Principal / Sr. Principal Manufacturing Execution Systems Engine

$102,400 - $160,900/Yr

Northrop Grumman - Linthicum Heights, MD

Full-time - Principal

Linthicum Heights, MD

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Principal / Sr. Principal Manufacturing Execution Systems Engineer at Northrop Grumman will be responsible for supporting the integration and setup of a manufacturing execution system (MES) for a new superconducting electronics wafer fabrication line. This role involves collaboration with various engineering teams and vendors to ensure the successful deployment of manufacturing processes and data architectures, applying systems engineering best practices in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Support system integration and setup of a manufacturing execution system for a new superconducting electronics wafer fabrication line.
• Maintain awareness of MES integration/setup schedule and proactively escalate issues to team lead as required.
• Create acceptance test plans based off business processes from the manufacturing organization.
• Collaborate on MES startup with an industry-leading vendor.
• Collaborate with the vendor on deploying manufacturing master data modeling architectures and Best-Known Methods (BKMs).
• Create plans, products and recipes while incorporating business processes into the MES for the wafer fabrication line.
• Apply systems engineering best practices, principles, and concepts to architectures within a manufacturing context.
• Work collaboratively with other engineering team members.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with 5 years of experience, a Master's degree in a STEM discipline with 3 years of experience, or a PhD in a STEM discipline with 0 years of experience.
• Able to support execution of Statement of Work (SOW) components with vendors and work cross team.
• Experience with modern automated factory systems in a semiconductor or microelectronics fab.
• Strong skills in problem solving / troubleshooting.
• Understands data relationships between products, plans, recipes, and varying levels of manufacturing containers (lots, wafers, die, etc.).
• Experience with core data groups in MES systems (equipment, products, consumables, etc.).
• This position requires the applicant to be a U.S. citizen.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI with poly clearance per business requirements.

Nice-to-haves

• Active TS/SCI with poly security clearance per business requirements.
• A bachelor's or master's degree or higher in systems engineering or computer engineering with 9+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience with starting up a modern automated Manufacturing Execution System for a new manufacturing line.
• Experience with semi-automated track in / track out of product within an MES.
• Experience working in semiconductor manufacturing as process integrator, software or IT engineer, or manufacturing engineer.
• Has developed acceptance test plans for large software systems.
• Able to explain experiment management within R D manufacturing concepts.
• Deep understanding of how MES integrates with broader systems in a Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) architecture including but not limited to Fault Detection, Equipment Integration, Recipe Management, Statistical Process Control, Advanced Process Control, Inventory, etc.
• Experience in modern programming languages (Python, SQL, R, etc.).
• Has worked with Applied Materials SmartFactory CIM solution.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Savings plan
• Company paid holidays
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business