Principal Systems Engineer - 18019 at Northrop Grumman
Roy, UT
$98,400–$147,600from the description
Jul 22, 2026
Roy, UT
Jul 23, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A systems engineering role on the Sentinel missile program, focused on requirements and verification work within a System Test Team. Day-to-day responsibilities include identifying and allocating requirements to test teams, maintaining verification plans and traceability, producing interface control documents for test tools and facilities, and coordinating across mechanical, software, and program management disciplines. Suited to STEM-degreed engineers with systems engineering and test experience, holding an active DoD Secret clearance.
Senior level · 5+ years · Ogden-Clearfield, UT · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Full-time
Advertised as Principal, but the requirements read as Senior.
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Why we read it this way (8)
This is a Systems Engineering role focused on requirements management, verification planning, and test strategy — not a software development or IT operations role. No single SOC code maps cleanly; 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is used as the closest fit, with 15-1211 (Computer Systems Analysts) as a plausible alternative given the requirements analysis and traceability work.
The title 'Principal Systems Engineer' at Northrop Grumman maps to a specific internal pay band (Level 4), but the actual scope and experience requirements (5 years with a BS, or 3 with an MS) support a Senior-level classification on the standard career ladder.
The posting requires an active DoD Secret clearance at time of application. It also mentions the ability to obtain SAP (Special Access Program) approval and notes a preferred qualification of an active Top Secret clearance — neither of those is a hard gate at application time.
IBM DOORS is listed under Preferred Qualifications ('e.g., IBM DOORS'), meaning it is an illustrative example of a requirements management tool rather than a firm requirement.
Most preferred qualifications (hands-on test engineering, aerospace/defense systems engineering experience, prior MMIII/Sentinel experience, team leadership) are experiential or domain-knowledge items rather than named technologies, so they are not emitted as skills per extraction rules.
Roy, UT falls within the Ogden-Clearfield, UT CBSA (36260).
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Systems Engineering.
Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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