Principal / Sr Principal Mission Planner

Company	Northrop Grumman
Location	Edwards AFB, CA, USA
Salary	$91200 – $170300
Type	Full-Time
Degrees	Bachelor’s, Master’s
Experience Level	Senior, Expert or higher

Requirements

Bachelor of Science Degree in Science, Technical, Engineering or Math (STEM)
A minimum of 5 years experience or 3 years with a Masters in STEM that includes military/professional experience with a background in Navigator/Mission Planner/support to flying operations, flight test, and/or flight training
Demonstrated experience with mission planning, execution, and debriefing
Requires ability to work any shift
Must have an active DoD Secret clearance (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into continuous evaluation)
Bachelor of Science Degree in Science, Technical, Engineering or Math (STEM)
A minimum of 8 years experience or 6 years with a Masters in STEM that includes military/professional experience with a background in Navigator/Mission Planner/support to flying operations, flight test, and/or flight training
Demonstrated experience with mission planning, execution, and debriefing
Requires ability to work any shift
Must have an active DoD Secret clearance (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into continuous evaluation)

Responsibilities

Interpret and clarify customer and pilot functional requirements in order to produce highly accurate and error free Range Hawk mission plans using Joint Mission Planning System (JMPS)
Creates unique mission plans using Latitude/Longitude waypoints for taxi and flight routes used by the NASA Range Hawk aircraft
Use survey data information including Digital Aeronautical Flight Information File (DAFIF) if available to determine coordinate locations for waypoints and ellipsoid heights for beginning and end of runway and taxi paths on an airfield
Develop routes of flight that avoid impacting population and causing property damage on all NASA Range Hawk routes, especially engine out scenarios
To safely program NASA Range Hawk approaches, construct approach slopes descending in altitudes for all approach routes on the let down to landing
For autonomous NASA Range Hawk operations complete all contingency stitching for in-flight waypoints including loss link(C1), return to base (C2), engine out (C3) and go-around (C4) scenarios
In order to evaluate the safe operations of a NASA Range Hawk mission, complete data analysis using Beyond Compare software for difference comparison of validated mission plans
Coordinate the development of Sensor Routes in a mission plan for in-flight data collection using Radar, Electro-Optical and Signals intelligence criteria
Coordinate with Guidance Navigation and Control (GNC) to validate NASA Range Hawk Mission Plans
Coordinate with appropriate agencies and teams to ensure that validated mission plans are uploaded to the air vehicle and shelter including valid checksums of the mission data
In order to control the mission plan software that will be loaded on the air vehicle and the ground station, input mission and maintain mission plans loaded to Teamcenter

Preferred Qualifications

Experience using Air Force Mission Support System (AFMSS) and/or Joint Mission Planning System (JMPS)
Former military and/or Global Hawk experience
Active Top Secret Clearance