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Staff Mechanical Engineer

Northrop Grumman · Los Angeles, CA, US

Northrop Grumman is hiring a staff Staff Mechanical Engineer in Los Angeles, CA, US.

Hiring signals for Mechanical Engineers

SOC 17-2141 — measured across all currently-active postings classified to this occupation.

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Mechanical Engineers Job Market Score

Driven by
  • Pay is above the national median ($172k vs $130k national)
  • Slow inflow of new postings (only 5% from the last 14 days)
  • Few reposted listings (19% appear duplicated)

Mechanical Engineers job market

Aggregated from currently-active postings tracked in Mechanical Engineers.

  • 328Active postings
  • 11Posted this week
  • 187Open 30+ days57% of active
  • 8Remote / hybrid2% of active
  • 8%List salary27 of 328
  • 0%Hourly0 of disclosed
  • $172kMedian annual (max)
  • Median hourly (max)
  • 32dMedian agep90 61d (long tail)

Wages by category

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Engineering295$185k n=24
Engineering Manager1

Wages by employment type

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Full-time13$200k n=7
Contract7$120k n=5
Temporary4
Intern4

Wages by sector

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Manufacturing254$120k n=8
Technology129$185k n=21
Government / Public Sector116
Healthcare28
Retail27$185k n=13

Top categories

  • Engineering295
  • Engineering Manager1

In-demand skills

  • AWS15
  • Go6
  • Airflow6
  • Python5
  • C++1
  • REST1
  • Agile1

Top sectors

  • Manufacturing254
  • Technology129
  • Government / Public Sector116
  • Healthcare28
  • Retail27
  • Transportation & Logistics26

Employment mix

  • Unspecified300 · 91%
  • Full-time13 · 4%
  • Contract7 · 2%
  • Temporary4 · 1%
  • Intern4 · 1%

Top hiring companies

Category
Engineering
Source
jobs.northropgrumman.com
Original link
https://jobs.northropgrumman.com/careers/job/1340070713215
ATS
Workday
Posted
2 weeks ago (2026-04-26)
Status
active

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