Senior Microelectronics Engineer

Amentum•Boston, MA

45d•$130,000 - $160,000•Remote

About The Position

Are you looking for an exciting and innovative company with over 100 years of excellence and commitment to ethical business? Amentum is hiring a Senior Microelectronics Engineer to support our Trusted Microelectronics customer. The selected engineer will participate as a team member on large projects providing guidance on the microelectronics engineering processes, fabrication process, and provide technical guidance on supply chain risk assessments and mitigation strategies. This position allows the comfort of working from your home; however, it may require local semiconductor company site visits with minimal notice. The candidate is expected to live within a reasonable driving distance of the Boston, MA area. Provide technical expertise in evaluating materials, hardware, and semiconductor components to identify supply chain vulnerabilities and provide mitigations to minimize risks. Identify threats to the supply chain to include cost volatility, material shortages, supplier financial issues, and failures and natural man-made disaster to help an organization foresee potential issues. Evaluate hardware/semiconductor parts to their raw materials in order to identify supply chain vulnerabilities. Research may include strategic planning and analysis; demand and capacity analysis; economic analysis; regulatory analysis; safety and risk analysis; system operation performance analysis; and information analysis. Conduct patent research as it pertains to art searches, drafting, and prosecuting patent applications. Provide guidance on patentability and infringement issues. Provide research and technical guidance on supply chain threats including cybersecurity threats, fraud, company profiling, and counterfeit parts for avoidance. Provide technical guidance to team on raw material usage, semiconductor fabrication process, packaging and any other technical guidance as necessary. Provide insightful, well-researched analysis of key analytic findings and guidance to clients with regard to supply chain risk mitigation. Participate as member of client's analytical working group. Provide on-site client support, including but not limited to client inquiries, requests for ad hoc reporting, miscellaneous research, and advice on analytic methods.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or similar engineering/STEM discipline
10 years of previous work experience working in the semiconductor industry
Ability to obtain and maintain USG Secret clearance (Note: US Citizenship required to obtain a clearance)
Demonstrated ability to conduct research in emerging semiconductor technologies, including artificial intelligence
Excellent MS Word and Excel skills
Ability to write technical white papers and research papers
Self-motivated with excellent communication skills
Ability to work in fast-paced, challenging environment
Ability to support in-office visits and local travel, as required, possibly with short notice
Must live within a reasonable distance of the Boston area

Nice To Haves

Masters or Doctoral degree
Experience building relationships with suppliers and interfacing when necessary
Experience working in fabrication or back-end systems for semiconductor companies
Previous experience serving as a technical and risk assessment owner for supplier changes impacting raw materials
Active Secret Security Clearance

Responsibilities

Provide technical expertise in evaluating materials, hardware, and semiconductor components to identify supply chain vulnerabilities and provide mitigations to minimize risks.
Identify threats to the supply chain to include cost volatility, material shortages, supplier financial issues, and failures and natural man-made disaster to help an organization foresee potential issues.
Evaluate hardware/semiconductor parts to their raw materials in order to identify supply chain vulnerabilities.
Research may include strategic planning and analysis; demand and capacity analysis; economic analysis; regulatory analysis; safety and risk analysis; system operation performance analysis; and information analysis.
Conduct patent research as it pertains to art searches, drafting, and prosecuting patent applications.
Provide guidance on patentability and infringement issues.
Provide research and technical guidance on supply chain threats including cybersecurity threats, fraud, company profiling, and counterfeit parts for avoidance.
Provide technical guidance to team on raw material usage, semiconductor fabrication process, packaging and any other technical guidance as necessary.
Provide insightful, well-researched analysis of key analytic findings and guidance to clients with regard to supply chain risk mitigation.
Participate as member of client's analytical working group.
Provide on-site client support, including but not limited to client inquiries, requests for ad hoc reporting, miscellaneous research, and advice on analytic methods.