Principal/Sr Principal Operational Ground Controller
Company: Northrop Grumman
Location: Aurora
Posted on: January 19, 2023
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Job Description:
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 - from the first
flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on
the moon. 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 - and we
have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our
employees are not only part of history, they're making history.
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 - from the first
flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on
the moon. 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 - and we
have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our
employees are not only part of history, they're making history.
The Payload and Ground Systems organization within the Northrop
Grumman Space Systems pushes the boundaries of innovation,
redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various
sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills,
innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain
optimized product lines across the sector while providing a
decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our
mission.
Northrop Grumman is seeking a Principal/Sr. Principal Operations
Ground Controller to support our team in Aurora, CO. This position
is for a full-time technical role. The candidate will provide
mission operations and ground system support. They will work with
operational team members and system engineers to maintain and
update operational documentation. This is a 2nd shift position
(6pm-2am MST, Mon-Fri) and could include weekends and holidays.
The successful candidate will be expected to:
--- Act as a ground systems engineer in support of the program
particularly with respect to ongoing Tech Refresh efforts.
--- Support update of Test Plans and Test Procedures for any new
features or updates to the ground system
--- Interface with ground system subcontractor in support of the
rolling tech refresh effort
--- Provide mission operations support to the program including
flight control and mission planning.
--- 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
--- 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 requisition may be filled at a higher job grade based on the
qualifications listed below.
This requisition may be filled as either a Principal or a Sr.
Principal Operational Ground Controller.
Basic Qualifications for a Principal Operational Ground
Controller:
Salary Range 2: $109,100 USD - $163,700 USD
Employees may be eligible for 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. In addition, Northrop Grumman
provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage,
life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays
and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top
priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on
their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be
required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved
disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future
court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed
federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042
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Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse
workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative
Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color,
religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital
status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any
other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency
statement, please visit . U.S. Citizenship is required for most
positions.
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