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Automation Engineer

Linthicum Heights, MD

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RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be availableCLEARANCE TYPE: SecretTRAVEL: 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.Northrop Grumman Microelectronics Center (NGMC) of Northrop Grumman Mission Systems seeks to fill a Automation Engineer position in the Semiconductor Technologies group with a focus on device and process development for next-generation RF technologies within our Advanced Technology Lab (ATL). ATL is located just outside of Baltimore, MD - where we design, manufacture, and test microelectronic products for internal and commercial production, as well as emerging programs. We have over 21,000 square feet of Class 100 wafer fabrication cleanroom that supports variants of Silicon, Gallium Arsenide, Gallium Nitride, and Silicon Carbide. 
Join us for the opportunity 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 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. The candidate must be a strong team participant, have excellent communication skills, and be resourceful and multi-talented. A strong understanding of semiconductor technology and microelectronic process engineering is essential. 
 
Roles and Responsibilities:
Designs and develops circuits used in electronic devices. Responsible for layout and mask design, device evaluation and characterization, test box design, prototype construction and checkout, and 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, but they're also making history.
 
The Automation Engineer, reporting to Assembly & Process Engineering Manager, will drive tool selection/recipe development/validation/maintenance of automation equipment including automated wafer probers and packaged device test handlers, ensuring efficient tool utilization and optimized hardware/software integration for electrical testing. In addition, Automation Engineer will support production sustainment efforts and develop/execute process/equipment improvement projects. Automation Engineer will work closely with Test Engineering and Equipment Engineering groups to ensure proper operation of the automation tools, meet target utilization rate, develop/maintain process documentations, and help troubleshoot test issues.  As a tool owner, Automation Engineer will perform tool qualifications and periodic validation to ensure automation tools meet operational specifications, maintain calibration integrity, and setup/perform any Preventive Maintenance required.
 
Join us for the chance to work with an 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.
 
Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineer, or Software Engineering in STEM with 2 years of relevant experience; Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineer, or Software Engineering with 0 years of relevant experience.
• Experience preparing and presenting oral and written reports.
• Experience with working on automation equipment and/or machinery.   
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• The ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance is required.
 
Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in lean manufacturing practices and structured problem-solving methodology
• Experience with SOLIDWORKS, AutoCAD, Autodesk, Creo
• Experience working in semiconductor fab and/or test operations.
• Experience developing technical specifications for process material procurement
• Experience developing technical specifications for equipment procurement
• Active Secret clearance
 
Primary Level Salary Range: $87,600.00 - $131,400.00The 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.PDN-a08659e4-4a03-4bc2-a7ce-20c7d84b1d6f
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be availableCLEARANCE TYPE: SecretTRAVEL: 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.Northrop Grumman Microelectronics Center (NGMC) of Northrop Grumman Mission Systems seeks to fill a Automation Engineer position in the Semiconductor Technologies group with a focus on device and process development for next-generation RF technologies within our Advanced Technology Lab (ATL). ATL is located just outside of Baltimore, MD - where we design, manufacture, and test microelectronic products for internal and commercial production, as well as emerging programs. We have over 21,000 square feet of Class 100 wafer fabrication cleanroom that supports variants of Silicon, Gallium Arsenide, Gallium Nitride, and Silicon Carbide. 
Join us for the opportunity 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 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. The candidate must be a strong team participant, have excellent communication skills, and be resourceful and multi-talented. A strong understanding of semiconductor technology and microelectronic process engineering is essential. 
 
Roles and Responsibilities:
Designs and develops circuits used in electronic devices. Responsible for layout and mask design, device evaluation and characterization, test box design, prototype construction and checkout, and 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, but they're also making history.
 
The Automation Engineer, reporting to Assembly & Process Engineering Manager, will drive tool selection/recipe development/validation/maintenance of automation equipment including automated wafer probers and packaged device test handlers, ensuring efficient tool utilization and optimized hardware/software integration for electrical testing. In addition, Automation Engineer will support production sustainment efforts and develop/execute process/equipment improvement projects. Automation Engineer will work closely with Test Engineering and Equipment Engineering groups to ensure proper operation of the automation tools, meet target utilization rate, develop/maintain process documentations, and help troubleshoot test issues.  As a tool owner, Automation Engineer will perform tool qualifications and periodic validation to ensure automation tools meet operational specifications, maintain calibration integrity, and setup/perform any Preventive Maintenance required.
 
Join us for the chance to work with an 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.
 
Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineer, or Software Engineering in STEM with 2 years of relevant experience; Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineer, or Software Engineering with 0 years of relevant experience.
• Experience preparing and presenting oral and written reports.
• Experience with working on automation equipment and/or machinery.   
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• The ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance is required.
 
Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in lean manufacturing practices and structured problem-solving methodology
• Experience with SOLIDWORKS, AutoCAD, Autodesk, Creo
• Experience working in semiconductor fab and/or test operations.
• Experience developing technical specifications for process material procurement
• Experience developing technical specifications for equipment procurement
• Active Secret clearance
 
Primary Level Salary Range: $87,600.00 - $131,400.00The 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.PDN-a08659e4-4a03-4bc2-a7ce-20c7d84b1d6f

About Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman is a leading global aerospace and defense technology company. Our pioneering solutions equip out customers with the capabilities they need to connect and protect the world and push the boundaries of human exploration across the universe. Driven by a shared purpose to solve our customers’ toughest problems, our nearly 100,000 employees contribute to launching the technology of tomorrow, today.

© 2025 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.

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