Principal Systems Engineer / Sr. Principal Systems Engineer - Data Analyst
Quick Summary
Engage with technical and programmatic teams to understand their questions and problems, and help translate them into clear data and analytical
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is seeking Principal / Sr Principal Systems Engineer – Data Analyst as an individual contributor within an engineering analytics and tools development team.
The selected candidate will collaborate with data analytics leads and other functions to articulate problem spaces and solutions to data processing and visualization projects.
Responsibilities
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Principal Systems Engineer 3 - Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline AND 5 years of related professional/military experience in Systems Engineering, Data Analytics, Data Engineering or Data Science, OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline AND 3 years of related professional/military experience in Systems Engineering, Data Analytics, Data Engineering or Data Science. OR a PH.D. in a STEM discipline AND 1 years of related professional/military experience in Systems Engineering, Data Analytics, Data Engineering or Data Science.
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Senior Principal Systems Engineer 4 - Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline AND 8 years of related professional/military experience in Systems Engineering, Data Analytics, Data Engineering or Data Science, OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline AND 6 years of related professional/military experience in Systems Engineering, Data Analytics, Data Engineering or Data Science. OR a PH.D. in a STEM discipline AND 4 years of related professional/military experience in Systems Engineering, Data Analytics, Data Engineering or Data Science.
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Proficient/Advanced Python Skills; comfortable with large, production codebases
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Experience with relational database design
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Proficient SQL Skills; comfortable with complex joins
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Comfortable working with data pipelines (ETL) that extract, transform, and load data to structured data stores for analytics and reporting
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Comfortable with version control (Git, branching strategies, code review)
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Strong analytics skills – proficient in exploratory data analysis (EDA), summarization, trend detection, and anomaly/outlier identification; ability to frame and answer engineering/business questions with appropriate metrics, statistical methods, and clear narrative.
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Proficient in data visualization and storytelling. Skilled at designing effective visualizations that communicate insights to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
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Ability to obtain a DOD Secret clearance
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Ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
Requirements
~2 min readExperience designing and implementing data pipelines (ETL) to move data from raw sources into structured datasets for analytics and reporting
Experience with Web Development, especially with Django Framework
Experience with modern Business Insight (BI) tools, especially Tableau
Experience working with existing CI/CD pipelines and multiple environments (dev/stage/prod), including using virtual environments for local development
Active DoD Secret or Top Secret Clearance
Active/current SAP clearance (any SAP)
Location & Eligibility
Listing Details
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- October 6, 2026
- Last seen
- October 6, 2026
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- October 6, 2026
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