Applying to Northrop Grumman · researched 30 Oct 2026
How to apply to Northrop Grumman
Click Apply Now in a Northrop Grumman posting on its careers site and complete the application, then expect a review by the hiring team, a phone screening with a recruiter, conversations with potential team members and an offer through its Workday Offer Portal, followed by a background check, a drug screening and verification of any security clearance.
, the SpaceJobs.Now board shows 796 open Northrop Grumman roles; typical pay across them is $107k to $250k a year (median $130k).
The Northrop Grumman application, one step at a time
Researched Oct 2026Click Apply Now in a Northrop Grumman posting on its careers site and complete the application, then expect a review by the hiring team, a phone screening with a recruiter, conversations with potential team members and an offer through its Workday Offer Portal, followed by a background check, a drug screening and verification of any security clearance.
Who can apply
- Each posting states its own requirements, including any U.S. citizenship or security clearance the role needs; the share of Northrop Grumman's open space postings that name one is in the research below.
- After an offer is signed, the onboarding team starts the background check, the drug screening and the verification of security clearance.
Step by step
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Apply from the posting
Within the job posting, click Apply Now and complete the application on Northrop Grumman's careers site. An application not submitted at once can be reviewed and submitted later.
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Application review
The hiring team reviews your application and decides the next steps. Northrop Grumman says its hiring teams cannot confirm that an application was reviewed or give individual feedback.
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Phone screening with a recruiter
If you move forward, the hiring team schedules a phone screening with a recruiter.
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Interviews
Expect further conversations with potential team members.
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Offer through the Offer Portal
Your recruiter reaches out with an offer that includes Northrop Grumman's Total Rewards and benefits package. Offers are processed and reached only through its Offer Portal in Workday.
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Pre-onboarding: background check, drug screening, clearance
Once you have reviewed and signed the offer, an onboarding team member contacts you to start your background check, drug screening and the verification of your security clearance.
The recruiter screening and team interviews
A phone screening with a recruiter, then conversations with potential team members.
Format
A phone screening, then interviews with the team
How to prepare
- Read the posting's requirements and its clearance line before the recruiter call: the screening checks fit against them.
Northrop Grumman states no timeline. You can follow each application in the Applications tab of your account, but its hiring teams do not confirm reviews or give individual feedback.
Tips to get hired
- An offer from Northrop Grumman arrives only through its Workday Offer Portal, and the company warns about recruitment fraud, the scam of asking job seekers for personal information or money.
- Check an application's status in the Applications tab of your account rather than waiting for a confirmation: the hiring teams do not send one.
What isn't public
- Northrop Grumman's page states no timeline from application to offer, and no length for the background check or clearance verification.
- The page names no test before the interviews and does not state citizenship requirements, which each posting states for its role.
What our research measures about Northrop Grumman's postings
Read from the open postings on 2026-10-30 by our space industry research, rebuilt every day. Every figure opens the row of the report it comes from.
- Who is hiring543 open roles, 3.4% of all the space roles we read, across 13 kinds of work; 435 of them posted in the last 30 days.
- Who can apply99.7% of the postings are open only to US persons or US citizens, and 84.8% name a security clearance.
- Degrees and experience10.9% of the postings take a high school diploma or an associate's degree, 82.4% name a master's or PhD.
- Degrees and experience12 of its open postings count military experience toward what they ask, and 8 are SkillBridge internships for service members leaving the military.
- Pay transparency98.0% of the postings state their pay, at a median $130,000 a year.
- Internships and entry level20 open roles are for someone starting out (3.7% of its open roles), 8 of them internships or co-ops.
- Shifts, weekends and travel7.4% of the postings ask for weekend work, 97.1% for overtime or extended hours, and 4.8% name an evening, night or rotating shift.
- Shifts, weekends and travel385 of its open postings offer relocation, and 200 say none is offered.
Current Northrop Grumman openings
All 796 open rolesIndustrial Security Manager - Level 2 (opens the job details)
Supply Chain · Linthicum, MD, United States· 5d agoDetails
$127,100–$199,700/yrSecurity Coordinator - Level 3 (opens the job details)
Supply Chain · Redondo Beach, CA, United States· 1d agoDetails
$51,400–$85,600/yrIndustrial Security Analyst - Level 4 (opens the job details)
Supply Chain · Dulles, VA, United States· 1d agoDetails
$146,300–$219,500/yrIndustrial Security Analyst - Level 4 (opens the job details)
Supply Chain · Dulles, VA, United States· 1w agoDetails
$117,500–$176,300/yrIndustrial Security Analyst - Level 3 (opens the job details)
Supply Chain · Englewood, CO, United States· 4w agoDetails
$94,200–$141,200/yrIndustrial Security Analyst - Level 2 or 3 (opens the job details)
Supply Chain · Colorado Springs, CO, United States· 1mo agoDetails
$69,000–$103,400/yr
Applying to Northrop Grumman: questions
How do I apply to Northrop Grumman?
Click Apply Now in the job posting on Northrop Grumman's careers site and complete the application; one not submitted at once can be finished later.
What are the steps of Northrop Grumman's hiring process?
Application review by the hiring team, a phone screening with a recruiter, conversations with potential team members, an offer through the Offer Portal, then pre-onboarding with a background check, drug screening and verification of security clearance.
Does Northrop Grumman drug test?
Yes: the onboarding team starts a drug screening, with the background check and the verification of security clearance, after you sign the offer.
How do I check my Northrop Grumman application status?
In the Applications tab of your account on its careers site; its hiring teams do not confirm reviews or give individual feedback.
How soon does Northrop Grumman reply to an application?
Northrop Grumman states no timeline. You can follow each application in the Applications tab of your account, but its hiring teams do not confirm reviews or give individual feedback.