Systems Engineer - Radar Architect – Level 3 or Level 4 (AHT) at Northrop Grumman
Colorado Springs, CO
$103,600–$193,900from the description
Aug 11, 2026
Colorado Springs, CO
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A radar systems engineering role at Northrop Grumman's Space Sector in Colorado Springs, supporting development and integration of radar subsystems. The position involves requirements analysis, radar performance budgeting, algorithm development, and modeling/simulation work across the full systems engineering lifecycle. It suits an experienced engineer with a background in radar systems and signals processing who holds an active Secret clearance.
Senior level · 5+ years · Colorado Springs, CO · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Full-time
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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 $112,511 (middle half $80,144–$140,023). 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 Aug 12, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
This role is posted as Level 3 or Level 4 (roughly Senior or Staff IC). The salary ranges are quoted separately: $103,600–$155,400 for Level 3 and $129,300–$193,900 for Level 4; the min/max here span both levels combined.
The minimum experience requirement is 5 years with a Bachelor's (Level 3); Level 4 requires 8 years with a Bachelor's. Total years minimum is set to 5 to reflect the lower bound.
The posting requires an active Secret clearance at time of application AND the ability to obtain SCI access — the hard gate at start is Secret, but SCI access is also required to be obtained.
The position is contingent on program award and funding, which is an unusual hiring condition noted in the posting.
MATLAB and Python are listed as interchangeable code prototyping options; they are combined into one skill with Python as an alternative.
Jira and Confluence appear together under the Atlassian tool suite in the Preferred section; they are listed as a single preferred skill with Confluence as an alternative.
The SOC classification is Medium confidence: this role is primarily systems engineering for radar (not a standard software developer or IT occupation), making 15-1299 the best fit, with 15-1252 as a runner-up given the algorithm development and simulation coding responsibilities.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Systems Engineering lifecycle, Cameo Enterprise Architecture.
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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