On-Orbit Mission Planning Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Northrop Grumman in Colorado Springs seeks an On-Orbit Execution & Planning Engineer (Level 3/4) to join the onsite team. You will collaborate with government customers and operators to plan, deconflict, and execute mission steps for space assets, focusing on dynamic satellite operations and risk reduction.

Ideal candidates hold an active SCI clearance and have hands-on experience with rendezvous and proximity operations.

Qualifications

• Active Top-Secret/SCI clearance at time of application.
• Understanding of rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO).
• Experience operating satellite systems in a dynamic environment.
• Ability to perform system-of-system trades and modeling.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical solutions to enable mission execution planning against priorities.
• Contribute to design, planning, and execution of risk reduction activities with customers.
• Support end-user community activities and on-orbit readiness reviews.
• Model and simulate risk reduction activities and generate reports.
• Collaborate with On-Orbit Test Team, SE&I IPT lead and operations teams.

Skills

RPO knowledge

Space systems operations

Dynamic satellite trajectories

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree with 5 years of professional experience

Tools

STK

Freeflyer

Python

STOL

Job description

Northrop Grumman in Colorado Springs seeks an On-Orbit Execution & Planning Engineer (Level 3/4) to join the onsite team. You will collaborate with government customers and operators to plan, deconflict, and execute mission steps for space assets, focusing on dynamic satellite operations and risk reduction.

Ideal candidates hold an active SCI clearance and have hands-on experience with rendezvous and proximity operations.