Principal/Sr. Principal Factory Manufacturing Execution Systems Engineer R10200404
Job in
Linthicum, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
Listed on 2025-12-01
Listing for:
Northrop Grumman
Full Time
position Listed on 2025-12-01
Job specializations:
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Engineering
Systems Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Electrical Engineering -
Manufacturing / Production
Systems Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Electrical Engineering
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Overview
Northrop Grumman is seeking a Principal / Sr. Principal Factory Manufacturing Execution Systems Engineer to support advanced technology development programs. This position is located in Linthicum, MD.
What You’ll Get To Do- Plan and support the setup and integration of a manufacturing execution system (MES) for a new superconducting electronics wafer fabrication line
- Maintain awareness of MES setup and integration schedule risk and proactively escalate risk to team leads as required
- Create detailed end-user requirements and acceptance test plans, while leveraging experience and business processes from semiconductor manufacturing organizations
- Partner with an industry-leading vendor in setting up an MES to support a new wafer fab manufacturing line
- Collaborate with the vendor on deploying manufacturing master data modeling architectures and Best-Known Methods (BKMs)
- Apply systems engineering best practices, principles, and concepts to architectures within a manufacturing context
- Work collaboratively with other experienced team members
- A degree in a STEM area with a minimum of 5 years of experience with a bachelor’s degree, 3 years with a master’s degree, or 0 years with a PhD
- Able to support execution of Statement of Work (SOW) components with vendors and work cross functionally within a team
- Demonstrated experience with modern automated factory systems in a semiconductor or microelectronics fab
- Strong problem solving / troubleshooting skills
- Understands data relationships between products, plans, recipes, and varying levels of manufacturing containers (lots, wafers, die, etc.)
- Experience with core data groups in MES systems (equipment, products, consumables, etc.)
- Must be willing to work on site 100% of the time
- Limited travel to local Northrop Grumman facilities may be required
- This position requires the applicant to be a U.S. citizen
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a US government security clearance per business requirements
- A degree in a STEM area with a minimum of 8 years of experience with a bachelor’s degree, 6 years with a master’s degree, or 4 years with a PhD
- Able to support execution of SOW components with vendors and work cross functionally within a team
- Demonstrated experience with modern automated factory systems in a semiconductor or microelectronic fab
- Strong problem solving / troubleshooting skills
- Understands data relationships between products, plans, recipes, and varying levels of manufacturing containers (lots, wafers, die, etc.)
- Experience with core data groups in MES systems (equipment, products, consumables, etc.)
- Must be willing to work on site 100% of the time
- Limited travel to local Northrop Grumman facilities may be required
- This position requires the applicant to be a U.S. citizen
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a US government security clearance per business requirements
- Active US government security clearance per business requirements
- Experience with starting up a modern automated MES for a new manufacturing line
- Experience with semi-automated track in / track out of product within an MES
- Experience in semiconductor manufacturing as process integrator, system, software, IT, manufacturing, or process engineer
- Experience developing test plans for verifying and validating system components
- Strong understanding of core MES subcomponents, such as equipment, process plan, test wafer setup, user security, constraints, contamination, lot management
- Experience with experiment management within R&D manufacturing concepts
- Deep understanding of how MES integrates with broader CIM architecture including Fault Detection, Equipment Integration, Recipe Management, SPC, APC, Inventory
- Experience with Applied Materials Smart Factory CIM solution
Salary Range: $ - $;
Salary Range 2: $ - $
The above salary range represents a general guideline;
Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers including the scope and responsibilities of the position and the…
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