Associate Photolithography Engineer / Photolithography Engineer 3rd Shift

Photolithography Engineer Opportunity

Northrop Grumman Microelectronics Center (NGMC) within Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking an exceptionally talented, motivated, and creative Photolithography Engineer for our Advanced Technology Lab (ATL) located outside of Baltimore, Maryland. Our ATL is 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 provides unique capability supporting a range of production microelectronic devices and leading edge technology development in superconducting electronics. Our devices enable multiple generations of Northrop Grumman's ground-based radars, avionic 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 through a variety of challenging projects in R&D, ongoing long-term programs, and new programs targeting future military platforms.

Our multidisciplinary foundry team enables activities spanning from development to sustainment process engineering. ATL is responsible for all aspects of semiconductor technology including design, mask making, wafer fabrication, test, and assembly. Candidates must be strong team participants, have excellent communication skills, and be resourceful as well as multi-disciplinary. A strong understanding of semiconductor technology, direct process development experience, and production background is essential.

The Photolithography Engineer must possess knowledge of lithography principles and practices, should be experienced with I-Line and DUV spin coating systems, photo-resin chemistry, developer chemistry, anti-reflective coatings, liftoff processes, image reversal, and thin-film strip and rework procedures. Engineer should also be familiar with a wide variety of metrology tools including CDSEM and overlay measurement. The selected candidate should be hands on, have an aptitude for technology development and demonstrate an ability to communicate well with others as well as experienced in coat defect resolution, film-thickness optimization, root-cause-analysis, and design of experiments.

The Photolithography Engineer will be responsible for :

• Equipment acceptance and qualification, technician training and certification, and process safety.
• Support superconducting line including assisting with process configuration and improvement.
• Interfacing with other unit process engineers and product integration engineers to develop processes to support new products.
• Writing and maintaining process documentation.
• Supporting statistical process control (SPC) and continuous improvement efforts.

Must be able to work 3rd shift 10pm - 7AM.

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This requisition may be filled as an Associate Photolithography Engineer or Photolithography Engineer.

Basic Qualifications for Associate Photolithography Engineer :

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Salary Range : $70,600.00 - $106,000.00 Salary Range 2 : $85,400.00 - $128,000.00 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 .