Job Security - Principal Software Engineer Northrop Grumman Employee Review

3.0
Mar 5, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

They do an excellent job with relocating you internally if a contract falls through instead of just letting you go

Cons

Very difficult to promote pass a level 2. You could be outperforming your job title but if you're 1 year short of their "minimum years" requirement, you wont get promoted. Their total pay range is dishonest. If the range is 100k-200k, you will never see the 200k. They will put you below 150k to start, make it difficult to get to the mid point, and then give you a lower raise to keep you as close to the mid point as possible.

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5.0
Jul 9, 2026
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Pros

Work life balance is great

Cons

Slow paced environment, lots of waiting

3.0
Jul 7, 2026
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Pros

The people you work for directly are wonderful professionals. They listen and truly work together as a team, sharing their ideas and critiques freely and fairly. Even the managers, leads and program mangers are the best I have worked with in a while.

Cons

The Csuite are not as inventive and very risk averse. They cry about needing to keep talent and keep the knowledge base from being lost. But when a program gets canceled or stop work, if you arent at one of their main work sites like in Dulles or Gilbert, you are out of luck now with their push of no "remote" work. And by remote that means not at whatever site the managers are at. And it isnt the managers choice either as the corporate pushes them to deny "remote" or make their lives miserable if they try to keep current employees that could fill the role at other offices.

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