Mission Operations Development Engineer - Top Secret Clearance (Space/Satellite Systems)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

The Integrated Operations Development group is looking for a Mission Operations Engineer to join a growing team.  This position is for a full-time technical role located on our Gilbert, AZ campus.  The successful candidate will be expected to:

• Provide mission operations support to NG Satellite programs. 
• Support system development activities such as requirements management, architecture development, integration and test and formal program milestones. 
• Work with systems engineers to develop operational documentation for use during on-orbit checkout and commissioning of satellites. 
• Conduct testing using simulators and resolve discrepancies. 
• Support the development and testing of procedures, scripts, telemetry pages, and other products derived from vendor provided documentation.
• Develop test procedures and test execution for system level, end-to-end tests with the spacecraft.
• Support mission readiness activities including mission rehearsals, mission timeline development, and post launch test development.
• Support launch, including shift work, for instrument and spacecraft checkout activities.
• Monitor vehicle state of health across all subsystems.
• Perform short and long-term telemetry trending. 
• Track space vehicle configuration, to include both hardware, software, and configurable item parameters. 
• Support anomaly resolution efforts. 
• Make modifications to existing operations procedures to incorporate lessons learned from in-flight performance.  Develop new procedures as required. 
• Provide status reporting through both the functional and program reporting branches.
• Provide support to multiple programs.
• Maintain standards associated with the established Integrated/Developmental Operations functional group processes.
• Support internal and external customer meetings through proficient verbal and documented (MS PowerPoint, MS Word, MS Excel) communications.
• May require shift work and travel ~ 20% of the time for simulation/rehearsal and launch support. 

This position can be filled as an Associate Engineer (level 1) or Engineer (level 2) depending on experience and qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related STEM discipline
• Minimum of 1 year of (level 1) or 2 years (level 2 of relevant) experience
• Active or current Top Secret clearance with the ability to obtain SCI at time of application
• U.S. citizen
• Experience with at least one S/C Subsystem (ADCS/GNC, command and data handling, communications, power, Thermal, flight software, orbital planning, and dynamics, etc.)
• System engineering experience or significant classwork in system engineering or system design
• Experience writing technical documents for internal or external customers
• Outstanding verbal and written communications skills, including ability to make persuasive presentations to external customers at milestone reviews
• Experience with scripting
• Experience with LabView and Simics

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to work within a group of diversified individuals with varying backgrounds to achieve mission success.
• Support of readiness activities to include Mission Readiness Tests (MRTs), Mission Rehearsals (MRs), Day In The Life (DITL) and daily operations testing.
• Experience with spacecraft launch campaigns
• Familiarity with training and certification programs for space system operators
• Experience working on government systems and/or government process environment
• Current Active Security Clearance (TS/SCI)
• Prior experience conducting on-orbit mission operations or resolving satellite/ground system anomalies
• Experience with PERL and Python scripting

Salary Range: $63,000.00 - $95,000.00Salary Range 2: $77,000.00 - $105,000.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.