Sr Principal Satellite Systems Engineer: Spacecraft Operations

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 (NGSP) is seeking an experienced Satellite Systems/Spacecraft Operations Engineer in the Payload and Ground Systems Division Engineering organization supporting our Integrated National Systems (INS) Business Unit (BU) to support a program out of our Huntsville, Alabama office. The selected candidate must be able to travel to Redondo Beach, CA for training. What You’ll get to Do: Responsible for the team’s day to day tasks and progress. 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. This position will be located at our Redstone Arsenal - Huntsville, Alabama location. This position requires being onsite and does not support remote or hybrid work.