Staff Systems Engineer – Systems Analyst (26-348) at Northrop Grumman
Huntsville, AL
$169,000–$253,600from the description
Jul 28, 2026
Huntsville, AL
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior systems analyst role on the C2BMC (Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications) program at Northrop Grumman's Huntsville, AL site, supporting missile defense system verification, validation, and performance analysis. The position leads multidisciplinary root-cause investigations, defines the analytical roadmap for C2BMC software, and serves as the primary technical liaison between engineers, DoD senior leaders, and external partners. An active Secret clearance is required at time of application, and the role is fully on-site with no remote option.
Senior level · 12+ years · Huntsville, AL · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Full-time
Advertised as Staff, but the requirements read as Senior.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $114,269 (middle half $86,859–$140,248). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 29, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The title is 'Staff Systems Engineer – Systems Analyst' but the actual scope and experience requirements (12 years with a bachelor's, 10 with a master's, 8 with a PhD) are consistent with a Senior-level role at most organizations; the 'Staff' designation appears to be Northrop Grumman's internal grade rather than a cross-industry Staff-level scope.
MATLAB and Python are listed as interchangeable options in the requirements section ('Proficient in MATLAB at an expert level or in similar languages like Python'); both are captured as required with each as the other's alternative.
GitLab and Jenkins are both named under the CI/CD requirement in the required section; each is captured as required with the other listed as an alternative, reflecting that either pipeline tool may satisfy the requirement.
NumPy, Pandas, and Matplotlib appear parenthetically alongside Python in the required qualifications block and are treated as required skills.
Preferred qualifications include extensive missile defense domain knowledge (battle management architectures, IR/RF sensor tracking, intercept modeling), model-based systems engineering certifications (INCOSE CSEP, OCSMP-MBI), hardware-in-the-loop/software-in-the-loop experience, and advanced data science skills (statistical modeling, time-series analysis, machine learning) — these are listed under Preferred and are not hard gates.
A Top Secret clearance is preferred but not required to start; Secret clearance is the hard gate at application time.
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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