Once students get a handle on essential engineering skills, they look for hands-on opportunities to hone them before entering the working world. […]
Students of Sustainability
Community Outreach: Life at Northrop Grumman
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From Scraps to Opportunities
How Northrop Grumman Scrap Metal is Supporting the Next Generation of Welders. […]
The Downsizing Developer
By Leigh McLeod Why go big when you can go small? For Radio Frequency (RF) Engineer Tim, that’s his modus operandi. Tim joined Northrop Grumman in May 2021 to work on a classified program in Aurora, Colorado, but quickly realized he missed working on RF, which he’d spent most of his career on. When he […]
Experienced Professionals: Life at Northrop Grumman
Are you ready to start your journey? Explore our experienced professional careers. Return to Life at Northrop Grumman home page. […]
Engineering: Life at Northrop Grumman
Are you ready to make what’s next? Explore our engineering careers. Return to Life at Northrop Grumman home page. […]
Reinventing Larsha
By Suzanne Kubler Electrical Engineer Larsha is a single mom. And for her, it’s the single most important role of her life — a life that was changed by a simple question from her son, Noah. When Noah was 11, he came home from school and asked if he could attend robotics camp. At the […]
The Mountain
Hugo went to the mountains seeking the things that have always drawn people to such heights — adventure, challenge, nature. And, like so many, he returned a changed man. […]
Manufacturing: Life at Northrop Grumman
Are you ready to be on the front line of innovation? Explore our manufacturing careers. Return to Life at Northrop Grumman home page. […]
Swimming with the Sharks
Shark Tank is one of many opportunities available for Northrop Grumman employees to present innovative ideas to leaders. Acting as investors, company leaders ask about the innovation’s benefits, alternatives and timing, then determine if they will allocate funding. […]
Students and Entry-Level: Life at Northrop Grumman
Are you ready to take advantage of your potential?Explore our student and entry-level careers. […]
Home-Grown Opportunity in the Southwest
New Mexico is known as the land of enchantment, but it isn’t always seen as the land of opportunity. One Northrop Grumman site wants to change that. The Albuquerque, New Mexico, site accomplishes a lot with less than 30 employees under the leadership of John. Located close to Kirtland Air Force Base, the site provides […]
Business, Operations and Management: Life at Northrop Grumman
Are you ready to start your journey? Explore our careers. Return to Life at Northrop Grumman home page. […]
Advocating with Agility
After transitioning to a project budget manager role, Daniela discovered her passion for project management and was introduced to the Lean-Agile methodology. […]
Space: Life at Northrop Grumman
Are you ready to solve the mysteries of the universe? Explore our careers. Return to Life at Northrop Grumman home page. […]
At the Helm of Aqua
By Michelle A. Monroe Carl was having a conversation with his 9-year-old grandson, Jeremiah, when he began sharing his love of science and how he turned it into a lifelong career. “As Jeremiah began asking more about climate change, I had one piece of advice: Let science be your guide,” Carl said. At Northrop Grumman, […]
Champions Among Us
By Steve Lamb, Elizabeth McCann and Elvia Valenzuela We’ve all heard about them: elite athletes pushing the boundaries of their sports, achieving things most of us have only ever seen on TV. Like all of us, those athletes have a story and, while no two stories are the same, they tend to have some similar […]
Suit Up: Hollywood Meets Engineering in the HIVE
Leveraging model-based systems engineering, virtual reality and full-body, high-precision motion capture, the Highly Immersive Virtual Environment (HIVE) allows engineers to be present inside their designs. […]
Northrop Grumman in the UK
Northrop Grumman operates from a number of sites across the UK with as well as at RAF Waddington, and sustains employment for more than 5,000 people in the many SMEs and other companies with whom we work as partners in the supply chain […]
Unfinished Business
Doug is a staff engineer on several programs supporting guided munitions, which are weapons deployed from aircraft or ships to eliminate threats. […]
Home Team Advantage
Not long after joining Northrop Grumman, Gabrielle set her eyes on a new challenge: enlisting in the U.S. Army National Guard. […]
Cyber, IT and Security: Life at Northrop Grumman
Are you ready to tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges? Explore our careers. Return to Life at Northrop Grumman home page. […]
Well Played
This expert gamer has graduated from playing Pokémon® Stadium and the original Sims™ game to creating simulated training systems for the U.S. Navy. By Rhonda Hewitt In a way, Kayla’s older brother is responsible for her success as a software developer. As a youngster Kayla would tag along with him when he visited friends and […]
Northrop Grumman’s Commitment to an Engineer’s Family, Education and Career Development
Northrop Grumman encourages work-life balance and supports education and career development opportunities. Vincent Hodges shares his experience. […]
Meet Bethany: An Engineer Working to Ensure Perfect Balance
Bethany is a passionate Structures and Mechanical Systems Engineer and Weight & Balance Engineer on the KC-30A Program. Read more about her daily work life. What does your position involve? A critical part of my role is continuing airworthiness for my team. This means monitoring long term and ongoing projects that will keep our aircraft […]
Minotaur Mission Update
Minotaur Space Launch Vehicle (SLV) provides an extremely cost-effective, reliable and capable space solution for U.S. Government-sponsored spacecraft. Follow this page for updates on our latest Minotaur Mission. […]
Success Across Millions of Miles
By Amanda Collins When something doesn’t go as planned after launch, you can’t pull a spacecraft back into the shop, take it apart and fix it. Often, you can’t even get a glimpse of what’s wrong. For most people — and companies — the story would stop there. But giving up isn’t an option for […]
A New Reality: Virtual Internship Exceeds Expectations
Meet Turner: A senior at the University of Texas at Dallas who recently completed an internship with Northrop Grumman. See how his internship exceeded expectations. This summer I had the opportunity to intern within Northrop Grumman’s Global Supply Chain team. I applied to Northrop Grumman right as many companies were closing their doors in fear […]
Eyes on the Sky
By Samantha Gassman From the moment Chris McGrath heard the rumble of an aircraft, he knew he wanted to fly. Growing up in a military family, his gaze was skyward from a young age. His grandfather served in the Korean War, and Chris and his family moved from post to post throughout his dad’s 23-year […]
Embracing Lean-Agile Through Talent Acquisition and HR
Encouraging career growth and versatility is a key aspect to maintaining a high-quality workforce at Northrop Grumman. Look no further than the Executive Leadership Team, and many will note their first role within the company was at the individual contributor level. “The ability to move around and grow within the organization is a key differentiator […]
A Successful Transition from the Military to Northrop Grumman
Rob is a Talent Acquisition Director with Northrop Grumman in San Diego where he currently leads successful military hiring programs for the company. At Northrop Grumman, 20% of our employees are veterans, with another 1,600 reservists on our team. Having personally experienced the transition from the active duty force into the private sector, Rob proivdes […]
A Lasting Legacy
How a NASA legend’s family helped insprire my career By Freddie Langley As one of the key flight controllers on the NG-15 mission that sent the S.S. Katherine Johnson Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station in February 2021, I had what you could call a full-circle moment. My connection to the NG-15 namesake, Katherine […]
Veterans: Life at Northrop Grumman
Are you ready for your next mission? Explore our careers. Return to Life at Northrop Grumman home page. […]
My Word: Continuing the Mission
When Marcus made the decision to hang up his uniform and leave the Marines, he began looking for opportunities. Northrop Grumman grabbed his attention. […]
Turning the Page
By Jillian Wright For three decades, Northrop Grumman’s Aircraft Maintenance and Fabrication Center (AMFC) team kept a key U.S. Air Force fleet flying. The Lake Charles, Louisiana, site — which performs aircraft maintenance and modifications — historically served as the traditional home of the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) aircraft program. […]
Fifty Years at the Rocket Ranch
How did you find yourself working for Northrop Grumman? I started working at the company, when it was Thiokol, in 1970 (making $2.45 an hour, by the way). This was just four years before we won the contract to build the rocket motors for the Space Shuttle Program. Fifty years later, and now Northrop Grumman, […]
Mark Waki: 38 Years of Perfecting Inspiration
By Adam Ugolnik Throughout his childhood, Mark Waki wanted nothing more than to become a fighter pilot. With those dreams crushed due to poor eyesight, Waki was lost, searching for any opportunity to build a life around his greatest passion — military aircraft. A talented painter and model builder who grew up idolizing model box-top […]
Veteran Spotlight: Meet Marine Corps Veteran Stephanie
Stephanie is a Systems Test Engineer with Northrop Grumman. She graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 2009 as a Marine Corps Officer with a Bachelor of Science Degree in applied mathematics. After two and a half years of flight training, she became appointed as Naval Aviator in 2012. She was then deployed with the […]
The Height of Her Career
By Stephanie Flyger If there’s one thing true about Claire, it’s that she can’t be contained: not by a stereotype and not by a desk. Fortunately, as a Northrop Grumman field engineer in Colorado Springs, Colorado, she doesn’t have to be — her job takes her around the world and is essentially one she’s been […]
Head in the Clouds
Even the most advanced military technology and missions need help to withstand the elements and at Northrop Grumman, our atmospheric scientists are the in-house experts on weather and its potential impact on the U.S. military. […]
The Women of Artemis
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Time Machine to the Cosmos
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) has been making history ever since it was propelled into space in December 2021, revealing never-before-seen details of the early cosmos. Referred to as a time machine, Webb’s powerful instruments use infrared vision to peer back over 13.5 billion years and view the earliest stars and galaxies. […]
Tina’s Return to Northrop Grumman: Finding Work-Life Balance
After giving birth to her daughter in 2013, Tina’s perspective on her job changed and she sought a more even work-life balance at Northrop Grumman. […]
One Team’s Journey: DoD Skillbridge
Each year, over 200,000 service members’ shift from active military service to civilian life. The Department of Defense (DoD) SkillBridge program gives military members a jump-start in that transition. In January, Northrop Grumman solidified a partnership with the DoD to offer transitioning service members internship opportunities via SkillBridge. This program enables those separating or retiring […]
Veterans and Career Transition during the COVID Crisis and Beyond
When the global pandemic hit, Northrop Grumman pressed on with necessary hiring, including the recruitment of transitioning service members through its Military Internship Program. To do so, the company maximized the potential of the Department of Defense’s SkillBridge program, a joint-service initiative that allows service members to participate in job training, including apprenticeships and internships, […]
Doing the Right Thing for Inclusive Benefits
By Laura Christof Among our company values is: We do the right thing. Sometimes it’s easy to spot an issue and do what’s right. Other times, it takes a nudge and some education to move forward. That’s what happened after employees raised concerns that our company health insurance didn’t cover some components of medical care […]
Northrop Grumman Manager Volunteers in Vietnam
Using quality assurance best practices, a Northrop Grumman employee volunteers his skills and service to missions in Vietnam around the world. […]
Stephanie Locks Awarded SME’s “Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer”
Through the Northrop Grumman Future Technical Leaders rotational program, manufacturing engineer Locks is applying her skills to real-world missions. […]
An Engineer’s Journey: From BEYA to a Career at Northrop Grumman
Meet Travene Grant, a tool engineer, working as a metrologist. Travene works at Northrop Grumman in St. Augustine, Florida where he uses metrology, the science of measurement, to assist with building aircraft. What was your journey to Northrop Grumman like? I honestly didn’t know much about Northrop Grumman before working here. I thought my passion […]
People, Peaks & Panoramas: Engineer Summits Mt. Everest
As an engineering manager at Northrop Grumman, Jim’s ability to logically prepare and visualize a solution better equipped him to summit Mt. Everest. […]