Flight Controller (Spacecraft Operations)-Top Secret Clearance - Northrop Grumman (DoD SkillBridge)
Job Overview
Employment Type
Internship
Full-time
Compensation
Type:
Salary
Rate:
Range $73,000.00 - $100,000.00
Work Schedule
Rotating Shifts
Day Shifts
Night Shifts
Benefits
Medical insurance
Dental Insurance
vision coverage
401k
educational assistance
Life insurance
Employee assistance program
Paid Time Off
Health and wellness resources
Employee Discounts
Job Description
Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company with a rich history of pioneering technological advances that impact lives worldwide and have shaped history from the first transatlantic flight to the moon landing. As a major player in the aerospace and defense sectors, Northrop Grumman is dedicated to innovation and excellence, fostering a culture that values intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity, and inclusion. The company supports its employees in bringing their whole selves to work and is driven by a commitment to pushing boundaries and achieving the impossible. With a workforce of approximately 90,000 employees, including about a quarter who identify... Show More
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field or equivalent experience
- Two years of relevant experience
- U.S. citizenship
- Top Secret clearance with ability to obtain SCI at time of application
- SkillBridge eligibility
- Ability to work within a group of diverse individuals
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
- Willingness and ability to support 24/7 environment including 12-hour day/night shifts
Job Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field or equivalent experience
- Two years of relevant experience
- U.S. citizen
- Top Secret clearance with ability to obtain SCI
- SkillBridge eligible
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work effectively within diverse teams
- Willingness to support 24/7 environment with day/night 12-hour shifts
- Prior experience with on-orbit mission operations preferred
- Experience writing technical documents preferred
- Leadership experience preferred
- Ability to manage diverse teams preferred
- Experience with government systems or processes preferred
- Experience with at least one space subsystem (ADCS, CDH, COMM, EPDS, Thermal, FSW) preferred
- Experience in ground system updates or maintenance preferred
- Experience with Tactical Space Systems products desired
Job Duties
- 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, including hardware, software, and configurable item parameters
- Modify existing operations procedures based on lessons learned from in-flight performance
- Develop new procedures as required
- Provide status reporting through functional and program reporting branches
- Maintain standards associated with Integrated/Developmental Operations functional group processes
- Support internal and external customer meetings through proficient verbal and documented communications
- Travel approximately 10% of the time to support customer or backup mission operations center
Job Qualifications
Experience
Entry Level (1-2 years)
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