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# Sentinel - Senior Staff Systems Engineer - Launch Systems

- **Company:** Northrop Grumman
- **Location:** Roy, UT, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $166,500.0 - $249,700.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Systems Development Life Cycle, Systems Integration, SC Clearance
- **Published:** October 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9142375/sentinel-senior-staff-systems-engineer-launch-systems

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 14 years of experience with Bachelor's degree, 12 years of experience with Master's degree, 10 years of experience with PhD
 * Must be a US Citizen with an active U.S. Government Secret Clearance with an investigation date within the last 6 years
 * Must be able to be successfully screened for Enhanced Security Clearances, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs
 * 4+ years of Experience implementing and using model-based systems engineering tools, practices, and methods
 * 4+ years of Strong program execution skills; demonstrated ability to meet program technical, cost, and schedule milestones
 * 4+ years Strong partnership/collaboration skills. Demonstrated ability to partner cross-discipline within a team
 * 4+ years of Experience with one or more of the following: Launch system, facility design, military aerospace development
 * 4+ years of Experience with project management including cost and schedule reporting, * Experience overseeing component and system qualification and verification testing
 * Missile-system proficiency - Experience designing developing, testing, integrating, and/or analyzing missile systems and subsystems (propulsion, aerodynamics, flight-control, structures, and/or guidance-navigation-control)
 * Test-campaign leadership - Experience related to flight-test campaigns, including planning, execution and data capture, and post-test analysis Demonstrated ability to lead complex projects with proven collaboration and coordination skills across internal and external stakeholder organizations
 * Exceptional communication skills (verbal, written, presentation) across all levels of the organization and strong partnership/collaboration skills. Understanding of the Systems Engineering V-Model
 * Experience with ICBM weapon system sustainment engineering and integration
 * Large scale / complex system development experience across multiple phases of a development program: preliminary design, detailed design, integration and test, verification and sell off, transition to production
 * Process-improvement champion - Initiated and institutionalized process improvements that became organization-wide best-practice templates

## Description

This position will be part of our Launch Systems (LS) - Infrastructure - Test & Training team to plan and execute Infrastructure integration, test and checkout activities supporting Sentinel. A successful Senior Staff SE will collaborate with other engineers within and across product teams to drive successful product definition and sell-off. The Senior Staff SE will be responsible for engaging customers and senior leadership to inform on the technical solution.