Sr. Principal Operations Staff Engineer (Alice Springs, AU)

Strategic Space Systems Division (SSSD) is an industry-leading provider for launch systems capabilities serving national security, military, civil and commercial customers. We are built on a heritage of providing innovative, affordable and reliable aerospace and defense products that our customers rely on to achieve mission success. Join the Space revolution and make the impossible, possible.

Northrop Grumman, Strategic Space Systems Division, is seeking an Sr. Principal Operations Staff Engineer looking to work as a member of an Operations and Maintenance (O&M) crew on a rotating 12-hr shift schedule at a field site located in Alice Springs, AU.

The Operations Crew Department is seeking an engineer who will be responsible for the following:

• Monitoring system and subsystem operation and performance and preparing periodic status reports

• Investigating and responding to all indications of anomalous system performance

• Assisting in the preparation and review of standard operations procedures and system redundancy management documentation

• Supporting system reconfiguration and mode changes

• Supporting special system operations of a non-routine nature

• Monitoring several real-time systems and implementing procedures required for control and status of these systems in response to anomalous behavior

• Monitoring equipment health and status to ensure the highest possible level of mission readiness

• Continuous core skill improvement training

• Follow-on advanced operator training

• System performance improvement tasks involving Perl programming and standard operating procedure modifications

The successful candidate will be trained with the necessary skills and knowledge required for system operations. Upon certification, the operator will continue to develop operational skills, knowledge and problem solving experience for greater technical responsibilities or leadership opportunities with the operations organization.

• An initial 2-year tour commitment is required.

• The successful candidate must pass a comprehensive physical and psychological examination prior to beginning this assignment.

A comprehensive overseas compensation package is offered with this position including relocation.

Basic Qualifications for a level 4: 

• Bachelor of Science Degree in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline plus 9 years of relevant technical experience OR Master of Science Degree in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline plus 7 years of relevant technical experience

• Proven leadership experience on a project and/or team

• Experience executing standard operating procedures to provide mission support during command and control of real-time operations systems

• Willingness to complete a two year overseas tour commitment

• Active DoD Top Secret Clearance plus SCI Access is required

• Willingness to complete a comprehensive physical and psychological examination and security/polygraph screening prior to beginning the assignment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior operations and/or systems engineering experience

• Experience working in a geographically diverse team and matrix organization

• Previously completed counterintelligence (CI) polygraph examination.

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