Sr Principal Microelectronic Semiconductor Engineer

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No relocation assistance available

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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.

Your opportunities for achievement are limitless with Northrop Grumman.

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on projects and programs that impact people’s lives around the world today, and for generations to come. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to improve the present, invent the future, and have a lot of fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work – and we have an endless drive to do what others this is impossible.

Our employees are not only part of history, they’re making history.

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Sr Principal Manufacturing Engineer to be located at our Mission Systems Sector in Elkridge, MD .

The qualified candidate will become part of Northrop Grumman’s Manufacturing organization. The selected candidate will work in a fast paced environment where he/she will interact with multiple disciplines.

• Developing new and maintaining, or improving, existing manufacturing processes with a focus on production capabilities and affordability

• Providing ROI justification for process improvements

• Specifying, identifying and procuring new manufacturing equipment for production readiness and preparing equipment for production

• Developing/revising process documentation and work instructions

• Guide the walk up work order process for the Fuzion relate products.

• Be able to take lessons learned and incorporate them into today's process development

• Support manufacturing of micro electronics including:
  Die, BGAs and interposers.

• Lead and monitor builds as they work down the line. Report out on progress and continuous improvement.

• Monitoring process yields and cost, recommending and implementing quality improvements to drive improved metrics.

• Solving of manufacturing problems (related to materials, designs, equipment and tooling, training and instructions) to support production.

• Assisting with the training of new personnel and participation in the design of operation training materials

• Supporting factory maintenance personnel with the troubleshooting and repair of process equipment

• Helping build team meet the requirements of J-STD-001, internal requirements, and other relevant IPC/MIL-STDs.

• Recommending product design improvements required to produce advanced microelectronics products.

• Documenting state-of-the-art process capabilities and guidelines for product designers

• Participating in design producibility reviews for new products

• Lead development activities for new cutting edge products with new manufacturing processes.

• Bachelors degree in a STEM major and 8 or more years of relevant experience, Masters degree and 6 or more years of relevant experience or over 12 years experience an SMT manufacturing environment in lieu of a degree.

• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance

• U.S. citizenship

• Experience using J-STD-001 and IPC/MIL-STDs standards in manufacturing.

• Familiarity with Fuzion Pick and Place Machines, Screen Printers, SPI concepts and X-Ray.

• Desirable…