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Requisition ID: R10170429

• Category: Engineering

• Location: Linthicum, Maryland, United States of America | Annapolis Junction, Maryland, United States of America

• Clearance Type: Polygraph

• Telecommute: No- Teleworking not available for this position

• Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)

• Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time

• Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available

• Positions Available: 1

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 capabilities, multiple processing nodes, electrical testing, environmental and QCI screening, and failure analysis, the NGMC is a leader in designing, fabricating, packaging and delivering discriminating microelectronics to the military, aerospace, and commercial markets. For more than 70 years, we have been offering a wide range of trusted foundry and semiconductor services that deliver high performing and reliable microelectronics. Our wide breadth of technologies and capabilities allows us to provide our customers with unique “More than Moore” solutions.

One of our most challenging new fields is Microelectronics Design and Applications (MDA), which combines the unique properties of superconductivity and quantum mechanics to develop radical new energy-efficient computing systems. MDA is seeking a Principal / Sr. Principal Industrial Systems Engineer / Manufacturing Planner to join our team and develop these technologies into high-performance computing systems. You’ll work in a fast-paced team environment alongside physicists, design engineers, and superconducting foundry engineers to make these technologies a reality.

Principal / Sr. Principal Engineer Industrial Systems Engineer / Manufacturing Planner 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.

• Leverage capacity models to create roadmap for future capital equipment requirements and report to senior management.

• 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 requires full time work onsite at our Linthicum, MD OR Annapolis Junction, MD location.

This requisition may be filled as a Principal Industrial Engineer / Manufacturing Planner or Sr. Principal Industrial Engineer / Manufacturing Planner.

Basic Qualifications for Principal Industrial Systems Engineer / Manufacturing Planner:

• 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.

• Has worked in a semiconductor or microelectronics fab in operations or a factory planning organization.

• Strong skills in problem solving / troubleshooting.

• Has experience in planning activities involving production control, inventory control, process control, or shop floor control / Material Resources Planning (MRP).

• Limited travel to local Northrop Grumman facilities may be required.

• 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.

Basic Qualifications for Sr. Principal Industrial Systems Engineer / Manufacturing Planner:

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with 8 years of experience, a Master's degree in a STEM discipline with 6 years of experience, or a PhD in a STEM discipline with 3 years of experience.

• Has worked in a semiconductor or microelectronics fab in operations or a factory planning organization.

• Strong skills in problem solving / troubleshooting.

• Has experience in planning activities involving production control, inventory control, process control, or shop floor control / Material Resources Planning (MRP).

• Limited travel to local Northrop Grumman facilities may be required.

• 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.

Preferred Qualifications for Principal Industrial Systems Engineer / Manufacturing Planner or Sr. Principal Industrial Systems Engineer / Manufacturing Planner:

• Active TS/SCI with poly security clearance per business requirements.

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree or higher in industrial engineering or operations research

• Experience in semiconductor manufacturing lines and / or R&D microelectronics manufacturing.

• 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.

• Has worked with Applied Materials SmartFactory Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) solution.

• Experience in modern programing languages (Python, SQL, R, etc.).

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Salary Range: $102,400 - $160,900

Salary Range 2: $127,000 - $199,600

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.

Employees may be eligible for 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 committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.