Wet Etch / Wet Clean Sustaining Equipment Engineering Manager I

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: SCI

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.

Northrop Grumman Microelectronics Center (NGMC) of Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking a **Wet Etch/Wet Clean Sustaining Equipment Engineering Manager I** for our **Advanced Technology Lab (ATL)** - located in **Linthicum, Maryland** (near Baltimore) – 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 is a unique capability supporting a range of production microelectronic devices (Silicon, Gallium Arsenide, Gallium Nitride, Silicon Carbide, Carbon Nanotubes) and providing leading edge technology development in superconducting electronics.

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

Our multidisciplinary foundry team enables activities from development to sustainment process engineering.

ATL is responsible for all aspects of semiconductor technology including design, mask making, wafer fabrication, test, and assembly.

What you'll get to do:

The **Wet Etch/Wet Clean Sustaining Equipment Engineering Manager I** will be responsible for technical and management activities associated with the Foundry Semiconductor Equipment Engineering specifically focused on equipment availability and continuous improvement.

They will be expected to establish appropriate factory metrics goals, along with supervising cross functional engineering teams to achieve those goals.

They will coordinate with other managers, including Line Maintenance and Operations on utilizing resources and setting priorities on tactical tool recoveries along with strategic tool availability efforts with groups like Operations, Process Engineering, and Process Integration.

In addition, the Semiconductor Sustaining Engineering Manager will be responsible for staffing, employee tasking, project management, budget oversight, and program/engineering interface activities.

Functional duties include hiring, on-boarding, personnel performance assessments, time charging approval, and employee development.

**Basic Qualifications:**

+ Bachelor’s degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) discipline and 5 years of relevant experience; MS degree and 3 years
+ Familiarity or understanding of wet etch/wet clean semiconductor manufacturing
+ Experience with CMMS and other manufacturing execution systems and subsystems (for example, Xsite, Maximo, Maintenance Connect, etc)
+ Must have some leadership or management experience
+ US citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI clearance is required.

**Preferred Qualifications:**

+ Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Material Science, Chemistry, or Physics and 7 years of relevant experience
+ Experience with wets processing semiconductor equipment maintenance
+ Experience as a tool vendor Field Service Engineer preferred
+ Experience with Xsite
+ Experience with factory automation systems such as PLCs a plus
+ Experience interfacing with multiple vendors spanning many disciplines including manufacturing vendors and trades
+ Active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance

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Primary Level Salary Range: $112,600.00 - $169,000.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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 application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date.

However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

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 http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO.

U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

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