Manager Spacecraft Operations 1 full_time

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% 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 Payload and Ground Systems organization within the Northrop Grumman Space Systems pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Manager Engineer of Satellite Systems Operations at Grand Forks AFB, Grand Forks, ND. This role consists of 2 parts: approximately 10% functional management and approximately 90% direct charge program.  The functional role includes all aspects of staff management, including recruiting, hiring, onboarding, training, coaching/mentoring, career development, performance management, compensation management, and separation of assigned employees.

The selected candidate must have the ability to travel to Redondo Beach, CA for training.

What you’ll get to do:

• Provide mission operations support to a constellation of satellites.
• Monitor health and status of each spacecraft in the constellation and perform short and long-term telemetry trending.
• Work with systems and software engineers to conduct anomaly review board investigations as necessary.
• Make modifications to existing operations procedures to incorporate lessons learned from in-flight performance.  Develop new procedures as required.
• Support system maintenance activities such as procedure updates and software updates.
• Conduct testing using simulators and work with a diverse group of engineers to debug on-orbit and ground issues.
• Track space vehicle configuration, including both hardware and software.
• Collaborate with mission planners to enable manual and automated mission planning during different phases of operations.
• Support constellation-level operations, including shift work which will involve 12-hour and night shifts.
• Prioritize tasks for yourself and your teammates and take the lead on resolving issues
• Coordinate operations with teams located in multiple sites

Basic Qualifications:

• BS in STEM with 5+ years of related experience, MS with 3+ years of related experience, PhD with 0+ years of related experience, or 9+ years of space systems engineering experience/satellite operations experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree
• Secret level clearance at time of application.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work in a team environment.
• Strong problem-solving skills, including the ability to collaborate with external partners to determine the root cause of spacecraft and ground system anomalies.
• Ability to make difficult decisions in high pressure environments.
• Willingness and ability to support a 24/7 environment with shift work.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience conducting on-orbit mission operations and resolving satellite and ground system anomalies.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot software systems.
• Experience with at least one spacecraft subsystem (ADCS, TT&C, Comms, EPS, Thermal, FSW).
• Experience in satellite ground system maintenance.
• Experience in ground systems hardware and software administration
• Ability to obtain a Top Secret level clearance

Salary Range: $112,200.00 – $168,200.00

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.

Employees may be eligible for 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 committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA 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.