Flight Controller (Spacecraft Operations)-Top Secret Clearance - Northrop Grumman (DoD SkillBridge)

DoD SkillBridge Eligibility:

•     Has served at least 180 days on active duty
•     Is within 12 months of separation or retirement
•     Will receive an honorable discharge
•     Has taken any service TAPS/TGPS
•     Has attended or participated in an ethics brief within the last 12 months
• Received Unit Commander (first O-4/Field Grade commander in chain of command) written authorization and approval to participate in DoD SkillBridge Program prior to start of internship

Essential Functions:

This position is for a SkillBridge role in Colorado Springs, CO (100% on site).  The successful candidate will be expected to:

• Provide mission operations support to Satellite programs including flight control.
• Support system maintenance activities such as procedure updates, architecture upkeep, and formal program milestones. 
• Work with systems engineers to conduct anomaly review board investigations as necessary. 
• Conduct testing using simulators and resolve discrepancies.
• Develop and test command procedures, telemetry pages, and other products derived from vendor provided documentation
• Support operations readiness activities including configuration control board and other customer meetings
• Support operations, including shift work which will include 12 hour and night shifts
• Monitor vehicle state of health across all subsystems and perform short and long-term telemetry trending. 
• Track space vehicle configuration, to include both hardware, software, and configurable item parameters. 
• Make modifications to existing operations procedures to incorporate lessons learned from in-flight performance.  Develop new procedures as required. 
• ·Provide status reporting through both the functional and program reporting branches.
• Maintain standards associated with the established Integrated/Developmental Operations functional group processes.
• Support internal and external customer meetings through proficient verbal and documented (MS PowerPoint, MS Word, MS Excel) communications.
• May require travel ~ 10% of the time for support of customer or backup mission operations center. 

*This position will require shift work including swing or night shift, and/or 12-hr shifts

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field (equivalent experience may be considered in lieu of a degree)
• 2 years of relevant experience
• U.S. citizen
• Top Secret clearance with the ability to obtain SCI required at time of application
• SkillBridge eligible
• Ability to work within a group of diversified individuals with varying backgrounds to achieve mission success
• Outstanding verbal and written communications skills, including ability to make persuasive presentations to external customers at milestone review
• Willingness and ability to support a 24/7 environment while working day/night 12hr shifts

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience conducting on-orbit mission operations and resolving satellite and ground system anomalies highly preferred
• Experience writing technical documents for external customers
• Leadership experience within a diverse team of engineers/operators
• Ability to task and manage a group of diversified individuals with varying backgrounds to achieve mission success.
• Experience working on government systems and/or government process environment
• Experience with at least one S/C Subsystem (ADCS, CDH, COMM, EPDS, Thermal, FSW).
• Experience in ground system update and/or maintenance
• Experience operating Tactical Space Systems bus product lines is strongly desired.
• Experience using Tactical Space Systems ground software products is strongly desired.