Staff Product Support Engineer

Northrop Grumman

San Diego, USonsite$177k-$266k/yrPosted Jul 28, 2026
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About the role

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 seeking a Staff Product Support Engineer to join our diverse team of professionals within our Research and Advance Design group. This position is located onsite in either El Segundo or San Diego, CA.

The Product Support Engineer will work with leadership to ensure quality lifecycle development and logistics products and services are executed in accordance with the Statement of Work (SOW) and are within budget, schedule constraints, and closure criteria. This individual may lead internal and external Teammates/Suppliers to ensure Program Performance, cost/schedule and quality objectives are achieved in collaboration with the program team.

The Product Support Engineer is the responsible technical oversight of Supportability Engineering and ensuring design for supportability is considered for future aircraft concepts. The engineer should be able to analyze design alternatives for supportability while balancing the top-level requirements for mission execution. They will coordinate requirements development, hardware/software design, verification, and validation activities.

Key Responsibilities:

Provides oversight of all ACP Product Support technical activities

Ensures a robust systems engineering approach is executed to support the aircraft design and proposals

Demonstrates knowledge and experience of aircraft systems including air vehicle, mission computing, communications, and sensors

Demonstrates knowledge and experience of logistics technical disciplines including Supportability, Reliability, Maintainability, Testability, Modeling and Simulation, Provisioning, and Supply Support (Spares and Repairs)

The selected candidate should thrive in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, and collaborative/team settings across all levels. The candidate must have strong written, verbal and presentation skills with proven ability to develop and maintain strong customer relationships.

We offer flexible work arrangements, 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off, phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly team environment. We are looking for self-motivated, proactive, and goal-oriented people to help us grow our services and become even better at what we do.

Basic Qualifications:

Must have a Bachelor of Science degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) discipline AND 12 years of related professional/military experience OR a Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline AND 10 years of related professional/military experience, OR a STEM Ph.D. AND 8 years of related professional/military experience

Must have an active US Government Secret (or higher) clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation)

Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.

Must have experience in the Integrated Logistics Elements: Reliability & Maintainability, Prognostic Health Management, Modeling & Simulation, Obsolescence Management, Fleet & Field Support, Support Equipment Engineering, Logistics Support Analysis, Supportable Low Observables, Support Hardware, and/or Technical Publications and Training

Must have experience in Supportability Engineering, including Reliability & Maintainability, DMSMS, Prognostics & Health Management, and/or fleet operational and sparing modeling.

Must have experience in proposals and capture activities for Product Support

Must be willing and able to travel up to 25%.

Preferred Qualifications:

Active Top Secret clearance

Experience working Product Support efforts on development and/or sustainment programs.

Previous U.S. Military experience with operations and/or aircraft maintenance background.

Previous experience in competitive capture proposals for Product Support

Strong skills in Microsoft Office programs including Word, Excel, MS Project, and PowerPoint.

Strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills.

Primary Level Salary Range: $177,000.00 - $265,600.00

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.

Compensation

This Support Engineer role pays $177k-$266k/yr. Within typical range for support engineer roles in United States.

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