Senior Principal Learning and Development Specialist

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Polygraph

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

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.

Today’s dynamic global security threats require solutions both big and small – solutions living within the Northrop Grumman Microelectronics Center (NGMC) of Northrop Grumman Mission Systems. Boasting state-of-the-art design capabilities, multiple processing nodes, electrical testing, environmental and QCI screening, and failure analysis, the NGMC is a leader in designing, fabricating, packaging, and delivering discriminating microelectronics to the military, aerospace, and commercial markets.  For more than 70 years, we have been offering a wide range of trusted foundry and semiconductor services that deliver high performing and reliable microelectronics. Our wide breadth of technologies and capabilities allows us to provide our customers with unique “More than Moore” solutions. Microelectronics | Northrop Grumman

One of our most challenging new fields is Microelectronics Design and Applications (MDA), which combines the unique properties of superconductivity and quantum mechanics to develop radical new energy-efficient computing systems. Our multidisciplinary foundry team enables activities spanning from development to sustainment process engineering. Our Advanced Technology Lab (ATL) is located outside of Baltimore, Maryland ATL is responsible for all aspects of semiconductor technology including design, mask making, wafer fabrication, test, and assembly. MDA is seeking a Learning and Development Specialist with demonstrated ability to lead development of automation learning suites to support our innovative foundry team in support of emerging supercomputing technologies.

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. Candidates must be strong team participants, have excellent communication skills, and be resourceful as well as multi-disciplinary.

Responsibilities:

• Design, conduct and asses in person instructor led training courses for a new superconducting electronics wafer fabrication line.

• Create and implement electronic learning modules designed to enable efficient onboarding of new employees.

• Continuously collaborate with SMEs (subject matter experts) to design, optimize and update training materials as changes to procedures and factory systems occur.

• Participate in initial vendor led training of new procedures and factory systems to effectively develop internal training material and act as the instructor.

• Manage training certifications and institute periodic re-certification plans.

• Design, develop and maintain role-based training plans tailored to job function and process area.

• Collaborate with Change Management team to ensure approved changes result in updates to training material where applicable.

• Evaluate existing training material and provide feedback on how to improve efficacy.

• Work under minimal direction and independently determine and develop approaches to solutions. #NGATL

This position requires full time work onsite at our Linthicum, MD OR Annapolis Junction, MD location.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree with 8 years of related experience, a Masters degree with 6 years of related experience, or a PhD with 3 years of related experience.

• Experience in developing engaging technical training content targeted at engineering roles.

• Experience with developing effective e-learning courses.

• Ability to te