Principal/Sr Principal Engineer Microelectronic Semiconductors

Northrop Grumman•Baltimore, MD

2d•$108,800 - $203,600•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman's Manufacturing Operations Engineering organization is seeking a Principal/Senior Principal Manufacturing Project Engineer 3/4 for the Advanced Interconnects and Multi-layer Solutions (AIMS) cell. This position is located at our site near BWI Airport in Maryland. The Manufacturing Systems Project Engineer will be responsible for a product line, or group of product lines, moving through their respective areas.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree or higher in Engineering or related STEM area
For Principal Manufacturing Project Engineer: 5+ years of relevant professional experience or 3+ years with an MS Degree.
For Senior Principal Manufacturing Project Engineer: 8+ years of relevant professional experience or 6+ years with an MS degree.
Experience in a manufacturing environment
Experience managing or leading projects and/or people
Familiarity with Design of Experiment (DOE), Statistical Process Control (SPC), and 6 sigma concepts for process development
Knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
Fluency in MS Office software applications
Ability to obtain and maintain a US Secret Security Clearance.
US Citizenship is required.

Nice To Haves

PCB manufacturing experience
Familiarity with J-STD and MIL-STD requirements, including MIL-STD-883 & MIL-PRF-38534, J-STD-001, IPC-610
Experience with Configuration Management and Manufacturing Process Planning

Responsibilities

Act as the main point of contact for all manufacturing engineering related activities for your product within the cell
Monitor product performance, quality, delivery, and cost metrics; highlight detractors and gather resources to resolve them
Collaborate closely with your process engineering peers as well as multiple other functional groups supporting shop floor, program office, and customer (quality engineering, manufacturing supervision, production, operations, design engineering, program management)
Drive root cause corrective action efforts
Identify continuous improvement opportunities; create solutions and lobby for funding
Review and handle product on the shop floor
Lead communications outward from the shop floor, through yield meetings, situations reports, problem resolution charts, etc.
Gather and document efforts for non-recurring cost for initial product startup as well as support manufacturing readiness reviews
Coordinate between non-deliverable hardware requestor and manufacturing operations/engineering