Principal Electronics Engineer – Hardware/Software Integration
Northrop Grumman · GA, GA
$103,600–$155,400from the description
Jul 25, 2026
GA, GA
Jul 26, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A hardware/software integration engineering role within an avionics organization, focused on building and configuring rack-based datacenter systems, deploying and troubleshooting operating systems (Windows, Linux, Solaris, VMware ESXi), and managing network infrastructure. The work is fully on-site and suits an experienced STEM engineer with hands-on IT integration background, active Top Secret clearance, and familiarity with enterprise networking and security practices.
Senior level · 5+ years · Warner Robins, GA · Bachelor's required · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
Advertised as Principal, but the requirements read as Senior.
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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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 $94,319 (middle half $76,149–$117,355). 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 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The title is 'Principal Electronics Engineer' but the actual day-to-day work — deploying/configuring OSes, racking hardware, configuring switches, datacenter integration, and network troubleshooting — maps squarely to systems/network administration (15-1244) rather than software development. The alt SOC (15-1252) is noted because the preferred qualifications include scripting and automation work.
The location is listed as 'Misc, GA', which is likely a placeholder for a classified or undisclosed facility in Georgia. Warner Robins, GA (Robins AFB) is the most probable CBSA given Northrop Grumman's Aeronautics Systems footprint in that area, but this is an inference.
Clearance requirement is effectively TS/SCI: the JD requires an active Top Secret clearance, the ability to obtain SCI, and the ability to obtain SAP access. Mapped to TopSecretSci.
The degree requirement accepts a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in a STEM field with varying years of experience. The minimum path (Bachelor's + 5 years) is used for the degree requirement and the overall years minimum.
The 'Principal' title is advertised but the scope and experience requirements (5 years minimum, single-team lab/production environment) are consistent with a Senior-level role, not a true Principal/org-wide authority.
Jira appears in both the preferred scripting/automation context and the Agile/work-tracking context; it is captured once. Bitbucket, GitLab, and GitHub are listed alongside Jira in the preferred section and are captured as alternatives since the posting groups them together as version-control/collaboration tools.
HAIPE/TACLANE encryptors are listed under preferred qualifications; captured as 'TACLANE' representing that class of military COMSEC equipment.
Requires a TS/SCI 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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