RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available CLEARANCE TYPE: None TRAVEL: No **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 projects and programs that impact people’s lives around the world today, and for generations to come. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to improve the present, invent the future, and have a lot of fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an endless drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they’re making history. On-Orbit Operations is a unique career path that offers an early career engineering to learn about all aspects of a space mission, including satellite subsystems, payloads, and Mission Extension Vehicles 1 and 2 (MEV-1 / MEV-2 ) deliver on-orbit life extension services for commercial geosynchronous communications customers on an ongoing basis. Northrop Grumman’s Tactical Space Systems Division provides 7x24 command/control, mission planning, flight dynamics, and sustaining engineering support for the existing MEVs, and for future Space Logistics missions. We are currently looking to fill a night shift position on our operations team, and are able to train the right person to fill the role and accomplish the following duties: + Real-time spacecraft command & control (i.e. execution of nominal and contingency operations procedures) + Telemetry monitoring + Absolute Time Sequence generation + First line anomaly response to troubleshoot satellite, ground, or command/control software issues + Follow established processes for spacecraft commanding, activity reporting, and command authorization. + Mission Extension Vehicles are designed to undock/dock multiple times throughout their lifetimes. As such, the operations team supports all aspects of the mission including Rendezvous, Proximity Operations and Docking (RPOD), to undocking and drift, to nominal operation of the Combined Vehicle Stack once MEV has berthed with its client. + The operations team also support the launch, early orbit, in-orbit testing, and orbit raising of new Space Logistics vehicles as they enter the fleet. + May require travel ~ 10% of the time for support of customer or backup mission operations center. **Basic** **Qualifications:** **A candidate, regardless of age and hiring source, must meet ALL of the below criteria. The candidate must:** + Be completing or has completed their degree (Bachelor’s or Master's) from an accredited institution. + Be majoring in or having majored in STEM degree + Basic scripting experience (e.g. PERL, STOL, Python) + Ability to work weekends and holidays + Ability to support night shift + Be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite) **Preferred** **Qualifications:** • Have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.7/4.0 or higher • Prior experience conducting on-orbit mission operations • Existing TS/SCI U.S. Government Security Clearance Associate Spacecraft Operations Salary Range + $67,400 - $101,000 Campusjobs The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity 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 and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.