Sentinel - Principal / Senior Principal Systems Engineer - 18044 at Northrop Grumman
Roy, UT
$98,400–$184,200from the description
Jul 28, 2026
Roy, UT
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A systems engineering compliance lead role on Northrop Grumman's Sentinel ICBM program, based in Roy, UT. The position is responsible for defining and coordinating the allocation and verification of military and industry standards requirements across the program, acting as a cross-functional liaison between systems engineering directors, specialty engineering, and business units. Candidates should have a strong background in requirements decomposition and Model-Based Systems Engineering.
Senior level · 5+ years · Ogden-Clearfield, UT · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Full-time
Advertised as Principal, but the requirements read as Senior.
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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 Jul 29, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
This posting covers two levels: Principal Systems Engineer (T-03, ~5 years experience, 1+ years DOORS) and Sr. Principal Systems Engineer (T-04, ~8 years experience, 3+ years DOORS). The salary ranges are also split: $98,400–$147,600 for the Principal level and $122,800–$184,200 for the Sr. Principal level. The minimum experience and DOORS years reflect the lower (Principal) tier.
The role requires an active DoD Secret clearance at time of application, plus the ability to obtain Special Access Program (SAP) approval. A Top Secret clearance is listed as preferred.
DOORS the years demanded is set to 1 (the minimum for the Principal tier); the Sr. Principal tier requires 3+ years in DOORS.
Cameo/MBSE, DoDAF, Agile/Atlassian toolsets (JIRA, Confluence), and prior test experience are all listed under Preferred Qualifications.
The role is classified as Systems Engineering rather than a pure software development or IT occupation; 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is used as the closest available code, with 15-1211 (Computer Systems Analysts) as a reasonable alternative given the requirements-analysis and decomposition focus.
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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