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 Space Systems is seeking a Principal Engineer Satellite Systems at Grand Forks AFB, Grand Forks, ND

The selected candidate must have the ability to travel to Redondo Beach, CA for training.

What you’ll get to do:

• Systems administration as needed.
• Provide mission operations support to a constellation of satellites.
• Monitor health and status of each spacecraft in the constellation and perform short and long-term telemetry trending.
• Work with systems and software engineers to conduct anomaly review board investigations as necessary.
• Make modifications to existing operations procedures to incorporate lessons learned from in-flight performance.  Develop new procedures as required.
• Support system maintenance activities such as procedure updates and software updates.
• Conduct testing using simulators and work with a diverse group of engineers to debug on-orbit and ground issues.
• Track space vehicle configuration, including both hardware and software.
• Collaborate with mission planners to enable manual and automated mission planning during different phases of operations.
• Support constellation-level operations, including shift work which will involve 12-hour and night shifts.
• Prioritize tasks for yourself and your teammates and take the lead on resolving issues
• Coordinate operations with teams located in multiple sites

Basic Qualifications:

• BS in Aerospace, Aeronautical, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent and 5+ years of related experience, MS with 3+ years of related experience, PhD with 0+ years of related experience, or 9+ years of space systems engineering experience/satellite operations experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree
• Top Secret level clearance at time of application
• Possess Security+ certification
• Linux systems administration experience
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work in a team environment
• Strong problem-solving skills, including the ability to collaborate with external partners to determine the root cause of spacecraft and ground system anomalies
• Ability to make difficult decisions in high pressure environments
• Willingness and ability to support a 24/7 environment with shift work

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience conducting on-orbit mission operations and resolving satellite and ground system anomalies
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot software systems
• Experience with at least one spacecraft subsystem (ADCS, TT&C, Comms, EPS, Thermal, FSW)
• Experience in satellite ground system maintenance
• Experience in ground systems hardware and software administration