Factory Automation Engineer R10207398

Staff Factory Automation Engineer (285596) - R

Join Northrop Grumman and apply for the Staff Factory Automation Engineer (285596) - R role. This position offers an opportunity to work on revolutionary systems that impact people’s lives worldwide.

Location:

Linthicum, MD
. Relocation assistance may be available.

Clearance type: A US Government security clearance per customer’s requirements.

Travel required:

10% of the time.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission‑enabling solutions for global security. The Engineering and Sciences organization pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefining engineering capabilities and driving advances in various sciences. This role supports advanced technology development programs in the factory automation domain, providing skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while delivering decisive advantage to the warfighter.

• Architect custom solutions to bridge the gap between COTS software packages and internal applications.
• Collaborate with COTS vendors to optimize and make key decisions regarding equipment automation deployment and configuration.
• Define requirements, author code, test and deploy custom solutions to factory automation systems.
• Characterize semiconductor equipment automation to meet CIM Automation Mode requirements.
• Set communication protocols and network configurations on network devices (Modbus/TCP, AMQP, MQTT, etc.).
• Author technical documentation that outlines equipment integration and factory automation to technical and non‑technical individuals.
• Analyze needs and requirements of existing and proposed systems, and develop technical, structural, and organizational specifications.
• Perform root cause analysis for application failures and implement solutions.

• A degree in a STEM area with minimum of 12 years of experience with a bachelor’s degree, 10 years with a master’s degree, or 7 years with a PhD.
• Ability to support execution of Statement of Work (SOW) components with vendors and work cross‑team.
• Experience in high‑volume automated manufacturing microelectronics or semiconductor fabs.
• Experience working with SECS/GEM protocol (SECS‑I & SECS‑II messaging).
• Understanding of software programming and concepts of software integration or systems engineering.
• Experience with supplier engagement and facilitation of supplier development and risk‑reduction activities.
• Willingness to work on site 100% of the time.
• Limited travel to local Northrop Grumman facilities may be required.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance per business requirements.

• Active U.S. government security clearance.
• Strong understanding of network architecture and concepts.
• Experience with message‑based communications protocols (AMQP, MQTCC, etc.) and with message‑oriented middleware systems (Apache Active
  
  MQ, Kafka, Pulsar, Rabbit
  
  MQ, IBM MQ, TIBCO Enterprise Message Service).
• Experience with multithreading and socket programming.
• Familiarity with factory automation modes (Manual, Semi‑Auto, Full‑Auto).
• Skilled in modern programming languages (Python, SQL, R, etc.).
• Experience with Applied Materials Smart Factory Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) solution.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies and software tools (Atlassian tools stack – Jira, Confluence).

Primary Level Salary Range: $ – $. The above salary range represents a general guideline. Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, discretionary bonus, long‑term incentives, and a variety of benefits including health insurance, life and disability insurance, savings plan, company paid holidays, and PTO.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit  U.S. citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.