Northrop Grumman has 12 active job listings related to artificial intelligence. The company is hiring for roles across several stages of AI development, with a significant focus on serving infrastructure, agents, and post-training stages, each representing 33%, 25%, and 25% of the listings respectively. Engineering is the primary function for these roles, and all positions are located in the United States. Frequently mentioned technical tags include agent orchestration, evals, and model serving, suggesting an emphasis on operationalizing AI systems. In the last 30 days, Northrop Grumman has posted 12 new AI roles.
Currently tracking 8 active AI roles, up 222% versus the prior 4 weeks. Primary focus: Agent · Engineering. Salary range $111k–$292k (avg $195k).
Northrop Grumman currently has 12 active AI-related roles in our index. The most common open titles are: Principal / Sr. Principal Signal / Image Processing Engineer (2), AI Systems Engineer (Engineer or Principal Engineer Level), AI Systems Engineer (Principal or Sr. Principal Level), Discrimination Algorithm Engineer (Level 3 or 4) Secret (Chandler), Engineer Electrical/Principal Electrical Engineer. Most positions are in Engineering.
Northrop Grumman's active AI hiring is concentrated in: serving infrastructure (33%), agents (25%), post-training (25%). These categories follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle: data, pre-training, post-training, serving infrastructure, agents, evaluation, and application.
Northrop Grumman is hiring AI talent in: United States (12 roles).
Job postings at Northrop Grumman most frequently reference: agent orchestration, evals, inference infra, model serving, agent research.
In the past 30 days, Northrop Grumman has posted 12 new AI-related roles.
| Title | Stage | AI score |
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| Senior Principal Engineer - Subsystems Electrical Design Senior Principal Engineer - Subsystems Electrical Design role at Northrop Grumman, focusing on electrical design, analysis, and troubleshooting for aircraft subsystems including System Architecture, Cable Design, and Electrical Power Generation & Distribution. Requires a STEM Bachelor's degree and 8 years of experience in aerospace structural design or equivalent, with the ability to obtain a Secret clearance and SAP clearance. | — | 0 |
| Document Control Security Specialist 3/4 The Document Control Security Specialist will manage documentation workflows and maintain the integrity and security of classified and unclassified documents, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP). Responsibilities include regulatory compliance support, document coordination and maintenance, classification review, quality assurance for product release packages, and maintaining a secure computerized document revision system. | — |
| Sentinel - Configuration Analyst - 15434 Configuration Analyst role supporting the Sentinel program, focusing on configuration and data management disciplines. Responsibilities include planning meetings, controlling technical baselines, tracking configuration status, performing document reviews, developing Data Management products, and providing CM/DM subject matter knowledge. Requires an active DoD Secret Clearance. | — | 0 |
| Sr. Principal Chief Engineer/Hardware IPT Lead This role is for a Sr. Principal Chief Engineer/Hardware IPT Lead on a production program within the Advanced Mission Capabilities organization. The candidate will lead a cross-discipline engineering team, manage cost and schedule, and oversee hardware and hardware test projects, including Near Field and Far Field Ranges, to increase production capacity and throughput. Responsibilities include hardware/software integration, test set certification, and customer briefings. A Secret clearance is required. | — | 0 |
| Staff Software Engineer (MOSA SME) Staff Software Engineer with a strong background in Modular Open System Architectures (MOSA) to support capture and strategy for a key program. The role involves working with business development, customers, and SMEs to shape new missions and architectures, collect requirements, describe features, develop roadmaps, and define technical strategy. Responsibilities include leading mission decomposition into functions, requirements, and interface definitions. | — | 0 |
| Sentinel Principal DevOps Engineer - 18727 Northrop Grumman is seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer to assist with the design, configuration, and maintenance of infrastructure and cloud resources for the Sentinel program. The role involves creating and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, automating software testing and deployment, monitoring and troubleshooting infrastructure, and remediating security findings. The engineer will also mentor staff in DevOps concepts and identify automation opportunities. | — | 0 |
| Principal Windows Systems Administrator This role is for a Principal Windows Systems Administrator at Northrop Grumman, responsible for maintaining Windows-based networks and computer systems, ensuring security compliance with DoD standards, analyzing customer requirements, recommending system enhancements, and managing user accounts and permissions. The position requires a Secret security clearance and a Security+ CE certification, with experience in Windows OS, Active Directory, and server management. | — | 0 |
| Engineer Facilities / Principal Engineer Facilities Northrop Grumman is seeking an experienced Facility Engineer (level 2 or 3) to provide leadership for facility equipment and maintenance, ensuring compliance with environmental safety regulations and AS9100 Rev D standards. The role involves managing capital projects, identifying cost reductions, maintaining documentation, overseeing maintenance schedules, participating in audits, leading design reviews, and contributing to quality assurance programs within the Defense Group. | — | 0 |
| Principal Manufacturing Analyst Northrop Grumman is seeking a Principal Manufacturing Analyst to support production and manufacturing processes on an off shift. This role requires a strong technical background in electronics and leadership skills, focusing on evaluating, troubleshooting, and testing Radar systems and their subassemblies. The analyst will lead a team, ensure production schedules are met, and contribute to process improvement and documentation. | — | 0 |
| Sr Principal Airborne Systems Operator (Top Secret Required; Chantilly VA) This role is for a Senior Principal Airborne System Operator at Northrop Grumman, requiring a Top Secret clearance. The operator will conduct ground and flight tests, specifically focusing on Full Motion Video (FMV) and Electro/Optical Infrared (EO/IR) Imagery operations to support system verification and testing. Responsibilities include operating in a high-paced environment, communicating with stakeholders, multitasking, defining test plans, conducting briefings, acting as a liaison for engineering and data analysis, attending technical reviews, and supporting test plan development. Basic qualifications include significant experience in airborne systems operation, FMV operations, and a strong understanding of technical data and training development. A Top Secret clearance and willingness to undergo a polygraph are mandatory. | — | 0 |
| Principal/Sr Principal Airworthiness Engineer Northrop Grumman is seeking an Airworthiness Engineer to support certification efforts on various air vehicle platforms. This role involves ensuring airworthiness certification objectives are met throughout the product lifecycle, including flight releases, type certification, and continued airworthiness. Responsibilities include developing and negotiating airworthiness plans, bases of certification, and means of compliance, as well as coordinating with engineering disciplines and managing type design data. | — | 0 |
| Principal/Sr. Principal Tool Design Engineer Level 3/4 Northrop Grumman is seeking a Principal/Sr. Principal Tooling Design Engineer to design industrial machinery and equipment, tools, dies, gauges, jigs, fixtures, and machine attachments for production or experimental use. Responsibilities include creating 3D models and 2D drawings, ensuring designs are safe and effective for manufacturing, testing, qualifying, and transporting products, and working with customers and other engineering functions to meet budget and schedule requirements. The role requires experience in designing tooling for composite and metallic parts, general metallic fabrication, solid modeling (NX preferred), 2D drafting (CADAM preferred), manufacturing processes, GD&T, and root cause corrective action analysis. A Bachelor's degree in STEM with relevant experience or a Master's/PhD is required, along with the ability to obtain a U.S. Government Clearance. | — | 0 |
| Sentinel Sr Principal DevOps Engineer - 18728 Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Sr. Principal DevOps Engineer to assist with the design, configuration, and maintenance of infrastructure and cloud resources for the Sentinel program. The role involves creating and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, automating software testing and deployment, monitoring infrastructure, and troubleshooting technical issues. Experience with build tools, CI environments, scripting languages, Kubernetes, and container technologies is required. | — | 0 |
| Principal Deployable Network Communications This role involves planning, evaluating, and coordinating the installation and reconfiguration of integrated information systems, with a focus on network communications, radio frequency, and SATCOM systems. The engineer will maintain technical expertise, propose solutions for future needs, prepare documentation, monitor system usage, ensure secure information movement, and support hardware/software integration. The position requires a Top Secret clearance and willingness to travel and deploy. | — | 0 |
| Test Conductor/ Principal Test Conductor This role is for a Test Conductor or Principal Test Conductor at Northrop Grumman, focusing on overseeing and executing engineering tests for aviation systems. The responsibilities include ensuring tests meet mission objectives, managing schedules, troubleshooting anomalies, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. A Top Secret clearance is required. | — | 0 |
| SkillBridge-Risk Management Analyst 2/3 -18689 This role is for a Risk Management Analyst within the defense industry, supporting the Sentinel program. The analyst will define, plan, organize, direct, and control risk and opportunity management efforts, evaluate handling approaches, coordinate with stakeholders, and ensure integration with EVMS. The position requires experience supporting DOD programs, analyzing data, and understanding risk management concepts, with a strong preference for experience with risk management tools and processes. | — | 0 |
| Program Manager 1 Program Manager for defense sector, focusing on delivery of contractual requirements on cost and schedule, managing the full program life cycle, and leading cross-functional teams. Requires experience with US Government contracts and project management. | — | 0 |
| Program Manager 2 Program Manager for defense sector, focusing on fuzing and warhead business. Responsible for delivering contractual requirements on cost and schedule, managing the full program lifecycle from proposal development to closeout, leading cross-functional teams, and cultivating customer relationships. Requires experience in managing cost, schedule, and technical performance, developing proposals, and utilizing Earned Value Management (EVM). | — | 0 |
| Principal/Sr. Principal Electromechanical Engineer Northrop Grumman is seeking a Principal or Sr. Principal Electromechanical Engineer in Aurora, CO. The role involves hardware design, integration, and verification for systems using power, RF, and fiber optics. Responsibilities include collaborating on designs, finalizing drawings, supporting equipment integration, system-level testing, troubleshooting, and technical writing. Requires a STEM degree, relevant experience, and an active TS/SCI clearance. Experience with power/cooling or site construction is a plus. | — | 0 |
| Sr Principal Computer Systems Analyst Northrop Grumman is seeking a Sr Principal Computer Systems Analyst to support manufacturing test activities at the Enhanced Production and Integration Center (EPIC). The role involves integrated hardware/software testing for IP-based Tactical Networks using RHEL systems and Cisco devices. | — | 0 |
| Software Engineer - Level 4 Software Engineer (Level 4) at Northrop Grumman's Insights & Intelligence (i2) organization, focusing on designing, developing, and modernizing full-stack analytics applications for executive visibility and enterprise performance management. The role involves building scalable backend services, automated data pipelines, and user-centered frontends, partnering with data scientists and stakeholders, and improving application architecture, performance, and security. Responsibilities include establishing strong software engineering practices, CI/CD pipelines, and providing technical leadership. | — | 0 |
| Staff Software Engineer Staff Software Engineer at Northrop Grumman, focused on leading technical efforts for capture and strategy on a critical DoD program. Responsibilities include shaping long-term technical strategy, evolving software architecture, and decomposing missions into functions and requirements. Requires a Bachelor's degree in STEM and at least 12 years of experience, with a Top Secret clearance required. | — | 0 |
| Program Cost and Schedule Control Analyst This role is for a Program Cost and Schedule Control Analyst (Level 2) at Northrop Grumman, supporting the Cost Management organization. The primary responsibilities involve Earned Value Management (EVM) tasks, including establishing work breakdown structures, maintaining performance baselines, estimating costs to complete, and supporting reporting requirements. The analyst will interface with program managers and functional management, providing financial and administrative support. Experience with financial systems, EVMS principles, and cost performance reporting is required, along with a Secret clearance. | — | 0 |
| Principal or Sr. Program Cost and Schedule Control Analyst Northrop Grumman is seeking a Principal or Sr. Program Cost and Schedule Control Analyst in Melbourne, FL. This role supports the Cost Management organization, providing financial and administrative support and analysis to meet program requirements. Responsibilities include Earned Value Management (EVM) tasks such as establishing Work Breakdown Structure, maintaining performance measurement baselines, estimating costs to complete, and supporting internal/external reporting. The role requires experience in government contracting with EVM, financial forecasting, and a DoD Secret clearance. | — | 0 |
| Quality Engineer Quality Engineer at Northrop Grumman responsible for developing, modifying, applying, and maintaining quality evaluation and control systems and protocols for materials processing. The role involves collaborating with engineering and manufacturing, managing readiness reviews, devising inspection and testing procedures, performing statistical analysis, auditing quality systems, conducting root cause investigations, and communicating customer requirements. Requires a STEM degree with 2 years of experience or a Master's degree. | — | 0 |
| Sr. Principal Mission Assurance Engineer – Level 4 This role is for a Sr. Principal Mission Assurance Engineer in the Space Sector, supporting complex engineering problems in an industrial environment. The engineer will provide expertise in interpreting regulations, ensuring compliance, and working with various internal and external organizations. Responsibilities include ensuring inspections and process controls meet specifications, leading root cause investigations, and applying quality assurance principles. A Secret security clearance is required. | — | 0 |
| Calibration Tech 3 This role involves calibrating, testing, adjusting, and maintaining various types of measuring and indicating instruments and test equipment in a manufacturing or test environment. It requires basic computer skills, data analysis, and the ability to obtain a Secret Clearance. | — | 0 |
| Financial Analyst - Level 4 Financial Analyst role at Northrop Grumman, focusing on strategic planning, reporting, and analysis of key financial metrics for the Intelligence & Sensing Business Unit. Requires a Top Secret clearance and experience with financial reporting tools. | — | 0 |
| DevOps Engineer – Level 3 or 4 Northrop Grumman is seeking a DevOps Engineer (Level 3 or 4) to plan and evolve processes and infrastructure for rapid capability maturation and deployment. The role involves integrating development pipelines with automation, defining build/deployment/provisioning/monitoring standards, ensuring SCM and code quality, and delivering end-to-end automation within an Agile framework. Responsibilities include scripting for infrastructure automation, creating CI/CD systems, vendor collaboration, system monitoring, and contributing to information/operational support systems design. The position requires a TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph and experience with Linux administration and Agile development. | — | 0 |
| SCA Elec Tech Maintenance 1 This role involves the repair, modification, and maintenance of electronic equipment and Electronic Warfare systems, requiring troubleshooting to component level and performing routine preventative maintenance. The position requires an Associate's Degree in Electronics or equivalent experience, familiarity with test equipment, and the ability to obtain a Secret US Government clearance. | — | 0 |
| Staff Systems Architect (Environmental Control Systems) Northrop Grumman is seeking a Staff Systems Architect specializing in Environmental Control Systems (ECS) for their Aeronautics Systems team in El Segundo, CA. The role involves leading the development and design of ECS, including trade studies, system test & verification, and troubleshooting. Responsibilities include performing complex fluid thermal system analysis, developing ECS architectures, control logic development, and acting as a technical point of contact for suppliers. The position requires a Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with significant experience in thermal fluid architecture development for air vehicles, experience with hybrid power and thermal systems, compressible fluids, supplier interfacing, and a Secret clearance. | — | 0 |
| Engineer Test Engineer Test role at Northrop Grumman focused on developing and executing test systems for electronic devices, analyzing results, and ensuring compliance with industry standards. Requires a Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering with 2 years of experience or a Master's degree with 0 years of experience, and the ability to obtain a Secret Clearance. | — | 0 |
| Software Engineering Manager 2 Northrop Grumman is seeking a Software Engineering Manager 2 to lead engineering teams in software development, system integration, and program execution. The role involves technical planning, verification, validation, and mentoring engineers. Requires a STEM degree with significant experience in software development and leadership, including Agile methodologies. Active Secret clearance is mandatory. | — | 0 |
| Electrical Design Engineering Manager 2 (AHT) Electrical Design Engineering Manager 2 at Northrop Grumman, leading a multidisciplinary team in the design, development, verification, and integration of complex electrical subsystems for missile systems. Requires a Secret security clearance and experience in defense/aerospace electrical engineering, team management, and PWB design. | — | 0 |
| Director Supply Chain Programs 1 Director of Supply Chain Programs at Northrop Grumman, overseeing a multi-site workforce and responsible for program execution, financial performance, and supply chain optimization. Requires extensive experience in government contracting, team leadership, and supplier management. | — | 0 |
| Engineering Program Manager 3 - Hardware Design Integration Assembly & Installation Engineering Program Manager 3 role at Northrop Grumman focused on Hardware Design Integration, Assembly & Installation for the Sentinel GBSD program. Requires a Secret clearance and experience in leading projects, design integration, and CAD modeling. The role involves managing teams, supplier statements of work, and ensuring on-time delivery of work products within an Integrated Product Team environment. | — | 0 |
| Production Quality Engineering Manager 1 Northrop Grumman is seeking a Production Quality Engineering Manager 1 to lead quality engineering functions within manufacturing, ensuring missile systems comply with contractual, regulatory, and safety requirements. The role involves managing a team, overseeing quality systems (ISO 9001/AS9100, Mil-specs, ITAR, DFARS), ensuring audit readiness, managing non-conformances, collaborating with suppliers, and driving continuous improvement initiatives. This is a full-time, on-site position requiring a Secret clearance. | — | 0 |
| Staff Project Management Project Manager for defense systems, focusing on operational aspects, client satisfaction, and managing project schedules and budgets. Requires a Top Secret clearance and experience in military aviation operations. | — | 0 |
| Sentinel Director of Sentinel Systems Engineering- Systems Engineering Director 2 Director of Systems Engineering for the Sentinel strategic missile program, responsible for leading the Systems Engineering Operating Unit. This role involves overseeing MBSE, MS&A, system architecture, technical baseline management, and P&L performance for a highly complex, large-scale defense system. Requires significant leadership experience and a strong understanding of defense systems engineering processes. | — | 0 |
| Electromechanical Engineer (Level 1 OR 2) Electromechanical Engineer role at Northrop Grumman focusing on computer hardware design, integration, and functionality verification for systems involving diverse electrical signals (power, RF, fiber optics). Requires collaboration, documentation, and troubleshooting. | — | 0 |
| Supply Chain Programs Manager 3 - 18659 Northrop Grumman is seeking a Supply Chain Programs Manager 3 to lead and collaborate with a diverse team of supply chain professionals and cross-functional stakeholders responsible for program execution, including management of major subcontractors and complex Bills of Material (BOMs). The role involves proposal planning, strategy development, negotiations, risk management, and ensuring subcontractor performance within cost, schedule, and quality requirements. The position requires a Bachelor's degree and 8 years of related experience in supply chain, operations, business, or program management, with demonstrated experience in major subcontractor management and building customer relationships. A Secret security clearance is required. | — | 0 |
| Mechanical Engineer - Level 3 Mechanical Engineer role at Northrop Grumman focused on supporting the GMD Weapon System (GWS) Hardware Engineering team. Responsibilities include performing Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Finite Element Analysis, reviewing analyses, developing and maintaining design drawings, and mentoring junior engineers. Requires a Secret security clearance and experience with CAD and analysis software. | — | 0 |
| Missile Systems Requirements Development Engineer 4 (AHT) Northrop Grumman is seeking a Missile Systems Requirements & Development Engineer 4 to support their SiAW missile program. The role involves supporting the systems engineering lifecycle of missile/weapon systems development, focusing on concept/mission and requirements development, as well as verification planning and compliance assessment. The candidate will work with the Systems Engineering Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead and have technical knowledge in missile subsystems. Responsibilities include system requirements development, management, analysis, and traceability, functional analysis, trade studies, generating requirements documents, supporting system architecture and design, and assisting with technical and cost volumes for proposals. The role also involves supporting integration, test, and verification activities, tracking metrics, preparing for program reviews, interfacing with customers, and supporting program management activities like EVMS and CAM. A Secret security clearance is required. | — | 0 |
| Software Configuration Management Northrop Grumman is seeking a Software Configuration Management (SCM) Engineer to process software releases, create SCM controlled software builds, and manage SCM processes in compliance with principles and operating procedures. The role involves driving process improvements and requires experience with tools like PLM, ClearCase, ClearQuest, Git, and compilers, along with a Secret Clearance. | — | 0 |
| Principal Engineer Data Northrop Grumman is seeking a Principal Engineer Data to join their Instrumentation & Data team. The role involves building data collection architectures for flight, lab, and ground testing. Responsibilities include developing requirements for data connections, designing data management plans, and supporting hardware/software tools for data collection, processing, and dissemination. The position requires experience with test data acquisition systems and data configuration/collection software, with a focus on bus data collection and telemetry. | — | 0 |
| Sr. Principal Energetics MFG Engineer – Level 4 This role is for a Sr. Principal Energetics Manufacturing Engineer at Northrop Grumman, focusing on Tool Quality Engineering. The responsibilities include developing and maintaining Mission Assurance policies, ensuring product quality conforms to requirements, conducting source inspections at vendor sites, providing quality guidance in tooling design reviews, and authoring inspection plans. The role requires experience with manufacturing processes, machining, dimensional inspection, and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T). | — | 0 |
| Database Engineer – Level 3 or 4 Database Engineer role at Northrop Grumman, focusing on the design, implementation, and maintenance of database systems (InfluxDB, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL) within a Linux, client-server environment. Responsibilities include applying development lifecycle standards, diagnosing integration issues, and delivering fixes/enhancements. Requires experience with SQL, scripting languages (bash, PLSQL, Python), data warehousing, CI/CD tools, and Agile methodologies. A Top Secret/SCI clearance with a CI Polygraph is mandatory. | — | 0 |
| Principal/ Sr. Principal Network Communications (Level 3 or Level 4) Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Principal/Sr. Principal Network Communications SME to plan, evaluate, and coordinate installation and/or reconfiguration of hardware and software elements of data and/or voice communication networks. The role involves maintaining expertise in network hardware/software, proposing cost-saving solutions, and preparing network documentation. Additionally, the SME will develop technical manuals and training curriculum for aviation-related audiences, review simulator design, and coordinate with engineering support for training curriculum development. This position requires a Top Secret clearance and involves significant travel. | — | 0 |
| Principal / Sr. Principal Facilities Engineer - Level 3 or 4 This role is for a Principal/Sr. Principal Facilities Engineer at Northrop Grumman, focusing on managing and maintaining facilities and equipment, including scheduling contractors, writing PM plans, and supporting manufacturing operations. It requires a STEM degree and experience in engineering fields like Power Systems, Electrical, Mechanical, or Facilities. | — | 0 |
| Sentinel Principal / Sr Principal Manufacturing Engineer -18331* Manufacturing Engineer for the Sentinel program, focusing on developing and improving production processes, resolving technical issues, and ensuring compliance with SOW requirements. Responsibilities include process design, equipment research, supplier collaboration, root cause analysis, and on-site support. | — | 0 |