Flight Controller (Spacecraft Operations)- TS/SCI Clearance (Space/Satellite Systems)
Northrop Grumman
- Colorado Springs, CO
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Provide mission operations support to Satellite programs including flight control.
- Support system maintenance activities such as procedure updates, architecture upkeep, and formal program milestones.
- Work with systems engineers to conduct anomaly review board investigations as necessary.
- Conduct testing using simulators and resolve discrepancies.
- Develop and test command procedures, telemetry pages, and other products derived from vendor provided documentation
- Support operations readiness activities including configuration control board and other customer meetings
- Support operations, including shift work which will include 12 hour and night shifts
- Monitor vehicle state of health across all subsystems and perform short and long-term telemetry trending.
- Track space vehicle configuration, to include both hardware, software, and configurable item parameters.
- 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.
- 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 travel ~ 10% of the time for support of customer or backup mission operations center.
- Support a 24x7 environment which includes shift work
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related STEM discipline preferred (equivalent experience may be considered in lieu of a degree)
- 2 years (level 2) or 5 years l(evel 3) of relevant experience
- U.S. citizen
- Active or current TS/SCI U.S. Government Security Clearance required
- Ability to work within a group of diversified individuals with varying backgrounds to achieve mission success.
- Prior experience conducting on-orbit mission operations and resolving satellite and ground system anomalies.
- Experience writing technical documents for external customers
- Outstanding verbal and written communications skills, including ability to make persuasive presentations to external customers at milestone reviews
- Willing to work shifts within a 24x7 support environment
- Leadership experience within a diverse team of engineers/operators
- Ability to task and manage a group of diversified individuals with varying backgrounds to achieve mission success.
- Experience working on government systems and/or government process environment
- Experience with at least one S/C Subsystem (ADCS, CDH, COMM, EPDS, Thermal, FSW).
- Experience in ground system update and/or maintenance
- Experience operating Tactical Space Systems bus product lines is strongly desired.
- Experience using Tactical Space Systems ground software products is strongly desired.