Job Description

Description

Embark on a career putting innovative, reliable, and agile products and ideas into orbit, and beyond. Northrop Grumman has opportunities waiting for you that play a vital role in human space exploration, national defense, and scientific discovery, supporting multiple programs across the universe. With us, you rsquo;ll discover a culture of curiosity and collaboration that will have you Defining Possible from the day you start. Our space systems connect and protect millions of people on earth every day, now and for the future. Explore your future and launch your career today.

The Northrop Grumman Space Operations amp; Maintenance/Sustaining Engineering group is responsible for ensuring that all operations procedures, technical documentation, training products and flight operations personnel are ready to support on-orbit spacecraft operations. O amp;M/SE also manages all on-orbit anomaly investigations, tech refresh activities, and technical information exchanges with our customers. The team supports on-orbit earth/space science missions and is expanding into further mission types. The successful candidate:

* Works with a Mission Operations Lead and Program Management to update, review, and validate mission operations procedures in support of on-orbit programs.
* Works with a Mission Operations Lead to update and review mission operations documentation to be used internally as well as delivered to the customer.
* Works with a Mission Operations Lead to develop, update, and review training material to be both used internally as well as delivered to the customer.
* Leads Anomaly Review Boards and works with the Mission Operations Lead to push investigations to closure.
* Coordinates with subsystems engineers to obtain technical inputs for operations documentation amp; procedures and anomaly actions

Qualification

This position may be filled at higher graded based on the qualifications listed below.

Basic Qualifications - Principal Mission Operations Development Engineer: Bachelor 39;s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Astronautical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent field and at least 5 years rsquo; experience with system and/or hardware design and analysis, or Master 39;s degree Aerospace Engineering, Astronautical Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent field and at least 3 years rsquo; experience with system and/or hardware design and analysis; or a PhD in Aerospace Engineering, Astronautical Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent field

Basic Qualification - Sr. Principal Mission Operations Development Engineer: Bachelor 39;s degree Aerospace Engineering, Astronautical Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent field and at least 9 years rsquo; experience with system and/or hardware design and analysis, or Master 39;s degree Aerospace Engineering, Astronautical Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent field and at least 7 years rsquo; experience with system and/or hardware design and analysis; or a PhD Aerospace Engineering, Astronautical Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent field and at least 4 years rsquo; experience with systems and/or hardware design and analysis.

Basic Qualifications (continued)

* Previous experience in satellite systems engineering is required
* Ability to work periodic nights/weekends/holidays in support of on-orbit operations anomalies is required
* US Citizenship is required

Preferred Qualifications:

* Ability to obtain DoD security clearance is preferred, but not required
* Experience with LEOStar-3 satellite systems engineering
* Experience with the ICESat-2 Satellite
* Ability to read and interpret scripted languages (e.g. PERL, Python, STOL) is preferred, but not required
* Previous experience with spacecraft mission planning is preferred, but not required
* Previous experience performing operations procedure development or update is preferred but not required
* Previous experience developing cost amp; schedule estimates is preferred, but not required
* Experience with satellite ground systems