Sentinel - Horizontal Integration and Test Liaison Staff Systems Engineer 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 systems engineering role focused on integration and test activities for a large-scale aerospace/defense program (the Sentinel ICBM program) in Roy, UT. Day-to-day work centers on developing test strategies, verification planning, and coordinating across multiple internal engineering disciplines to validate hardware and software against requirements throughout the product lifecycle. Suited to experienced engineers with a strong background in complex system verification and cross-organizational technical leadership.
Staff level · 12+ years · Ogden-Clearfield, UT · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Full-time
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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 (9)
This is a systems engineering / integration & test role for a defense ICBM program (Sentinel), not a conventional software or IT occupation. No SOC code in the 15-12xx range maps cleanly; 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is used as the closest available code, with 15-1211 (Computer Systems Analysts) as the runner-up given the systems analysis and verification planning emphasis.
The role is titled 'Staff Systems Engineer (level 5)' — Northrop Grumman's internal Level 5 maps to Staff-level scope. The seniority band is set to Staff accordingly, supported by the 12-year minimum experience requirement and the cross-organizational leadership scope described.
The minimum experience requirement is 12 years with a Bachelor's degree, 10 years with a Master's, or 8 years with a PhD. The 12-year figure is used as the overall years minimum per the lowest-degree path.
DOORS is listed as the primary required tool with CAMEO and MagicDraw as named alternatives ('DOORS and/or MBSE software such as CAMEO and MagicDraw'). All three are captured under one skill entry with alternatives.
An active DoD Secret clearance is required at time of application. The posting also requires the ability to obtain Special Access Program (SAP) approval, which is an additional access requirement beyond the Secret clearance but is not a standard clearance tier — noted here for the hiring manager's awareness.
Several preferred qualifications (aerospace/defense systems experience, full lifecycle systems engineering, test bed planning, hardware/software requirements testability, risk management tools) are listed under 'Preferred Qualifications' and are marked accordingly.
The skills list omits generic responsibilities and methodologies (e.g., 'cross-organizational collaboration', 'product life cycle') that name no specific technology or tool.
Ignored 5 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): verification planning, test planning, systems integration and test, risk management, model verification and validation.
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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