Semiconductor Operations Engineering Manager 3

US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION: Yes

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: SCI

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.

The Northrop Grumman Microelectronics Center (NGMC) of Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking an exceptionally talented, motivated, and creative Semiconductor Operations Engineering Senior Manager who will be accountable and responsible for operations and management activities associated with foundry semiconductor operations engineering and production.

This position is located at our Advanced Technology Lab (ATL) - located outside of Baltimore, Maryland - where we design, manufacture, and test semiconductor products for internal and commercial production customers as well as emerging technology programs. Northrop Grumman’s ATL semiconductor foundry is a unique capability supporting a range of production microelectronic devices (Silicon, Gallium Arsenide, Gallium Nitride, and Silicon Carbide) and providing leading edge technology development in Superconducting Electronics and Super-Lattice Castellated Field-Effect Transistors (SLCFET). Our devices enable Northrop Grumman’s ground-based radars, airborne radars, and space systems.

Join us for the chance to work with an amazing, experienced, and talented team while helping serve your country. Enjoy the opportunity to grow and learn with a variety of challenging projects in production, R&D, ongoing long-term programs, and new programs targeting future military platforms. Our multidisciplinary foundry team enables activities from development to sustainment process engineering. ATL is responsible for all aspects of semiconductor technology including design, mask making, wafer fabrication, test, and assembly. A strong understanding of semiconductor technology and microelectronic operations and process engineering is essential. The candidate must be experienced and well-versed in semiconductor industry best practices for semiconductor wafer manufacturing, including agile and lean methodologies, industrial engineering and capacity planning, operations metrics (creation, target setting, reports, gap analysis, execution), wafer starts and cycle-time management, balancing both production and non-production wafer requirements, and manufacturing excellence and people operations.

The candidate must be a strong team participant, collaborative, be able to set direction with numerous stakeholders, have excellent communication skills, and be resourceful and multi-talented. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate strong leadership characteristics, a commitment to ethics and integrity, and the capability to innovate while challenging traditional ways of doing business. Further, the candidate will possess the ability to balance programmatic needs to deliver results within cost, schedule, and quality parameters while encouraging and rewarding innovative behaviors in the staff.

Job Summary:

The position of Semiconductor Operations Engineering Manager reports directly to the Director of ATL (Wafer).

The position will be a manager of managers to be accountable and responsible for resources and execution related to all aspects of Operations Engineering (“Ops”) for the ATL Foundry, technical and business-related.  The Semiconductor Process Engineering Sr. Manager will be accountable and responsible for setting direction, achieving operational metric targets, staffing, setting technical direction, employee tasking, project management, budget oversight, and operations/engineering interface activities. Functional duties include hiring, onboarding, personnel performance assessments, labor engagements and negotiations, time charging approval, and employee development. The position will be empowered to create his/her own vision and execute that vision in line with business needs.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science or Business and a minimum of 10 years related experience in semiconductor operations, manufacturing, engineering, and/or program management

• Minimum of 10 years of leadership team or functional management experience

• Proven skills/experience building high performing cross-functional teams and culture to achieve operational excellence and meet the expectations of internal customers/stakeholders

• Ability to prioritize and multi-task when there are competing demands on you and the team

• Ability to formulate, communicate and execute complex project plans and initiatives

• Strong business and financial acumen

• Excellent interpersonal and critical thinking skills. Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills with the ability to effectively communicate with all levels of leadership, shop floor employees, and support function employees

• Advanced knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint)

• Advanced knowledge of Atlassian Tools (JIRA, Confluence)

• Advanced experience with Operations metrics, Manufacturing Excellence, Lean/Six Sigma, and Agile methodologies

• Strong familiarity with multiple Semiconductor Wafer process and characterization technologies

• Commitment to inclusive and positive employee relations, ethics, and compliance

• US Citizenship required

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret (TS) with SCI clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• 15 years of relevant experience, including at least 10 years prior experience with semiconductor wafer operations and process engineering

• Master's or Ph.D. degree in Engineering or Science

• Experience in two or more of the following engineering areas: Industrial Engineering/Capacity planning and modeling, Operations engineering, Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD), Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD), Dry Etch, Wet Etch, Metals, Metrology/Defect, Lithography, Chemical Mechanical Polishing (CMP), Thermal Processing, and other common Process Engineering functional areas.

Salary Range: $156,800.00 - $235,200.00

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.

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 http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.