Semiconductor Process Applications Engineer

Overview

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 Semiconductor Process Applications 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 capabilities 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 amazing, experienced, and talented team while helping serve your country. Enjoy the opportunity to grow and learn through a variety of challenging projects in 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 Semiconductor Process Applications Engineer should possess some knowledge of semiconductor manufacturing as well as some entry level experience with design of high-level software systems architecture, equipment automation, requirements definition, and the software engineering life cycle. This engineer should also be familiar with a wide variety of metrology tools including CDSEM and Overlay measurement. The selected candidate should be hands-on and demonstrate an ability to communicate well with others.

The Semiconductor Process Applications Engineer will be responsible for

• Database management, hardware-software systems interface management, signals analysis, and sustainment of statistical process control applications.
• This position requires frequent interaction with application end users and stakeholders, writing and maintaining process documentation, as well as familiarity with basic programming languages.

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• Bachelor’s degree in a related STEM field with 2 years of relevant experience, 0 years with a Master’s degree.
• Hands-on knowledge and experience with the software systems engineering life cycle.
• Experience with semiconductor fabrication.
• US Citizenship required.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.

• Experience working in a compound and Si semiconductor fab as a digital applications engineer or process engineer.
• Strong understanding of semiconductor technology and software systems architecture.
• Experience with requirements definition and drafting of specifications documents.
• Experience with design of hardware-software interface models.
• Experience with…