Sentinel - DAPS Principal Systems Engineer - 14373 at Northrop Grumman
Roy, UT
$98,400–$147,600from the description
Jun 30, 2026
Roy, UT
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A systems engineering role focused on developing and deploying a Data Acquisition and Processing System to support flight test data handling, primarily at Vandenberg Space Force Base as part of the Sentinel program. Day-to-day work spans requirements development, raw telemetry data processing, verification and validation, and producing technical reports for internal and external stakeholders. Suited to an experienced systems engineer with requirements management tool proficiency and an active Secret clearance.
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 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The role is titled 'Principal Systems Engineer (T-03 Level)' but the actual requirements — 5 years with a Bachelor's, 2 years with DOORS/CAMEO, and no org-wide technical authority scope — support a Senior band. 'Principal' here appears to be Northrop Grumman's internal grade label rather than a true top-of-ladder principal engineer role.
Clearance gate: the JD requires an active Secret clearance at time of application AND the ability to obtain a Top Secret clearance. The hard gate for start is Secret; Top Secret is a future requirement, not a start-day gate.
DOORS and CAMEO are listed as interchangeable alternatives ('DOORS or CAMEO') under Basic Qualifications with a 2-year minimum; the years demanded is applied to the combined requirement.
SOC classification is Medium confidence. Systems Engineering on a defense/flight-test program sits between 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other — closest to systems engineering) and 15-1211 (Computer Systems Analysts). The role is not primarily software development, so 15-1252 was not selected.
SysML, MBSE, Jira, Agile, and Microsoft Office all appear under Preferred Qualifications and are marked accordingly.
The 9/80 schedule and relocation assistance are noted in the posting as potential benefits.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Systems Engineering V-model.
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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