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# Sentinel - Systems Engineer/Principal Systems Engineer - 20393

- **Company:** Northrop Grumman
- **Location:** Roy, UT, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $79,300.0 - $118,900.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Configuration Management, Software Documentation, System Configuration, Design of User Interfaces, Rhapsody, Subsystems, Systems Integration, Software Technical Review, MagicDraw
- **Published:** October 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9244119/sentinel-systems-engineerprincipal-systems-engineer-20393

## About the Role

* Systems Engineer (level 2) : Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 2 years of experience with bachelor's degree, or 0 years of experience with master's degree
 * Must be a US Citizen with an active DoD Secret Clearance investigated within the past 6 years.
 * Must have the ability to obtain Special Program Access within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the business needs of the company.
 * 2 years of experience with one or more of the following: requirements: management/analysis/allocations including the use of DOORS or equivalent; Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBE/MBSE) practices, languages and/or tools such as Cameo, Rhapsody or MagicDRAW; interface development experience; architecture development experience; Verification including verification method determination, RVAM development, knowledge and experience with navigation measurement systems development.

 * Principal Systems Engineer (level 3) : Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 5 years of experience with bachelor's degree, 3 years of experience with master's degree, 1 year of experience with PhD
 * Must be a US Citizen with an active DoD Secret Clearance investigated within the past 6 years.
 * Must have the ability to obtain Special Program Access within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the business needs of the company.
 * 4 years of experience with one or more of the following: requirements: management/analysis/allocations including the use of DOORS or equivalent; Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBE/MBSE) practices, languages and/or tools such as Cameo, Rhapsody or MagicDRAW; interface development experience; architecture development experience; Verification including verification method determination, RVAM development, knowledge and experience with navigation measurement systems development.

## Description

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking to hire a Systems Engineer / Principal Systems Engineer (Level 2 or Level 3) to join its team. This position is in Roy, UT in support of the Sentinel Program. Northrop Grumman supports the Air Force's sustainment, development, production and deployment of hardware and system modifications for Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Ground and Airborne Launch Control Systems, Launch Facilities and associated infrastructure.

What you will get to do:

The selected candidate will be embedded in the GN&C department and program integrated product teams, providing Systems Engineering support for the Guidance, Navigation, and Control Subsystem, to ensure sound engineering procedures and products; including, but not limited to, requirements, interfaces, architecture, and Software integration.

Candidate will report to the GN&C Assignments lead and is responsible for building system engineering artifacts needed for Software Design Review, Critical Design Review, Functional Configuration Audit, and System Qualification/Verification Review

The role entails coordination with higher level system engineers and design engineering to produce the needed documentation and set baseline system documentation in Cameo and DOORs and push artifacts through engineering approval and configuration management