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

Relocation assistance may be available. Requires an active Top-Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance at start. Travel: 10% of the time.

About the role

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage, and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity, and bringing your whole self to work.

As a Flight Director – Level 3 or Level 4 located in Colorado Springs, CO, you’ll be a linchpin in missions of paramount importance, defining the art of the possible from day one. This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work.

Responsibilities

• Lead a diverse team of operators
• Provide 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
• Conduct testing using simulators and resolve discrepancies
• Develop and test command procedures, telemetry pages, and other products derived from vendor-provided documentation
• Develop test procedures and execute system-level, end-to-end tests with the spacecraft
• Support mission readiness activities including mission rehearsals, mission timeline development, and post-launch test development
• Monitor vehicle state of health across all subsystems
• Perform short and long-term telemetry trending
• Track space vehicle configuration, including hardware, software, and configurable item parameters
• Support anomaly resolution efforts
• Modify existing operations procedures to incorporate lessons learned from in-flight performance and develop new procedures as required
• Provide status reporting through both functional and program reporting branches
• Support multiple programs
• Maintain standards associated with the established Integrated/Developmental Operations functional group processes
• Provide mentoring and guidance to the mission operations team
• Support internal and external customer meetings through proficient verbal and documented (MS PowerPoint, MS Word, MS Excel) communications
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

Level 3

• 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. Will consider an additional 4+ years of experience in lieu of degree
• 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

Level 4

• Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of professional experience – OR – Master’s degree with 6 years of professional experience – OR – PhD with 4 years of professional experience. Will consider an additional 4+ years of experience in lieu of degree
• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• Support of readiness activities including 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 programs for operators

Pay

Primary Level (Level 3) Salary Range: $94,200.00 - $141,200.00

Secondary Level (Level 4) Salary Range: $117,500.00 - $176,300.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills, and current market conditions. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.

Benefits

Northrop Grumman offers a comprehensive Total Rewards and benefits package designed to help you thrive at work and in life, including:

• Health insurance coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Savings plan
• Company-paid holidays
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business

Schedule

Willingness and ability to support a 24/7 environment while working day/night 12hr shifts.