Senior Space Vehicle Engineer – Top Secret (Onsite)

Northrop Grumman; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 161,000 - 241,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid holidays

PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector in Colorado Springs, CO, seeks a Space Vehicle Engineer – Level 5 for mission-critical satellite operations. This 100% onsite role requires active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility and leads cross-functional engineering efforts from day one.

Responsibilities include supporting satellite programs, conducting anomaly investigations, updating procedures, and coordinating with customers. Expect shift work, potential 12-hour shifts, and ~10% travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 12+ years of relevant experience.
• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
• Space Vehicle Subsystem experience such as GNC, FSW, EPS, TT&C, Thermal, Mechanical.
• Ability to work in a diverse team to achieve mission success.

Responsibilities

• Provide mission operations support to Satellite programs including on orbit vehicle/sustaining engineering.
• Lead/Coordinate other systems engineers to conduct anomaly review board investigations as necessary.
• Investigate and diagnose unexpected system signatures and subsystems such as GNC, FSW, EPS.
• Develop and modify operations procedures incorporating lessons learned from in-flight performance.
• Provide 24x7 on-call support to lead resolution of system issues and anomalies.
• Support operations readiness activities including configuration control board and customer meetings.

Skills

Clearance handling

Operations engineering

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

MATLAB

Python

SIMULINK

Fortran

Java

C/C++

Job description

Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector in Colorado Springs, CO, seeks a Space Vehicle Engineer – Level 5 for mission-critical satellite operations. This 100% onsite role requires active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility and leads cross-functional engineering efforts from day one.

Responsibilities include supporting satellite programs, conducting anomaly investigations, updating procedures, and coordinating with customers. Expect shift work, potential 12-hour shifts, and ~10% travel as needed.