16d ago
$114,000.00 - $171,000.00/yr

Principal/Sr Principal Engineer Electronics - DEVSECOPS

United States-California-San Diegosenior
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Quick Summary

Key Responsibilities

Develop, integrate, and maintain an enterprise level toolset in support of cross-discipline engineering teams.

Requirements Summary

Principal Engineer: Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology,

Technical Tools
Other
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the Time

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is looking to add a Principal Electronics/ Sr Principal Electronics Engineer - DEVSECOPS to join our team in San Diego (Rancho Bernardo), CA. The candidate should be a self-starter with familiarity working in an Integrated Development/Production Team construct.

Responsibilities

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    Develop, integrate, and maintain an enterprise level toolset in support of cross-discipline engineering teams.

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    Develop toolsets to exploit large sets of operational data supporting the maintenance of communication subsystems and advanced payload technologies.

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    Collaborate and work in an engineering environment with Cloud & Application, Communications & Networking, Advanced Payload Technologies, Test Automation, DevSecOps, and Systems Test.

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    Work with stakeholders to design, build and maintain mission critical systems.

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    Identify technical risks/opportunities and proactively develop mitigation plans.

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    Communicate the progress and accomplishments of the team to senior leadership.

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    Create and maintain continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines to ensure stability and quality at all stages of the software development life cycle.

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    Continuously expand your own skills, maintaining and enhancing relevant certifications.

Requirements

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  • Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.

  • Strong agile background, keen to learn and succeed across multiple teams and adapt where required.

  • Current applicable Special Access Program (SAP) clearance

  • Experience supporting the Delivery Lead/Project Manager in developing project roadmaps, understanding delivery time scales, and communicating these to the customer.

  • Experience creating/maintaining DevOps CI/CD pipelines: Maven, Bamboo, GitLab, Bitbucket.

  • Experience in migration activities with a focus on positioning projects to become cloud ready and implement micro services architecture.

  • Experience automating system deployment, operation and maintenance using Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management tooling.

  • Experience administering a Kubernetes container platform using Red Hat OpenShift..

Primary Level Salary Range: $114,000.00 - $171,000.00

Secondary Level Salary Range: $142,200.00 - $213,400.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

Location & Eligibility

Where is the job
United States-California-San Diego
On-site at the office
Who can apply
Same as job location

About this job

Pay per year
$114,000–$171,000 a year
110% above the $67,746 median for Other jobs on Jobera (131,715 salaries).
Posted
16 days ago
Employer
has 6,223 open jobs on Jobera.

Listing Details

Posted
October 16, 2026
First seen
October 17, 2026
Last seen
November 1, 2026

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Days active
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November 1, 2026

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Principal/Sr Principal Engineer Electronics - DEVSECOPS$114,000.00 - $171,000.00