On-Orbit Mission Planner & Execution Engineer

Northrop Grumman; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 104,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman in Colorado Springs is seeking an On-Orbit Execution & Planning Engineer Level 3 or 4 to join our team onsite. You'll work with government customers and operators to develop plans that improve space mission effectiveness.

The role requires experience with satellite operations, RPO concepts, and modeling tools; ability to plan, deconflict, and execute risk-reduction activities; and a Top-Secret/SCI clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 5 years of professional experience or Master's degree with 3 years of professional experience or PhD with 1 year of professional experience
• Requires an active Top-Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance at time of application
• Basic understanding of rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO) and the design of dynamic satellite trajectories against constraints, restraints, and objectives
• Experience operating satellite systems in a dynamic environment

Responsibilities

• Provide technical solutions to enable the end state of the Mission Execution Planning Team against dynamic priorities and objectives in support of system effectiveness evaluations
• Contribute to design, planning, and execution of mission enabling risk reduction activities with customer and end user community
• Support the design, planning, and execution of activities within the end user community
• Support modeling and simulation of risk reduction activities with simulation capabilities and generate reports and assessments in support of on-orbit execution
• Contribute as a subject matter expert in space vehicle hardware configuration and trajectory flight safety in support of activity readiness reviews and recommendations
• Support assessments of systems effectiveness based on constellation design, space vehicle capability, ground system capability, and enterprise integrations
• Perform system-of-system trades, modeling, simulation and analysito assess space mission architecture alternatives for delivering a customer mission effect, data or capability as it fits within a broader campaign

Skills

RPO knowledge

Satellite operations

System safety

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

STK

Freeflyer

Python

STOL

Job description

Northrop Grumman in Colorado Springs is seeking an On-Orbit Execution & Planning Engineer Level 3 or 4 to join our team onsite. You'll work with government customers and operators to develop plans that improve space mission effectiveness.

The role requires experience with satellite operations, RPO concepts, and modeling tools; ability to plan, deconflict, and execute risk-reduction activities; and a Top-Secret/SCI clearance.