Flight Director Level 3/4 - Spacecraft Operations - Colorado Springs

Northrop Grumman•Colorado Springs, CO

3d•$94,200 - $176,300•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman's Space Sector is seeking a Flight Director – Level 3 or Level 4 to join their collaborative teams in Colorado Springs, CO. This position is 100% onsite and requires a pioneering spirit to contribute to missions of paramount importance. The role involves defining the art of the possible from day one, leading diverse teams, and providing critical mission operations support to NGSS Satellite programs. Employees at Northrop Grumman have opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives and contribute to technological advancements. The company culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity, and a drive to achieve the seemingly impossible.

Requirements

Requires an active Top-Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance at time of application
Ability to work within, task, and manage a group of diversified individuals with varying backgrounds to achieve mission success.
Experience conducting on-orbit mission operations and resolving satellite and ground system anomalies
Experience with at least one S/C Subsystem (ADCS, CDH, COMM, EPDS, Thermal, FSW).
Experience in ground system update and/or maintenance
Willingness and ability to support a 24/7 environment while working day/night 12hr shifts

Nice To Haves

Support of readiness activities to include; Mission Readiness Tests (MRTs), Mission Rehearsals (MRs), Day In The Life (DITL) and daily operations testing.
Experience with Rendezvous and Proximity Operations (RPOD) systems
Experience working on government systems and/or government process environment
Prior experience with virtualized deployment of LINUX based ground control software onto a ground system infrastructure
Experience with MAESTRO or RAPTOR command and control software
Familiarity with setting up and creating training and certification program for operators

Responsibilities

Leading a diverse team of operators
Providing mission operations support to NGSS Satellite programs.
Work with systems engineers to develop operational documentation for use during on-orbit checkout and commissioning of satellites.
Conducting testing using simulators and resolving discrepancies.
Developing and test command procedures, telemetry pages, and other products derived from vendor provided documentation
Developing test procedures and test execution for system level, end-to-end tests with the spacecraft.
Supporting mission readiness activities including mission rehearsals, mission timeline development, and post launch test development.
Monitoring vehicle state of health across all subsystems.
Performing short and long-term telemetry trending.
Tracking space vehicle configuration, to include both hardware, software, and configurable item parameters.
Supporting anomaly resolution efforts.
Making modifications to existing operations procedures to incorporate lessons learned from in-flight performance. Develop new procedures as required.
Providing status reporting through both the functional and program reporting branches.
Providing support to multiple programs.
Maintaining standards associated with the established Integrated/Developmental Operations functional group processes.
Providing mentoring and guidance to the mission operations team.
Supporting internal and external customer meetings through proficient verbal and documented (MS PowerPoint, MS Word, MS Excel) communications.
Other duties as assigned