Fulgurite Staff Systems Engineer - 18519* at Northrop Grumman
Roy, UT
$152,900–$229,300from the description
Jul 14, 2026
Roy, UT
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level systems engineering role supporting advanced flight systems, including hypersonic re-entry vehicles and next-generation payloads, at a defense contractor in Roy, Utah. Day-to-day work centers on defining system architecture via model-based tools, authoring and tracing requirements, producing interface control documents, and leading verification activities including hardware-in-the-loop testing. Suits a seasoned defense systems engineer with deep MBSE, requirements management, and full-lifecycle experience, and an active Top Secret clearance.
Staff level · 12+ years · Ogden-Clearfield, UT · Bachelor's required · Top Secret clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
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What the occupation pays Median $105,715 (middle half $86,307–$126,768). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (10)
This is a Systems Engineering role (not primarily a software development role); 15-1299 is used as the best available SOC for Model-Based Systems Engineering specialists. 15-1211 (Computer Systems Analysts) is the closest alternative, though the role is more hardware/defense-systems focused than typical IT systems analysis.
The title 'Staff Systems Engineer' maps to the Staff seniority band — the role explicitly carries the 'Staff' level designation and requires 12 years (BS), 10 years (MS), or 8 years (PhD), with 7+ years in mission-critical systems engineering, consistent with a Staff-level scope.
The degree requirement is a minimum Bachelor's in STEM; Master's and PhD are accepted with reduced experience thresholds, so Bachelor's is the floor.
The overall years minimum is set to 12, reflecting the Bachelor's-level minimum; the Master's path (10 yrs) and PhD path (8 yrs) are alternatives the JD explicitly offers.
MBSE tools are listed with examples (Rhapsody, Cameo, SysML); Rhapsody is also surfaced separately as a named tool. The 5+ years requirement applies to the MBSE tooling category broadly.
Python and MATLAB appear together as a single interchangeable requirement ('Python or MATLAB') for data analysis and test automation; the JD explicitly notes this is not a primary development role.
DO-254, IEC 61508, and MIL-STD-882 appear under Preferred Qualifications and are marked accordingly.
Nuclear Surety/Safety experience (NQA-1, DOE safety standards) and lab-based hardware demonstration experience are listed as preferred but NQA-1 also appears in the required engineering standards list — it is retained as required based on its placement in Basic Qualifications.
Active Top Secret clearance is a hard gate at time of application, with investigation date within the last 6 years.
Requires a Top 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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