Principal/Senior Principal Electron Beam and Photolithography Engineer 4th shift
Listed on 2025-12-15
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Engineering
Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineer, Electronics Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available
CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret
TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time
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.
Northrop Grumman Microelectronics Center (NGMC) within Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking an exceptionally talented, motivated, and creative Electron Beam and Photolithography 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 experienced and talented team while helping serve your country. Enjoy the opportunity to grow and learn with a variety of challenging projects in production, 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 semiconductor technology, direct process development experience and production background is essential.
The Photolithography Engineer must possess knowledge of lithography principles and practices, should be experienced with I‑Line spin coating systems, photo‑resin chemistry, developer chemistry, anti‑reflective coatings, liftoff processes, image reversal, and thin‑film strip and rework procedures. Engineer should also be familiar with a wide variety of metrology tools including CDSEM and overlay measurement. 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 coat defect resolution, film‑thickness optimization, root‑cause‑analysis, and design of experiments.
Responsibilities- Equipment acceptance and qualification, technician training and certification, and process safety.
- Support superconducting line including assisting with process configuration and improvement.
- Interfacing with other unit process engineers and product integration engineers to develop processes to support new products.
- Writing and maintaining process documentation.
- Supporting statistical process control (SPC) and continuous improvement efforts.
This position will work on Fourth shift:
Fri, Sat, Sun (7 am – 7 pm) and will train on First Shift (7:30am-5pm).
This requisition may be filled as a Principal Electron Beam and Photolithography Engineer or Senior Principal Electron Beam and Photolithography Engineer
Principal Engineer Basic Qualifications- Bachelors in Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, Physics or any related STEM degree with 5 years technical related…
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