Systems Engineer MBSE - 4/5
Northrop Grumman · Huntsville, AL
$135,800–$276,100from the description
Jul 15, 2026
Huntsville, AL
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A systems engineering role supporting the Ground Weapons System program for the Missile Defense Agency, based in Huntsville, AL. Day-to-day work involves developing and modeling requirements using Model-Based Systems Engineering approaches and tools such as DOORS, Cameo, or JIRA, and producing systems engineering artifacts across the development lifecycle. Suited to experienced STEM professionals comfortable translating technical content across diverse stakeholder groups.
Senior level · 8+ years · Huntsville, AL · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
What the occupation pays Median $109,711 (middle half $86,328–$140,892). 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 (7)
This posting is explicitly described as a pipeline/evergreen requisition ('does not represent a current opening') used to identify candidates for future Systems Engineer positions at Northrop Grumman.
Two salary bands are listed — a Primary Level ($135,800–$203,600) and a Secondary Level ($169,000–$276,100) — suggesting the role may be filled at either a mid-senior or senior-principal systems engineer grade. The pay band range spans both bands.
DOORS is listed as one of several acceptable tools ('such as DOORS, Cameo, or JIRA') for requirements/SE artifact management; all three are captured as alternatives on a single skill.
SOC confidence is Medium: 'Systems Engineer' in a defense/missile-defense context sits between 15-1211 (Computer Systems Analysts) and 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other); the role is primarily requirements modeling and SE artifact management rather than software development or pure IT analysis.
An active in-scope DoD Secret clearance is a hard gate at time of application, not merely at start.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Model Based Systems Engineering, systems engineering lifecycle.
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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