Automated Satellite Operations Engineer

6 days ago


Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States Northrop Grumman Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Mission Planning Cell Specialist to join our team at Northrop Grumman. As a key member of our engineering team, you will be responsible for driving the optimization of ground system utilization and providing technical leadership to ensure successful mission execution.

Key Responsibilities
  • Technical Leadership: Provide technical expertise to internal and external parties to ensure spacecraft/payload and ground system health, status, anomaly troubleshooting, and resolution within scope of contracts.
  • Mission Planning: Develop and execute mission plans, including RPO operations, On-Orbit Test, and mission execution, to ensure successful completion of missions.
  • Process Development: Drive process development, continuous improvement, and affordability initiatives to ensure efficient and effective mission execution.
  • Team Collaboration: Work closely with the Mission Planner Team to develop RPO Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures, and provide on-call support to rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO) missions.
Requirements
  • Education: Bachelor's degree in engineering or STEM-related field.
  • Experience: 14+ years of relevant experience in satellite operations engineering disciplines, including orbital mechanics, attitude control, power management, thermal control, propulsion, command and data handling, flight and ground software, and anomaly determination and resolution.
  • Clearance: Active or current TS/SCI clearance required at time of application/start.
  • Skills: Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to formally present technical solutions to senior leadership teams.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Leadership Experience: Experience directly managing or leading large engineering teams, with demonstrated team building, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
  • Technical Expertise: Proficiency with one or more of the following programming languages/tools: MATLAB, Python, SIMULINK, Fortran, Java, C/C++.
  • Astrodynamics Tools: Familiarity with a variety of astrodynamics tools, including FreeFlyer, System Tool Kit (STK), NASA General Mission Analysis Tool (GMAT), and Orbit Determination Toolbox (ODTBX).


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