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Principal Project Technical Manager

Northrop Grumman

Palmdale, CAFull-time$94–141K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$94–141K/yr
Location
Palmdale, CA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

SAP Access Via PARSecret clearance

Job overview

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems seeks a Project Technical Manager 3 for its Rancho Bernardo or Palmdale team. The role manages EVMS across engineering and logistics teams, tracks cost and schedule changes, reports performance metrics, schedules resources, and coordinates risk mitigation with project teams and leadership. The position is full-time and on-site, with travel up to 25%.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Integrated Product TeamsProject ManagementSchedulingPythonMaintenance and Material Management

Qualifications

Bachelor's+5, Master's+3 or PhD+1 YearsUS Secret ClearanceSAP Access via PARCurrent SAP Clearance

Benefits

Relocation Assistance
Medical Insurance
Paid Time Off

Full job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 25% 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 Aeronautics Systems is looking for a Project Technical Manager 3 to join our team in Rancho Bernardo, CA or Palmdale, CA. The candidate should be a self-starter with familiarity working in an Integrated Product Team construct.

Roles and Responsibilities will include:

  • Manage EVMS across a diverse set of engineering and logistic teams.

  • Decompose and track cost/schedule changes into how they impact our team.

  • Ensure further decomposition is accurate and upward summary captures current situation accurately.

  • Create, maintain, validate, and report key performance metrics up to leadership.

  • Work with the teams to schedule resources and remove roadblocks.

  • Coordinate with other project managers, teams, and leadership to deconflict tasking, identify risks/issues/opportunities, and help the team execute mitigation/capture steps in accordance with program leadership goals.

The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility. There is no remote / hybrid / telework available for this position. Travel up to 25% may be required.

Please note that this opportunity is contingent on program funding. Start dates are determined after funding confirmation.

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree and 5 years of related experience; OR a Master’s degree and 3 years of related experience; OR a PhD and 1 years of related experience.

  • Ability to obtain and maintain an active US Government Secret clearance (with a background investigation within the past 5 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).

  • Ability to obtain and maintain initial Special Access Program (SAP) access via a Program Access Request (PAR). This SAP/PAR must be obtained prior to commencement of employment and must be obtained within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs.

  • Ability to obtain and maintain subsequent SAP PARs following commencement of employment to be able to completely support statement of work.

  • Experience in project management and scheduling.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Current applicable Special Access Program (SAP) clearance

  • Familiarity with Python software language.

  • Familiarity with military requirements for maintenance and material management.

Primary Level Salary Range: $94,200.00 - $141,200.00

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: Program Management

How this job compares

Set against the 15,485 open Project Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$94–141K/yr
  • California median$125–190K/yr952 salary ranges
  • US median$102–167K/yr9,805 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $118K, is 27% below the California median midpoint ($161K) — in the lowest quarter of Project Management salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 1,244 open Project Management jobs in California and 15,485 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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Experience
This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Project Management postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 12,304 postings).
Education
6,256 of the 15,485 open Project Management jobs (40%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 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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