Senior Systems Test Engineer — Secret Clearance

Northrop Grumman; Roy (UT); On-site; USD 89,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision coverage

401k

Educational Assistance

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Li

Paid Time Off

Health & Wellness Resources

Employee Discounts

Job summary

Northrop Grumman in Roy, Utah, is seeking a Principal or Sr. Principal Systems Test Engineer to support the Sentinel GBSD program. This full‑time role requires US citizenship and an active clearance, with a 9/80 work schedule and a comprehensive benefits package.

The position emphasizes developing test plans, coordinating tests, and performing system-level analyses. Experience in RF/Comms, EMI/E3 testing, and MBSE tools is preferred; JIRA/Confluence are used for project tracking.

Qualifications

• 5 Years with Bachelors in Science; 3 Years with Masters; 1 Year with PhD.
• US Citizenship with an Active Secret Clearance or higher (awarded within the past 6 years) with the ability to receive a Special Access Program (SAP) certification.
• 2+ years of demonstrated experience in developing test plans and procedures.
• Understanding of systems engineering principles and processes, requirements decomposition and allocation, design and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Synthesizing customer contractual needs and requirements into element test solutions that acknowledge technical schedule and cost constraints.
• Develop and direct preparation and execution of comprehensive test plans, procedures and schedules for segment testing.
• Coordinate integrated testing activities.
• Support development of the program Integrated Test Plan (ITP) for the Command Systems (CS) segment.
• Review and evaluate test requirements to ensure completeness of test program.
• Perform technical analysis of complete systems and prepare comprehensive system level evaluations.
• Overseeing supplier test activities in support or requirement verification and validation.
• Develop proof of concept test methodologies that support early risk reduction test execution to provide confidence in engineering solutions prior to verification and validation efforts.

Skills

Systems testing

Test planning

Requirements decomposition

Systems engineering principles

RF/Comms knowledge

EMI/E3 testing

JIRA

Confluence

Education

Bachelor's in Science

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Northrop Grumman in Roy, Utah, is seeking a Principal or Sr. Principal Systems Test Engineer to support the Sentinel GBSD program. This full‑time role requires US citizenship and an active clearance, with a 9/80 work schedule and a comprehensive benefits package.

The position emphasizes developing test plans, coordinating tests, and performing system-level analyses. Experience in RF/Comms, EMI/E3 testing, and MBSE tools is preferred; JIRA/Confluence are used for project tracking.