Senior Principal System Test Engineer — Secret Clearance

Northrop Grumman Corp.; Roy (UT); On-site; USD 112,000 - 168,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision coverage

401k

Paid Time Off

Life Insurance

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Space Systems in Roy, UT seeks a Senior Principal System Test Engineer for the Sentinel program. You will lead test planning, execution, and analysis of integration and system-level tests across cross-functional engineering teams to verify requirements and support major milestones.

The role emphasizes translating complex problems into testable objectives, delivering data-driven insights, and coordinating with IT and lab operations to ensure robust test configurations and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university.
• 8+ years of related experience; 6+ years with a Master’s; 4+ years with a PhD.
• US citizenship with active DoD Secret Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Translate urgent, ambiguous problems into clear, testable objectives for test and analysis.
• Provide objective, data-driven insight to shape technical direction and priorities.
• Identify and troubleshoot anomalous hardware and software behavior with cross‑functional teams.
• Generate test reports and provide concise technical inputs to IPTs and leadership.
• Contribute to test ConOps development and optimize resource usage to meet constraints.
• Collaborate with diverse stakeholders and communicate test-driven insights to executives.

Skills

Test planning

Data analysis

HWIL integration

Communication

System integration

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

MATLAB

Python

Job description

Northrop Grumman Space Systems in Roy, UT seeks a Senior Principal System Test Engineer for the Sentinel program. You will lead test planning, execution, and analysis of integration and system-level tests across cross-functional engineering teams to verify requirements and support major milestones.

The role emphasizes translating complex problems into testable objectives, delivering data-driven insights, and coordinating with IT and lab operations to ensure robust test configurations and