Sr. Staff Systems Engineer - INF Hardness Lead - 19219 at Northrop Grumman
Roy, UT
$166,500–$249,700from the description
Jul 28, 2026
Roy, UT
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior technical leadership role on the Sentinel ICBM program at Northrop Grumman's Roy, UT site, focused on nuclear hardness analysis, survivability, and systems engineering for ground infrastructure. The position oversees technical quality of design and data packages, drives process improvements, and coordinates across engineering teams, subcontractors, and government customers. It suits a deeply experienced systems or nuclear-effects engineer with a background in DoD EMD programs and Model-Based Systems Engineering.
Senior level · 14+ years · Ogden-Clearfield, UT · Bachelor's required · Top Secret clearance · Full-time
Advertised as Staff, but the requirements read as Senior.
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Why we read it this way (8)
This role is primarily a defense/aerospace systems engineering position specializing in nuclear hardness and survivability — it does not map cleanly to any standard computer/mathematical SOC. 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is used as the closest available code given the MBSE and systems engineering emphasis; 15-1211 (Computer Systems Analysts) is noted as a secondary possibility. Neither is a strong fit.
The clearance requirement is stated as 'Secret' in the header but the body requires an active DoD Top Secret clearance at time of application, with SAP access also required. The more stringent body requirement (Top Secret) is used.
The posting titles this a 'Sr. Staff' level 6 role. The advertised level is Staff per the title framing, but the actual scope — while senior and broad — is characteristic of a very experienced Senior engineer at a large defense contractor rather than a true cross-organizational Staff architect; seniority is assessed as Senior.
Total years minimum is set to 14, the baseline for a Bachelor's degree holder per the posted education/experience table.
Nuclear hardness analysis, Systems Engineering, and MBSE each carry an explicit 6-year minimum stated in the requirements section.
DOORS and Cameo appear only under Preferred Qualifications.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Nuclear hardness analysis, Systems Engineering.
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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