Staff Systems Engineer at Northrop Grumman
Roy, UT
$152,900–$229,300from the description
Aug 12, 2026
Roy, UT
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A Staff Systems Engineer role on Northrop Grumman's Sentinel Program, embedded with the System Test Team in Roy, Utah. The position centers on leading integrated test strategy development, requirements management and traceability, and interface definition across multiple teams — while mentoring junior engineers and serving as the primary technical liaison to internal leadership and external customers. Suits an experienced systems engineer with a background in large-scale defense programs and test engineering.
Staff level · 12+ years · Ogden-Clearfield, UT · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
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What the occupation pays Median $105,715 (middle half $86,307–$126,768). 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 15, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
This is a Systems Engineering / Test Engineering role, not a software development or IT occupation in the traditional sense. 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is used as the closest available code; 15-1211 (Computer Systems Analysts) is a plausible alternative given the requirements analysis and traceability focus, but neither is a perfect fit for a defense systems engineer.
The minimum experience requirement is 12 years with a Bachelor's degree; the posting also accepts 10 years with a Master's or 8 years with a PhD. The 12-year floor is used for the overall years minimum as it corresponds to the minimum stated degree requirement.
The role is designated T05 (Staff level) in Northrop Grumman's internal leveling system, which aligns with the Staff seniority band — the scope explicitly spans multiple teams and involves org-wide technical leadership and mentoring.
An active DoD Secret clearance is required at start; the posting also notes the ability to obtain/maintain SAP approval and lists an in-scope Top Secret clearance as a preferred qualification.
DOORS is listed as a requirements management tool example ('e.g. DOORS'), meaning the specific tool is interchangeable, but requirements management tool experience itself is a hard gate. No common named alternatives were listed in the posting.
Sentinel/MMIII Weapon System experience and Top Secret clearance appear only under Preferred Qualifications.
Ignored 4 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Systems Engineering, Test Engineering, Earned Value Management, Risk Management.
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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