Sr. Principal Systems Operations Engineer

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, a division within Northrop Grumman’s Space Systems Sector is known for pushing the boundaries of innovation, redefining engineering capabilities, and driving advances in various sciences through cutting-edge technology. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, and 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 Sr. Principal Systems Operations Engineer to join our team supporting our RUSHMORE program. This position would be based in the Aurora, Colorado area at Buckley Space Force Base. This role performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation, and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications. Job responsibilities will include, but not be limited to, the following: • Development of products and CONOPs for the 24x7 operation of a mission-critical system • Troubleshooting of real-world operations issues • Trending of operational data and simulation of products and CONOPs prior to transition to operations • Returning systems to an operational state, ensuring the health and safety of the systems while maximizing mission availability • Review or develop standard operating procedures that are executed real-time on the operational system for standard events and anomaly recoveries • Report project status as required for all recurring and non-recurring efforts. • Work under minimal direction and independently determine and develop an approach to solution. • Create/update agile stories to document work planned and accomplished • Performs technical analysis of integrated system, prepare comprehensive system level evaluations to include new capability and continuous regression checkout • Generate/respond to comprehensive discrepancy reports; continuous follow-up coordination with developers to solve complex problems associated with real-time processing software • Work with team on coordinating and managing SW and proc installs • Conduct review board meetings • Facilitate meetings and coordinate with various integration teams from factory. This position requires being onsite and does not support remote or hybrid work.