Electro-Optics Group within the Launch Vehicles business unit in Chandler, Arizona.
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Principal Engineer, Fly-By-Wire
Executive Recruiting Group
San Luis Obispo, CA
We are seeking a FBW Engineer who will support our flight performance and safety. As the Principal Engineer, you will work with research & development of VMS including critical electronics…
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Sr Engineer - Identity Governance & Administration (Remote)
United Airlines
Chicago, IL
Engineer, configure, test, and implement Identity Governance and Administration capabilities supporting Joiner, Mover, and Leaver workflows, access provisioning, and lifecycle-based access…
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Sentinel - Principal Systems Safety Engineer - 17339
Northrop Grumman
Huntsville, AL
Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking to hire a Principal Systems Safety Engineer to join its team of diverse and qualified individuals. This position will be located in Roy, Utah or…
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Sentinel - Systems / Principal Systems Safety Engineer
Northrop Grumman
Huntsville, AL
Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Systems Safety Engineer / Principal Systems Safety Engineer . This position is located in Roy, UT or Huntsville, Alabama and supports the…
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Radiation Systems Engineer - Level 3 or 4 (AHT)
Northrop Grumman
Redondo Beach
Northrop Grumman’s Space Systems Sector is seeking a Radiation Systems Engineer – Level 3 or 4 to join our team in Redondo Beach, CA. This position can be filled at either Level 3 Principal…
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Design and Analysis Engineer - Avionics Test (Associate or Mid-Level)
The Boeing Company
Eglin AFB, FL
The Richter Lab is a system integration and test facility supporting the F-15 flight test community for the United States Air Force. Principal responsibilities will include collaborating…
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Senior Principal / Principal Flight Test Instrumentation Engineer
Northrop Grumman
Melbourne, FL
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems has an opening for a Flight test Instrumentation Engineer (Principal Engineer/Sr Principal Engineer) to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals.…
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Engineer or Principal Engineer level RF Electronics Engineer
Northrop Grumman
Melbourne, FL
Northrop Grumman’s Aeronautics Systems sector has an opening for a Engineer or Principal Engineer level RF Electronics Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our…
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Senior Principal Vehicle IPT Lead Engineer
Northrop Grumman
Melbourne, FL
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems sector is seeking a Senior Principal Vehicle IPT Lead Engineer (Level 4) to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals in defining the future.…
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Principal, Mechanical Design Engineer
L3Harris
Orlando, FL
Job Title: Principal, Mechanical Design Engineer
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Principal or Sr. Principal Engineer Electronics - Weapons Responsible Engineer
Northrop Grumman
Oklahoma City, OK
Northrop Grumman’s Aeronautics Systems sector is seeking a Principal or Sr. Principal Engineer Electronics - Weapons Responsible Engineer . This onsite position can e performed in Oklahoma…
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Principal Mechanical Engineer/Sr. Principal Mechanical Engineer
Northrop Grumman
Oklahoma City, OK
Advanced Test and Support Systems (ATSS) is seeking a Principle Mechanical Engineer / Senior Principle Mechanical Engineer (Level 3/4) to join our team of qualified and diverse individuals…
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Sentinel Principal / Sr Principal Engineer Industrial 17263 Secret Clearance
Northrop Grumman
Roy, UT
Northrop Grumman is seeking a Principal / Sr Principal Engineer Industrial
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Sentinel - Principal Material Process Engineer
Northrop Grumman
Roy, UT
Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Principal Mechanical Engineer to join our team. This position will be located at Roy, UT to support the Sentinel (GBSD) program in the…
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Cleared Senior/Principal R&D Mechanical Engineer - W87-0/Sentinel Integration, Onsite
Sandia National Laboratories
Livermore, CA
Our people are designing and building a suite of flight test vehicles to enable W87-0 integration on the Air Force's Sentinel missile. This is a highly collaborative work environment where…
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Cleared Senior/Principal R&D Electrical Engineer - W87-0/Sentinel Integration, Onsite
Sandia National Laboratories
Livermore, CA
Our people are designing and building a suite of flight test vehicles to enable W87-0 integration on the Air Force's Sentinel missile. This is a highly collaborative work environment where…
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Sr. Principal Systems Engineer - Configuration Manager
Northrop Grumman
Redondo Beach, CA · El Segundo, CA
…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,…
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Sr. Principal Embedded Payload Electronics Engineer
Northrop Grumman
San Diego, CA · Palmdale, CA
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems has an opening for a Sr. Principal Embedded Payload Electronics Engineer to join our team in San Diego (Rancho Bernardo), CA or Palmdale, CA . This…
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Sentinel - Principal / Sr Principal TEMPEST System Engineer
Northrop Grumman
Huntsville, AL
Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking to add a Principal / Sr. Principal - TEMPEST Engineer to its Specialty Engineering Team located in Huntsville, Alabama in support of the Sentinel…
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Radiation Systems Engineer - Level 3 or 4 (AHT)
CORP-Corporate Office
United States
Northrop Grumman’s Space Systems Sector is seeking a Radiation Systems Engineer – Level 3 or 4 to join our team in Redondo Beach, CA. This position can be filled at either Level 3 Principal…
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Principal Space Avionics Hardware Development Engineer
Varda Space Industries
El Segundo, CA
As a Principal Space Avionics Hardware Engineer at Varda, you will be the architect and designer of flight critical electrical hardware for our satellite bus, reentry vehicle, and customer…
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Principal/Sr. Principal RF Microwave/Mixed Signal Design Engineer
CORP-Corporate Office
United States
We are looking for you to join our team as a Principal or Sr. Principal RF Microwave/Mixed Signal Design Engineer based out of Baltimore (Linthicum), MD. This is full time onsite position…
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Principal/Sr. Principal RF Microwave Design Engineer (Level 3 or 4)
SP - Space Components
United States
The Principal/Sr. Principal RF Microwave Design Engineer will be responsible for the design, manufacture, test, and delivery of RF antennas for a variety of applications, serving in a…
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Principal Test & Evaluation Engineer
Northrop Grumman
Melbourne
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Principal Test & Evaluation Engineer to join the team of qualified individuals on our Test and Evaluation team. This role is…

Northrop Grumman

Sr. Principal Embedded Payload Electronics Engineer

San Diego, CA, United States
Palmdale, CA, United States

Primary Level Salary Range: $142,200.00 - $213,400.00

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Pay: Primary Level Salary Range: $142,200.00 - $213,400.00
Posting language: English
Posted: Aug 5, 2026

Original job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 25% 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.

Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems has an opening for a Sr. Principal Embedded Payload Electronics Engineer to join our team in San Diego (Rancho Bernardo), CA or Palmdale, CA . This position will be in our Avionics Integration Organization.

Roles and Responsibilities will include:

Requirements management, system integration, test plan development, and test execution of a payload system throughout the entire development, demonstration, and test phases.
Understand all system requirements, develop statements of work, specifications and interface control documents, prepare, monitor and update program schedules, conduct and participate in all related design reviews, and provide technical guidance to the cross-functional team.
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)
Develop, execute, and document lab test procedures and validation plans (including signal chaining, link budgets, interference checks, and pass/fail criteria) and capture test results and anomalies
Configure and operate RF and network testbeds/emulators (including channel emulators, attenuators, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, and protocol/network simulators) to reproduce operational environments
Troubleshoot hardware/software integration issues across RF front end, digital baseband, modem stacks, and network interfaces
Support configuration management and lab readiness: maintain test fixtures, instrumentation calibration records, test scripts, version control for test artifacts, and produce concise technical reports for stakeholders

The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility. There is NO remote / hybrid / telework available for this position. Travel up to 25% may be required.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 8 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a relevant STEM discipline and 6 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a relevant STEM discipline and 4 years of related engineering experience.
Practical experience working with integrating payload systems
Requirements management, system integration, test plan development, and test execution of a payload system
Generation and update of specifications in DOORS, including requirements traceability and dxl script development
Familiarity with Systems Engineering tools and MBSE applications (e.g. DOORs, Cameo, Magicdraw, etc.)
Must have an active US Government Top-Secret Clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
Ability to obtain and maintain US Government SCI clearance
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.

Preferred Qualifications:

Current applicable Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
Presenting analysis that shapes the system design and obtaining end-customer buy-in
Creating and refining Model Based System Engineering products (System behavioral models, Use Case realizations, State Machines, etc.)
Capability assessments to predict requirement compliance
Generating and reporting system Technical Performance Measures
Interface development and documentation

Primary Level Salary Range: $142,200.00 - $213,400.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

Job Category: Engineering

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