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Sentinel - Electrical Engineering Manager 2

Northrop Grumman

Roy, UTFull-time$139–209K/yrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago

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Compensation
$139–209K/yr
Location
Roy, UT
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Secret clearance

Job overview

Northrop Grumman’s Defense Systems sector seeks an Electrical Engineering Manager 2 for the Sentinel Program in Roy, Utah. The role combines senior electrical engineering contributions with functional people leadership. The successful candidate will collaborate across engineering, test, supply chain, suppliers, and integrated product teams to develop and review electrical hardware requirements, specifications, designs, trade studies, and analyses supporting system maturity milestones and hardware deliveries.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Requirements DecompositionRequirements DevelopmentTrade StudiesLeadershipTeamworkProject LeadershipElectrical Hardware DesignCable-Harness DesignWire Schematic DevelopmentSiemens Mentor Graphics CapitalCADWire Diagram DevelopmentElectrical SchematicsCost Account ManagementProgram SchedulingElectrical Requirement VerificationIntegration and TestTeam Center/CPLMTEMPESTEMIPower Budget DevelopmentSystem ArchitectureMechanical EngineeringGround Power SystemsFacility Power SystemsLaunch Power SystemsRevitHigh-Power SystemsHigh-Frequency SystemsPower ElectronicsEMI/EMC DesignShielding TechniquesThermal ManagementEngineering DocumentationTechnical DrawingsSpecificationsTest ProceduresDoD Acquisition ProcessesMilestone ReviewsGovernment Contracting

Qualifications

BS STEM or MS+6 YrsActive DoD Secret ClearanceSAP Approval Eligibility1+ Year Leadership Experience1+ Year Project Leadership Experience5+ Years Electrical Design ExperienceElectrical Engineering Master's DegreeElectrical PE License

Benefits

Relocation Assistance
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Tuition Assistance
Paid Time Off

Full job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

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’s Defense Systems sector is seeking an to join a multi-functional team of Electrical, Mechanical, and Systems Engineers in Roy, UT . This position is in our Strategic Deterrent Systems Division to execute the Engineering and Manufacturing Development phase of the Sentinel Program.

This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

The primary objective of this role is to collaborate across Systems Engineering, System Test, Global Supply Chain, suppliers, and other Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) to develop and review Electrical System hardware requirements, specifications, designs, trade studies, and analyses for the purpose of supporting incremental system maturity milestones and hardware deliveries. The successful candidate will be comfortable with working in a dynamic people-focused environment and collaborating across multiple internal and external stakeholders in order to achieve organizational goals.

This position is a dual-hatted role that involves both individual contributions as a senior engineer in the Electrical domain (80%), as well as people leadership in a functional management homeroom (20%).

What You’ll Get to Do:

  • Collaborate with stakeholders to decompose technical requirements, develop complete and verifiable requirements, and conduct trade studies

  • Ensure team members have the required training, tools, and access to perform design engineering responsibilities.

  • Develop and review engineering packages for product lifecycle management release.

Position Benefits:

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:

  • Medical, Dental & Vision coverage

  • 401k

  • Educational Assistance

  • Life Insurance

  • Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions

  • Paid Time Off

  • Health & Wellness Resources

  • Employee Discounts

This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.

You’ll Bring These Qualifications:

  • Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) discipline and 8 years of experience; or Master's degree with 6 years of experience.

  • Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with an ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business need.

  • At least 1 year of proven demonstrated leadership skills, and the ability to work effectively in a team environment

  • At least 1 year of experience leading a project and/or driving performance against schedule in an Electrical Design organization in a lead or managerial role

  • Minimum 5 years’ experience in a combination of: Electrical Hardware design, Cable-Harness design, and wire schematic development

  • Familiar with Siemens Mentor Graphics Capital cable design tool or equivalent

  • Experience with CAD skills with experience developing wire diagrams or electrical schematics

  • Experience in a technical leadership position

These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have :

  • Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics or Systems Engineering

  • 1+ years Cost Account Manager and Program Scheduling experience

  • Electrical requirement verification experience

  • Integration and Test development/execution experience

  • Experience with Team Center/CPLM

  • Experience with Siemens Mentor Graphics Capital cable design tool or equivalent

  • Experience leading TEMPEST or EMI efforts with integrated product teams (IPTs)

  • Strong CAD skills with experience developing wire diagrams or electrical schematics

  • Experience designing, analyzing, and developing a power budget for an electrical power system of a military / aerospace system

  • Experience developing multi discipline system architecture for a military / aerospace system

  • Mechanical engineering experience

  • Working experience designing, troubleshooting (RCA) and/or implementing ground power systems, facility power systems and/or launch power systems.

  • Revit experience.

  • Experience with high-power and/or high-frequency systems, including power electronics.

  • Knowledge of EMI/EMC design, shielding techniques, and thermal management for electronic systems.

  • Authorship and release of engineering documentation including technical drawings, specifications, and test procedures.

  • Familiarity with DoD acquisition processes, milestone reviews, and government contracting.

  • Experience maintaining and reporting status of program activities

  • Electrical Professional Engineering (P.E.) license

Primary Level Salary Range: $139,100.00 - $208,700.00

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.

Job Category: Engineering

How this job compares

Set against the 10,319 open Electrical Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$139–209K/yr
  • Utah median$100–160K/yr85 salary ranges
  • US median$108–170K/yr6,641 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $174K, is 37% above the Utah median midpoint ($127K) — in the top quarter of Electrical Engineer salary ranges in Utah.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 157 open Electrical Engineer jobs in Utah and 10,319 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Utah
Experience
This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Electrical Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (8,610 postings).
Education
6,872 of the 10,319 open Electrical Engineer jobs (67%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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