Senior Principal Engineer - RQ-4 Product Support Lead

Northrop Grumman; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid holidays and PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Corp. is seeking a Sr. Principal Engineer (RQ-4 TRMC CAM/Lead) to join our Rancho Bernardo, CA team within the Product Support organization. The role focuses on ensuring lifecycle development and logistics products meet SOW requirements while staying within budget and schedule.

You will work with internal teams and external customers, leading career‑level engineers and suppliers to drive program performance and quality. A Secret clearance is required; relocation may be available.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in STEM and 8 years of relevant experience; 6 years with a Master's.
• Demonstrated EVM skills including development, analysis, and control of budgets and ETC/EAC analysis.
• At least 2 years of experience leading a project or driving performance against schedule.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Final US Government Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead internal and external teams to ensure program performance, cost/schedule, and quality objectives.
• Coordinate across non-Product Support IPTs to align program requirements with SOW.
• Manage budgets, schedules, and risk in collaboration with customer Program Offices and program leaders.
• Support development and sustainment efforts for RQ-4 platform within the Product Support organization.

Skills

EVM analysis

Project leadership

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree in STEM

Tools

MS Office

MS Project

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Northrop Grumman Corp. is seeking a Sr. Principal Engineer (RQ-4 TRMC CAM/Lead) to join our Rancho Bernardo, CA team within the Product Support organization. The role focuses on ensuring lifecycle development and logistics products meet SOW requirements while staying within budget and schedule.

You will work with internal teams and external customers, leading career‑level engineers and suppliers to drive program performance and quality. A Secret clearance is required; relocation may be available.