Description

Expand your horizons, advance your career, and contribute to a secure future for generations. Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector invites you to bring your pioneering spirit to our collaborative teams. As a Staff Operations & Training Deputy IPT located in Colorado Springs, CO or Chantilly, VA, you’ll be a linchpin in missions of paramount importance, defining the art of the possible from day one.

This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work.

This position has the opportunity to work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off, depending on program needs.

Job responsibilities could include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Managing multiple teams and ensuring goal setting and tasks are in-line with IPT vision

• Resolving blockers and personnel issues

• Ensuring resource allocations are sufficient for tasking and identifying areas for efficiency or enhancement

• Setting and maintaining high team morale across the IPT

• Working with customer representatives to address concerns and facilitate conversations on topics of interest

• Oversee special projects and upgrade efforts for the teams

• Formalize and enforce process structure and ensure work scope is bound within SOW to prevent scope growth

• Identify areas for business growth and cultivate a strong working relationship with teams and customers

This position is contingent upon the candidate obtaining final clearances and program access(es) within a reasonable period of time as determined by the company.

Basic Qualifications for Level 5:

• Bachelor’s degree with 12 years of professional experience - OR - Master’s degree with 10 years of professional experience - OR - PhD with 7 years of professional experience.   Will consider an additional 4+ years of experience in lieu of a degree.

• Requires an active U.S. Government Top-Secret [TS] security clearance and Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) [TS/SCI] at time of application, current and within scope, with the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval/access within a reasonable amount of time [US citizenship required]

• Demonstrated leadership experience managing multiple teams

• Must have excellent communication skills and be capable of presenting technical concepts to a diverse group of engineers.

• Experience working with geographically dispersed teams

• Experience with Spacecraft Operations

Preferred Qualifications:  

• Experience with developing and providing training related to on-orbit spacecraft operations

• Experience with on-orbit spacecraft anomaly resolution and root cause corrective actions investigations

• Past military service experience, preferably in Space Force or Air Force

• Experience with spacecraft-related training programs

• Expertise in technical disciplines such as orbital propagation and perturbations, orbit estimation, orbital maneuvers, modeling, simulation, and analysis

• Familiarity with astrodynamics tools, including FreeFlyer, System Tool Kit (STK), NASA General Mission Analysis Tool (GMAT), and Orbit Determination Toolbox (ODTBX)

• Advanced Orbital Mechanics knowledge and experience

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