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Field Service Engineer Air Defense secret clearance

Northrop Grumman

Huntsville, ALJob$72–109K/yrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago

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Compensation
$72–109K/yr
Location
Huntsville, AL
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Secret clearance

Job overview

Northrop Grumman seeks a Field Service Engineer to support worldwide field operations for the U.S. Army’s Advanced Counter-UAS Engagements. Based in Huntsville, Alabama, the role includes long- and short-term deployments to OCONUS locations and requires extensive travel. The engineer supports product implementation, troubleshooting, testing, training, and customer-site operations, coordinating with customer personnel and remote engineering teams.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Network Infrastructure InstallationNetwork ConfigurationNetwork TroubleshootingNetwork MaintenanceNetwork DocumentationTCP/IPRoutingSwitchingVLANsDNSDHCPVPNsWi-FiNetwork SecurityNetwork MonitoringTicketing SystemsNetwork Equipment TroubleshootingNetwork ToolsNetwork LogsC-RAM ArchitectureC-UAS ArchitectureIBCS-M ArchitectureDefense-System Field TestingCustomer CommunicationProblem-SolvingTime ManagementTechnical DocumentationEquipment InstallationNetwork+Cisco CCNAOSI ModelNetwork ArchitecturesFAAD C2 AdministrationADAM Cell OperationsAMDPCS FAAD Shelter OperationsBattery Command Post OperationsField DeploymentLifting 40 LbsIndependent Work

Qualifications

Bachelor's in IT, Networking, Engineering or Related Field or Equivalent Experience2+ Years Relevant Experience6 Years Network Field-Support ExperienceSecret Security ClearanceU.S. CitizenshipCompTIA Linux+ Certification or Within 6 Months140A or 14-Series MOS or 255N or 25-Series MOS

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Paid Time Off

Full job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 75% 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.

Are you ready to join Northrop Grumman? Put your experience to work as a Field Service Engineer (FSE) to assist with the implementation and execution of worldwide Field Service Operations supporting the US Army customer Advanced Counter-UAS Engagements (ACE).

This position is in Huntsville, Alabama with long- and short-term deployments to various OCONUS locations.

Duties include:

  • Conduct technical analysis of product implementations, modifications, and enhancements in accordance with customer specifications and requirements

  • Troubleshoots technical problems and issues, determine technical solution in accordance with product customer specifications, and recommend actions to company or customer representatives for coordinated product solution

  • Assess product needs in accordance with customer specifications

  • Conduct technical training and product briefing with customers, vendors, and company representatives

  • Ability to act as the field liaison with customer personnel, providing on-site support required for the planning and implementation of product training, checkout, and test events

  • Perform start-up testing and customer training on features and general maintenance of product

  • Provide the technical interface with product level integrated product teams

  • Conduct technical training and product briefing with customers, vendors, and company representatives

  • Ability to lift 40 Lbs.

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in IT, networking, engineering, or a related field with at least 2 years of relevant experience; equivalent experience may be considered in lieu of a degree, including 6 years of directly related network field-support experience.

  • Experience installing, configuring, troubleshooting, maintaining, and documenting network infrastructure in field, customer-site, data-center, or industrial environments.

  • Working knowledge of TCP/IP, routing, switching, VLANs, DNS, DHCP, VPNs, Wi Fi, network security fundamentals, and network monitoring and ticketing systems.

  • Experience with routers, switches, firewalls, access points, cabling, rack-mounted equipment, and diagnosing connectivity, hardware, power, and configuration issues using network tools and logs.

  • Familiarity with C-RAM, C-UAS, and IBCS-M architectures; experience supporting defense-system field testing, including First Article, Design Variation, or Environmental testing.

  • Ability to travel domestically and internationally with little to no notice, meet pre-deployment standards—including medical and immunization requirements—and work independently while coordinating with remote engineering teams.

  • Strong customer communication, problem-solving, time-management, and technical documentation skills.

  • Ability to lift and install equipment and comply with site safety requirements.

  • Current Secret security clearance and U.S. citizenship required.

  • Must be located in, or willing to relocate to, Huntsville, Alabama.

  • Relevant certifications, such as CompTIA Network+ or Cisco CCNA, are preferred.

  • Ability to pass medical and pre-deployment requirements per the CONUS Replacement Center standards in support of OCONUS Deployment to ARCENT, AFRICOM, CENTCOM, or EUCOM regions. Pre-deployment information can be found at: CONUS Replacement Center (army.mil) (https://home.army.mil/bliss/units-tenants/crc)

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Prior Air Defense experience as a 140A, 14-series, or Network and Signal Communications experience 255N, or 25-series MOS professional, or in a closely related field.

  • Experience performing operator and system-administration functions for the Forward Area Air Defense (FAAD) Command and Control (C2) system.

  • Working knowledge of network configuration, VLANs, troubleshooting, the OSI model, and network architectures.

  • Experience supporting an ADAM Cell, AMDPCS FAAD Shelter, and/or Battery Command Post operations.

  • Experience supporting defense-system field testing, including First Article, Design Variation, and Environmental testing.

  • Field-deployment experience in a technical support role.

  • Must be located in, or willing to relocate to, Huntsville, Alabama.

  • CompTIA Linux+ certification required at hire or obtainable within six months of the hire date.

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Primary Level Salary Range: $72,400.00 - $108,600.00

Secondary Level Salary Range: $89,900.00 - $134,900.00

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 1,216 open Field Service Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$72–109K/yr
  • US median$82–120K/yr497 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $91K, is 9% below the US median midpoint ($99K) — in the middle half of Field Service Engineer salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 10 open Field Service Engineer jobs in Alabama and 1,216 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most across the US
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Field Service Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (853 postings).
Education
379 of the 1,216 open Field Service Engineer jobs (31%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 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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