Principal​/Senior Principal Defect Metrology Engineer - R10215039

Principal/Senior Principal Defect Metrology Engineer - R

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RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret

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.

The Northrop Grumman Microelectronics Center (NGMC) of Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking an exceptionally talented, motivated, and creative Principal Defect Metrology Engineer/Sr Principal Defect Metrology Engineer position located at our Linthicum, MD facility.

The Advanced Technology Lab (ATL), part of Northrop Grumman Microelectronics Center (NGMC), located outside of Baltimore, Maryland, designs, manufactures, and tests semiconductor products for internal and commercial production customers as well as emerging technology programs. Northrop Grumman's ATL semiconductor foundry supports a range of production microelectronic devices (Silicon, Gallium Arsenide, Gallium Nitride, and Silicon Carbide) and provides leading‑edge technology development in Superconducting Electronics and SLCFET.

Our devices enable a number of Northrop Grumman's ground‑based radars, avionic radars, and space systems.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, existing, and develop new in‑line defect metrology recipes and techniques for defect inspection and review tools.
• Assist with ongoing efforts to integrate in‑line defect metrology into our process flows.
• Write and maintain process documentation.
• Partner with vendors and equipment engineers to drive existing and future tools to meet foundry and program needs.
• Support statistical process control (SPC), continuous improvement efforts, and the management and dissemination of metrology data.

This position is required to be fully on‑site.

This job may be filled as a Principal Defect Metrology Engineer or Senior Principal Defect Metrology Engineer based on the qualifications below.

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, Physics or related technical discipline with 5 years of relevant experience;
  Masters with 3 years of relevant experience;
  PhD with 0 years of relevant experience.
• General understanding of defect inspection and review tools (such as dark field, bright field, and scanning electron microscopes).
• Basic knowledge of statistical process control.
• Hands‑on experience with Si, GaAs, or other wafers.
• 1 year experience with semiconductor fabrication.
• Ability to work in a cleanroom setting.
• US citizenship required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, Physics or related technical discipline with 8 years of relevant experience;
  Masters with 6 years of relevant experience;
  PhD with 3 years of relevant experience.
• General understanding of defect inspection and review tools (such as dark field, bright field, and scanning electron microscopes).
• Basic knowledge of statistical process control.
• Hands‑on experience with Si, GaAs, or other wafers.
• 1 year experience with semiconductor fabrication.
• Ability to work in a cleanroom setting.
• US citizenship required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.

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