Senior Principal Semiconductor Process Applications Engineer

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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.

The Northrop Grumman Microelectronics Center (NGMC) within Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking an exceptionally talented, motivated, and creative Senior Principal Semiconductor Process Applications Engineer for our Advanced Technology Lab (ATL) - located outside of Baltimore, Maryland - where we design, manufacture, and test semiconductor products for internal and commercial production customers as well as emerging technology programs. 

 

Northrop Grumman’s ATL semiconductor foundry provides unique capability supporting a range of production microelectronic devices (Silicon, Gallium Arsenide, Gallium Nitride, Silicon Carbide) and providing leading edge technology development in superconducting electronics. Our devices enable multiple generations of Northrop Grumman’s ground-based radars, avionic radars, and space systems.

 

Join us for the chance to work with an amazing, experienced, and talented team while helping serve your country. Enjoy the opportunity to grow and learn through a variety of challenging projects in R&D, ongoing long-term programs, and new programs targeting future military platforms.

 

Our multidisciplinary foundry team enables activities spanning from development to sustainment process engineering. ATL is responsible for all aspects of semiconductor technology including design, mask making, wafer fabrication, test, and assembly. Candidates must be strong team participants, have excellent communication skills, and be resourceful as well as multi-disciplinary. A strong understanding of data management, manufacturing process development, applications design, equipment automation, and software systems engineering are essential. 

 

The Senior Principal Semiconductor Process Applications Engineer must possess knowledge of semi-conductor manufacturing, should be experienced with sustainment and administration of manufacturing execution systems, sustainment and administration of statistical process control systems, Agile development, and equipment control networks. Engineer should also be familiar with a wide variety of metrology tools, and data analysis and visualization tools.  The selected candidate should be hands on, have an aptitude for technology development and demonstrate an ability to communicate well with others as well as experienced in process flow optimization.

 

The Senior Principal Semiconductor Process Applications Engineer will be responsible for:

All functions related to the administration of our foundry Statistical Process Control systems, digital transformation of manual data sources, and design of novel applications for process control. Support superconducting line including assisting with database management, data visualization, and metrics reporting. The Process Applications Engineer will interface with other unit process engineers and product integration engineers to develop processes to support new products as well as continuous improvement of legacy products.

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Basic Qualifications:

•      Bachelor’s Degree in Materials Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Data Science or any related STEM degree with 8 years technical related experience in semiconductor fabrication, or Master’s Degree with 6 years experience; PhD with 3 years experience

•      Hands-on knowledge and operation of Semi-conductor fabrication equipment in any of the following process areas: PVD, CVD, Diffusion, Implant, Photolithography, Wet Etch, Plasma etch, wafer-level metrology, CMP, and Waferbonding.  

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