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2027 Associate Electrical Engineer - San Diego CA

Northrop Grumman

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Compensation
$76–114K/yr
Location
San Diego, CA
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Secret clearanceBachelor's degree

Job overview

Northrop Grumman seeks an Associate Electrical Engineer for its Mission Systems Sector in San Diego, joining the Navigation Intelligence & Connectivity Division. The role involves designing and developing electrical components, systems, and networks, and working with users, customers, and staff. The position supports communications and signal-processing systems, and requires U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain a security clearance.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

HFSSNECFEKOProgrammingAutonomous WorkFull Life-Cycle ProjectsLeadershipTeamworkInterpersonal Communication

Qualifications

Bachelor's DegreeElectrical Engineering or Related STEMU.S. CitizenshipSecurity Clearance EligibilitySpecial Access Program EligibilityGPA 3.0+Previous Internship or Work Experience

Benefits

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

Full job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No

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 Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. We have a wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies. Our differentiated battle management and cyber solutions deliver timely, mission-enabling information and provide superior situational awareness and understanding to protect the U.S. and its global allies.

Entry Level opportunities at Northrop Grumman are unique. Are you interested in boosting your knowledge through experience and exposure, while supporting a mission that seeks to protect our nation and its allies? If so, then Northrop Grumman is the place you!

Our professionals live and breathe different perspectives; we are curious about the world, accepting each other, and aware that the more ideas, backgrounds, opinions and experiences we bring to our work, the stronger that work will be. Just as you would invest your time and hard work into our company, we focus on investing back into you through enriching professional experiences and high-quality learning and development opportunities. We want you to bring your whole self to work, and for you to have meaningful connections with your coworkers, customers and communities, while providing the best products, systems and technologies to protect our world.

Northrop Grumman is seeking Associate Electrical Engineers to join the Mission Systems Sector. This position will be located in San Diego, CA.

The qualified candidate will become part of Northrop Grumman’s Navigation Intelligence & Connectivity (NIC) Division. At the Northrop Grumman San Diego campus our Communication/Network Solutions BU’s create the next generation of communications and signal processing systems. We take ideas from concept to working systems aboard the world’s most advanced platforms right here in always-sunny San Diego. We design in our campus of labs and on-site advanced manufacturing just minutes from the beach and everything for which southern California is famous. It’s work that matters and a career that can takes you places. The selected candidate will work in a dynamic people-focused environment where he/she will interact with users, customers and other staff.

Roles and Responsibilities

  • Research, plan, design and develop electrical components, equipment, systems and networks

  • Apply research to planning, design, development, and testing of systems

  • Problem solving

  • Develop or recommend solutions to technical problems

  • Designs electrical products and systems

Basic Qualifications :

A candidate must meet ALL of the below criteria. The candidate must:

  • Be completing or has completed their degree Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution

  • Be majoring in or having majored in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a very closely related STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) degree

  • Be able to obtain a U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite)

  • The ability to obtain Special Access Program within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.0/4.0 or higher

  • Previous internship/co-op or other work experience, leadership & teamwork capabilities, interpersonal communication skills, and activities (professional/community/extracurricular)

  • Experience in working in an autonomous work environment on complex projects.

  • Experience in working on business or engineering full life-cycle projects from project inception through launch.

  • Knowledge of HFSS, NEC or FEKO

  • Programming skills

Salary Range: $76,200 – $114,400

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Primary Level Salary Range: $76,200.00 - $114,400.00

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.

Job Category: Engineering

How this job compares

Set against the 10,348 open Electrical Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$76–114K/yr
  • California median$130–190K/yr1,093 salary ranges
  • US median$105–165K/yr6,697 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $95K, is 40% below the California median midpoint ($160K) — in the lowest quarter of Electrical Engineer salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 1,340 open Electrical Engineer jobs in California and 10,348 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
Electrical Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 8 years (8,560 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 6,712 of the 10,348 open Electrical Engineer jobs (65%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 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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