Northrop Grumman Jobs in San Diego, California

The roles here that state pay post a median $136k/yr, with typical pay from $97.2k–$212k/yr; 91.8% of California's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state. California's law has required employers with 15 or more employees to state a pay range in job postings since 1 Jan 2023 (each state's law beside its postings). For reference, the 800 aerospace engineers working in the San Diego area, in any industry, earn a median $135k/yr (BLS, May 2025).

99.7% of Northrop Grumman's open postings are limited to US citizens or US persons, and 84.8% name a security clearance, by our research on who can apply. Each posting states its own rule, often citing export control under ITAR or the EAR.

We read each employer's own job board every hour. A role is listed here when it is a US role and its own location line names a place in San Diego, California, by the same reading as our research on where space jobs are; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.