How much do Government & Public Sector jobs in Palmdale, CA pay?

Based on 288 listings with disclosed salaries, most government & public sector jobs in Palmdale, CA pay between $66k–$194k per year. Individual offers vary with seniority, company size, and specialization.

How many Government & Public Sector jobs are open in Palmdale, CA right now?

There are currently 303 open government & public sector positions in Palmdale, CA listed on Clera. New openings are added daily as companies post roles.

Which companies are hiring for Government & Public Sector roles in Palmdale, CA?

Companies currently hiring include Northrop Grumman, Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Inc., JVS SoCal, SSG Project 180, Allied Universal, among others. Browse the listings above to see every active employer.

Are there remote or hybrid Government & Public Sector jobs in Palmdale, CA?

Yes — 13 of the 303 open government & public sector positions offer remote or hybrid work (1 remote, 12 hybrid).

How do I apply for Government & Public Sector jobs in Palmdale, CA?

Each listing links directly to the employer's application page. Apply early — fresh listings get the most recruiter attention in the first two weeks.

Government & Public Sector Jobs in Palmdale, CA (Now Hiring) — 303 open — Page 10

Northrop Grumman

Aeronautical Engineer/Principal Aeronautical Engineer

Palmdale, California, United States · On-site

$92k–$171k/yr

Senior

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunit…

Skills: Aeronautical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Agile Development, MBSE, DOORS

Northrop Grumman

Engineering Integration & Execution (EI&E) Director 1 –Test & Evaluation

Palmdale, California, United States · On-site

$204k–$306k/yr

Senior+

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opport…

Skills: Engineering Execution, Workforce Planning, Test & Evaluation, Ground Testing, Flight Testing

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Inc.

Engineering Integration & Execution (EI&E) Director 1 –Test & Evaluation

Palmdale, California, United States · On-site

$204k–$306k/yr

Senior+

Skills: Engineering Execution, Workforce Planning, Test & Evaluation, Ground Testing, Flight Testing

Northrop Grumman

Aircraft Structures Military and Veterans Encouraged to Apply

Palmdale, California, United States · On-site

$56k–$111k/yr

Senior

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunit…

Skills: Blueprint Reading, Precision Drilling, Countersinking, Part-fitting, Riveting

Northrop Grumman

Manager General Manufacturing 1

Palmdale, California, United States · On-site

$100k–$150k/yr

Senior

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities …

Skills: Aerospace Coatings, Manufacturing Management, Surface Preparation, Low Observable Coatings, Production Planning

Northrop Grumman

Staff Aeronautical Engineer - Hydraulics Responsible Engineer

Palmdale, California, United States · On-site

$177k–$266k/yr

Senior+

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opport…

Skills: Hydraulic Systems Design, System Analysis, Supplier Management, CATIA V5, Siemens AMESIM

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Inc.

Sr Principal Project Management

Palmdale, California, United States · On-site

$12k–$68k/yr

Senior

Skills: Project Management, Earned Value Management, Risk Management, Issue Management, Opportunity Management

Northrop Grumman

Structural Design Engineer/ Principal Structural Design Engineer

Palmdale, California, United States · On-site

$75k–$171k/yr

Senior

Skills: Structural Design, CATIA, Teamcenter, Aerospace Engineering, MRB Dispositions

Northrop Grumman

Sr Principal Project Management

Palmdale, California, United States · On-site

$118k–$176k/yr

Senior+

Skills: Project Management, Earned Value Management, Risk Management, Stakeholder Management, Microsoft Office

Northrop Grumman

Software Engineering Manager 2

Palmdale, California, United States · On-site

$161k–$242k/yr

Senior+

Skills: Agile Framework, C++, Python, CI/CD, Software Architecture

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Inc.

Aircraft Structures Military and Veterans Encouraged to Apply

Palmdale, California, United States · On-site

$56k–$111k/yr

Senior

Skills: Blueprint Reading, Precision Drilling, Countersinking, Part-fitting, Riveting

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Inc.

Software Engineering Manager 2

Palmdale, California, United States · On-site

$161k–$242k/yr

Senior+

Skills: Agile Framework, C++, Python, CI/CD, Software Architecture

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Inc.

Structural Design Engineer/ Principal Structural Design Engineer

Palmdale, California, United States · On-site

$75k–$171k/yr

Senior

Skills: Aerospace Structural Design, CATIA, Teamcenter, MRB Dispositions, Composite Structural Design

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Inc.

Staff Aeronautical Engineer - Hydraulics Responsible Engineer

Palmdale, California, United States · On-site

$177k–$266k/yr

Senior+

Skills: Hydraulic Systems Design, System Analysis, Supplier Management, CATIA V5, Siemens AMESIM

Northrop Grumman

Aircraft Electrician Military and Veterans Encouraged to Apply

Palmdale, California, United States · On-site

$56k–$111k/yr

Senior

Skills: Electrical Assembly, Wire Harness Installation, Electrical Troubleshooting, Wiring Repair, Quality Control

Northrop Grumman

Aircraft Systems Mechanic Military and Veterans Encouraged to Apply

Palmdale, California, United States · On-site

$56k–$111k/yr

Senior

Skills: Blueprint Reading, Hydraulic Systems Assembly, Aircraft Maintenance, Malfunction Diagnosis, Rework and Repair

Northrop Grumman

Aircraft Painter Military and Veterans Encouraged to Apply

Palmdale, California, United States · On-site

$56k–$111k/yr

Senior

Skills: Aircraft Painting, Surface Preparation, Masking, Stripping, Paint Blending

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Inc.

Associate Project Management / Project Management

Palmdale, California, United States · On-site

$63k–$114k/yr

Mid level

Skills: Project Management, Microsoft Office Suite, Risk Assessment, Mitigation Strategies, Production Management

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Inc.

Aircraft Systems Mechanic Military and Veterans Encouraged to Apply

Palmdale, California, United States · On-site

$56k–$111k/yr

Senior

Skills: Blueprint Reading, Hydraulic Systems Assembly, Aircraft Maintenance, Malfunction Diagnosis, Rework And Repair

Servicon

Cleaner - 3rd Shift

Palmdale, California, United States · On-site

Entry level

Who We Are We are a family and women-owned local company with over 50 years of experience in environmental solutions, specializing in infection prevention for complex facilities. Our responsiveness allows us to quickly m…

Skills: Cleaning, Sanitizing, Waste Management, Vacuuming, Dusting

Description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Aeronautical Engineer or Principal Aeronautical Engineer to join the team of qualified individuals. Position is located in Palmdale, CA.

Join a team delivering integrated HW/SW aerospace capabilities that directly impact mission readiness and system performance. You’ll work in a fast-paced, Agile environment where your engineering decisions shape requirements, architecture, and how systems are verified in the lab and in integration. This role offers broad exposure across systems, software, and specialty engineering while driving solutions from concept through test and fielding.

Key Responsibilities:

Apply engineering principles to investigate, analyze, plan, design, test, and evaluate systems

Perform trade studies, engineering and technical analyses, reports, change proposals, and other technical documentation

Actively participate in the efforts associated with Agile development, including release planning, sprint planning, scrum and retrospective.

Work in an integrated team environment with other systems, software (SW), and specialty engineers to develop solutions.

Prepare technical presentations for management and stakeholders and communicate clearly and effectively the technical approaches and findings

Review Test Plans and Procedures for requirements verification and support system integration and test of complex systems. This includes evaluating integration and test anomalies and assisting disposition and correction of issues

Address interface and functionality problems between SW components and/or hardware (HW)

Work with the SW and infrastructure teams to correct or improve capabilities

Develop requirements for the subsystem and SRS/HRS specifications through use of MBSE tools & DOORS

Develop architecture and designs of complex HW and SW systems, including requirements traceability and implementation assessment

Contribute to an implementation that includes the ability to analyze high-level needs and define a structured and logical approach to refine the capability into an integrated set of requirements that led to a fielded product.

Support the development and review of interface documents (ICDs), requirements, Verification Cross Reference Matrix (VCRM), architectural documentation, system engineering estimates, and author and perform formal and informal engineering reviews.

The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility. There is no remote / hybrid / telework available for this position. Travel up to 25% may be required.

We offer flexible work arrangements, 4/10 work schedule with every Friday off, phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly team environment. We are looking for self-motivated, proactive, and goal-oriented people to help us grow our services and become even better at what we do.

Basic Qualifications for Level 2:

Must have a Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM discipline AND 2 years of related professional/military experience, OR a Master's degree AND 0 years of related professional/military experience.

Basic Qualifications for Level 3:

Must have a Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM discipline AND 5 years of related professional/military experience, OR a Master's degree AND 3 years of related professional/military experience, OR a Ph.D. AND 1 year of related professional/military experience.

Basic Qualifications for Both Level 2 and 3:

Must have an active US Government Top Secret clearance with SCI (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).

Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.

Note: SAP/PAR will be upgraded once selected candidate is in role. Therefore, candidate must also be able to obtain and maintain upgraded SAP/PAR.)

Experience in DOORS

Experience working with Systems and Specialty engineers to develop solutions that include a background in all systems development life cycle aspects.

Experience in one or more of the following system engineering knowledge areas: technical planning, requirements derivation, functional analysis, timeline analysis, trade studies, cost and risk analysis, interface definition, system design, system integration, verification and validation, supportability, and effectiveness analyses for total systems.

Experience developing system engineering artifacts (e.g., specifications, Interface Control Documents, Use Cases, System Architecture Descriptions, Trade Studies, Design Packages, etc.).

Experience with requirements development: decomposing requirements from parent-level to lower system/subsystem-level requirements (e.g. system/SW architecture, HW/SW design), reviewing/developing, HW/SW verification and validation

Preferred Qualifications:

Active DoD Top Secret clearance SCI

Current applicable Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.

Security+ certification

Experience with Ansible Engines

Experience with IBM Rational tool suite (DOORS and ClearQuest)

Experience with Atlassian tool suite (JIRA, Git, Confluence)

Experience using SW test automation tools/frameworks

Experience with Java, C++, or Python

Experience working within an Agile development environment

Experience with MBSE, Architecture development, system design and analysis, and development of metrics

Experience as a Product Owner

Experience with SW products running in a virtual environment (e.g. VMware, Openshift, Kubernetes)

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Government & Public Sector Jobs in Palmdale, CA (Now Hiring) — 303 open — Page 10

Aeronautical Engineer/Principal Aeronautical Engineer​

Engineering Integration & Execution (EI&E) Director 1 –Test & Evaluation

Engineering Integration & Execution (EI&E) Director 1 –Test & Evaluation

Aircraft Structures Military and Veterans Encouraged to Apply

Manager General Manufacturing 1

Staff Aeronautical Engineer - Hydraulics Responsible Engineer

Sr Principal Project Management

Structural Design Engineer/ Principal Structural Design Engineer

Sr Principal Project Management

Software Engineering Manager 2

Aircraft Structures Military and Veterans Encouraged to Apply

Software Engineering Manager 2

Structural Design Engineer/ Principal Structural Design Engineer

Staff Aeronautical Engineer - Hydraulics Responsible Engineer

Aircraft Electrician Military and Veterans Encouraged to Apply

Aircraft Systems Mechanic Military and Veterans Encouraged to Apply

Aircraft Painter Military and Veterans Encouraged to Apply

Associate Project Management / Project Management

Aircraft Systems Mechanic Military and Veterans Encouraged to Apply

Cleaner - 3rd Shift

Aeronautical Engineer/Principal Aeronautical Engineer​

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