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Principal/Sr Principal Hardware Engineer - 18641 & 18462

Northrop Grumman · Colorado Springs, CO, US

Northrop Grumman is hiring a principal Principal/Sr Principal Hardware Engineer - 18641 & 18462 in Colorado Springs, CO, US.

Hiring signals for Computer Hardware Engineers

SOC 17-2061 — measured across all currently-active postings classified to this occupation.

51
/ 100
Cooling

Computer Hardware Engineers Job Market Score

Driven by
  • Slow inflow of new postings (only 2% from the last 14 days)
  • Pay matches the national median ($136k vs $140k national)
  • Few reposted listings (23% appear duplicated)

Computer Hardware Engineers job market

Aggregated from currently-active postings tracked in Computer Hardware Engineers.

  • 287Active postings
  • 2Posted this week
  • 77Open 30+ days27% of active
  • 20Remote / hybrid7% of active
  • 7%List salary19 of 287
  • 0%Hourly0 of disclosed
  • $136kMedian annual (max)
  • Median hourly (max)
  • 16dMedian agep90 53d (long tail)

Wages by category

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Engineering235$152k n=16
Embedded34
DevOps / SRE1
Customer Success1
Accounting1

Wages by employment type

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Full-time11$144k n=10
Intern8
Contract4

Wages by sector

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Manufacturing228$73k n=5
Technology208$136k n=19
Government / Public Sector26
Healthcare10
Transportation & Logistics7$184k n=3

Top categories

  • Engineering235
  • Embedded34
  • DevOps / SRE1
  • Customer Success1
  • Accounting1
  • Server / Host1

In-demand skills

  • Python21
  • C++20
  • Linux17
  • Git8
  • REST5
  • Perl5
  • Agile4
  • AWS4

Top sectors

  • Manufacturing228
  • Technology208
  • Government / Public Sector26
  • Healthcare10
  • Transportation & Logistics7
  • Professional Services7

Employment mix

  • Unspecified264 · 92%
  • Full-time11 · 4%
  • Intern8 · 3%
  • Contract4 · 1%

Top hiring companies

Category
Engineering
Source
jobs.northropgrumman.com
Original link
https://jobs.northropgrumman.com/careers/job/1340070866891
ATS
Workday
Posted
2 weeks ago (2026-04-26)
Status
active

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