Senior Principal Microelectronics Product Engineer

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.

As a Senior Principal Microelectronics Product Engineer at Northrop Grumman, you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our Enterprise-wide digital transformation. Through the use of Model-based Engineering, DevSecOps and Agile practices we continue to evolve how we deliver critical national defense products and capabilities for the warfighter. Our success is grounded in our ability to embrace change, move quickly and continuously drive innovation. The successful candidate will be collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment & shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of automation.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems in Baltimore, Maryland is seeking a Senior Principal Microelectronics Product Engineer for our Advanced Technology Laboratory (ATL). The qualified candidate will have a general knowledge of circuit design, fabrication, test, and qualification of microelectronics. Primary duties involve ensuring timely delivery of products, performing electrical data analysis and yield monitoring to support the development and production of internally fabricated semiconducting integrated circuits. Responsibilities also include supporting test and assembly process flows, maintaining and refining specifications, and communicating status to program management. Candidate will join a product engineering team working closely with multiple ATL programs and area managers to achieve on-time delivery of products.

As a Product Engineer you will interface with both peers and representatives from design, assembly, test, inspection, product integration, and program management. You will work to summarize program status, drive root cause analysis, identify areas for improvement, and coordinate efforts to drive them to completion. Candidates must have an aptitude for data manipulation and analysis via tools such as JMP and/or custom programming via languages such as Python. He/she must also have the ability to communicate with employees at all levels in the organization, lead engineering teams, and be able to demonstrate excellent problem solving and critical thinking skills. #NGATL

Basic Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Materials Engineering or other closely related technical field with 9 years of relevant experience (7 years with an MS; 4 years with a PhD)

- Experience in the design, fabrication, and test of semiconductor devices

- Experience with data analysis using tools such as JMP, SAS, R, Tableau, Python, or other data analysis software

Preferred Qualifications:

- Device qualification & reliability testing for Space & Military applications

- Deep understanding of analog, digital and RF device test and characterization techniques

- Understanding of statistics and process control

- Yield enhancement or manufacturing experience including six sigma disciplines

Salary Range: $123,800 USD - $185,800 USD

Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.

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