This role pays more than
59%
of similar roles. Most pay
$134,375–$188,175
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$169k
versus about
$161k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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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
352 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$114,000–$171,000
across 337 roles with salary data.
As a Sr. Principal Data Scientist, you will join the Space Sector team to apply reliability, statistics, and data science expertise to solid rocket motor hardware design, production, test, and sustainment. You will collaborate with engineering, quality, operations, and supply chain teams to develop failure modes, estimate manufacturing variability, and model material properties based on characterization testing. Your daily work involves analyzing performance test data, monitoring aging trends for fielded hardware, and developing predictive cost models for programs. To succeed in this role, you must utilize probabilistic statistics, Bayesian uncertainty quantification methods, and tools such as Rstudio or Statistica. You will solve complex technical problems regarding system reliability and manufacturing defect reduction while creating technology roadmaps and maintaining databases to support the lifecycle of solid rocket motor systems within a production environment.
What does a Data Scientist earn?
Median $162000 from 278 postings across 56 companies.
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