Engineer Data

Northrop Grumman

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Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
El Segundo, CA
Salary
$91,800–$137,600 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
14 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Oct 30, 2026 (soon)

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role pays less than 85% of similar roles. Most pay $126,800–$211,200 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $115k versus about $169k for comparable roles.

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About Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman is a leading global aerospace and defense technology company providing systems in autonomous systems, cyber, C4ISR, space, strike, and logistics. Industry: Aerospace & Defense

Northrop Grumman currently has 629 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $117,500–$176,300 across 314 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Engineer Data

The Engineer Data joins the Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems team to design and develop an ecosystem of interconnected business systems, virtualized data pipelines, and data catalogs. This role involves building scalable ETL processes, optimizing data models for analytics, and implementing robust data quality and monitoring frameworks. The engineer will collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate requirements into technical specifications, create reusable analytics code libraries, and develop visualizations such as Tableau dashboards or PowerBI reports. Key technologies include Python, SQL, Databricks, Oracle databases, Dagster, FastAPI, Azure, SQL Alchemy, PyTorch, scikit-learn, Pillow, OpenCV, and Torchvision. The work focuses on solving complex data integration problems for operational and analytical systems, ensuring compliance with data governance, and performing exploratory analysis on engineering and business data.

What does a Data Engineer earn in California?

Median $187700 from 41 postings across 21 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and ETL processes across multiple data sources.
  • Build and optimize data models specifically for analytics and reporting purposes.
  • Implement robust data quality, validation, and monitoring frameworks to ensure reliability of insights.
  • Translate analytical requirements from stakeholders into detailed technical specifications.
  • Create reusable, documented analytics code libraries to accelerate self-service analytics.
  • Develop and maintain visualizations such as Tableau dashboards and PowerBI reports.
  • Perform exploratory data analysis to identify trends, outliers, and anomalies in engineering data.
  • Ensure all data practices comply with governance, security, and privacy policies.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field with at least 2 years of experience.
  • Master’s degree in a STEM field with 0 years of experience.
  • Experience with Python, GIT, Command Line, SQL Servers, DataBricks, Oracle, Dagster, Tableau, Excel, Visual Studio, FastAPI, Azure, SQL Alchemy, pytorch, scikit-learn, pillow, and torchvision.
  • Experience with data architecture, data models, physical database designs, data integration strategy, and systems integration.
  • Experience with SQL Server and proficiency in data visualization tools like Tableau or Power BI.
  • Active US Government Secret Clearance and ability to obtain program access.
  • U.S. Citizenship is required.
  • Ability to obtain Top Secret clearance (preferred).
  • Experience with modern data orchestration tools like Airflow (preferred).
  • Expert in Python, SQL, and data visualization tools (preferred).
  • Experience with data platform technologies like Palantir or Databricks (preferred).
  • Experience with manufacturing and quality systems like MES, Solumina, TIPQA, or CPATS (preferred).

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