Principal/Sr. Principal Factory Productivity Engineer (PR209952)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret

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.

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.

Today’s dynamic global security threats require solutions both big and small – solutions living within the Northrop Grumman Microelectronics Center (NGMC). Boasting state-of-the-art design and fabrication capabilities NGMC is a leader in discriminating microelectronics, support electronics, and software building these into application centric next generation processing capabilities that are geared toward the military, aerospace, and commercial markets.  For more than 70 years, we have been generating complex systems that meet unique applications based on key high performing and reliable microelectronics. Our wide breadth of technologies and capabilities allows us to provide our customers with unique “More than Moore” solutions.

Microelectronics | Northrop Grumman

The Microelectronics, Design, and Applications (MDA) organization is seeking a Principal / Sr. Principal Factory Productivity Engineer to join our team and pioneer new approaches, design and implement technologies for a computer integrated manufacturing system. You’ll work in a fast-paced team environment alongside physicists, design engineers, and superconducting foundry engineers to make these technologies a reality.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Create factory floor models, develop capacity planning models, validate master scheduling, and prediction accuracy
• Setup and integrate factory planning tools for a manufacturing organization
• Utilize capacity models to create wafer start plan for fab loading
• Identify shortcomings in capacity models for the factory floor as well as adapting to changing needs in an R&D manufacturing environment
• Design, collect data, analyze, and compile reports on a variety of WIP in a high mix environment
• Evaluate impacts of process changes to capacity models
• Build and implement tools to evaluate manufacturing efficiency and identify opportunities for improvement
• Optimize capacity of fab equipment by performing fab wide and tool specific optimization studies

This position will serve on-site in Linthicum/ Annapolis Junction, MD.

This requisition may be filled as a Principal or Sr. Principal Factory Change Management Lead Engineer.

Basic Qualifications for Principal Factory Productivity Engineer:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience
• Able to support execution of Statement of Work (SOW) components with vendors and work cross team
• Experience in high volume automated manufacturing microelectronics or semiconductor fabs, including experience with semiconductor CIM components
• Has experience in planning activities involving production control, inventory control, process control, or shop floor control / Material Resources Planning (MRP)
• Working knowledge of Factory Physics relating to Semiconductor or Microelectronics fabrication industrial engineering
• Must be willing to work on site 100% of time
• Limited travel to local Northrop Grumman facilities may be required
• This position requires the applicant to be a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI with poly clearance per business requirements

Basic Qualifications for Sr. Principal Factory Productivity Engineer:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) with a 8+ years of relevant experience
• Able to support execution of Statement of Work (SOW) components with vendors and work cross team
• Experience in high volume automated manufacturing microelectronics or semiconductor fabs, including experience with semiconductor CIM components
• Has experience in planning activities involving production control, inventory control, process control, or shop floor control / Material Resources Planning (MRP)
• Working knowledge of Factory Physics relating to Semiconductor or Microelectronics fabrication industrial engineering
• Must be willing to work on site 100% of time
• Limited travel to local Northrop Grumman facilities may be required
• This position requires the applicant to be a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI with poly clearance per business requirements

Preferred Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree or higher in industrial engineering
• Proven ability to lead teams and coordinate meetings
• Has worked with Applied Materials APD / Real Time Dispatch (RTD) products
• Strong skills in data mining, data analysis and critical thinking to aid in troubleshooting scheduling issues
• Understands how factory planners use simulation and advanced analytics tools to perform WIP scheduling in automated fashions
• Strong understanding of Factory Physics concepts and application within a Semiconductor or Microelectronics fabrication facility
• Capable of performing multivariate optimizations on a model to maximize or minimize a particular objectives like output and cycletime
• Has worked with Applied Materials SmartFactory Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) solution
• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies and software tools, i.e. Atlassian tools stack - Jira, Confluence

Salary Range: $105,400.00 - $165,500.00Salary Range 2: $131,100.00 - $206,000.00

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.