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Microelectronic Technician 2
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation · 🇺🇸 United States-Florida-Apopka
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About the role
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: No 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 Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. We have a wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies. Our differentiated battle management and cyber solutions deliver timely, mission-enabling information and provide superior situational awareness and understanding to protect the U.S. and its global allies. Northrop Grumman Mission Systems sector is seeking a Microelectronic Technician to join our team in Apopka, FL. The Technician will perform a variety of technical, chemical, and photolithography duties with the development, processing, and control of semi-conductor material and devices. What You’ll Get To Do: • Run fabrication equipment for processing semi-conductor materials and devices under the guidance of process documentation which includes the set-up and operation of a variety of standard and special solid state processing equipment. This includes performing various chemical, physical, photographic, and packaging processes such as deposition, evaporations and etching of materials, metals plating, wafer dicing /thinning, and making/requesting adjustments based upon the knowledge of process and procedures, and monitoring equipment when applicable. • Examine processes such as resist/develop processing, photo exposure, metallization and etching to determine quality of process to locate defects. Determine and discuss with engineer possible improvement in process or equipment to remedy defects. • Interpret SPC (Statistical Process Control) charts to react to out-of-control conditions to maintain process control. Prepare reports or parts of reports following established patterns. Covering work assignments such as preparing masks, operating photographic equipment and development of photographic requirements. • Placing lots on hold, based on engineering guidance, disposition lots and document in MES. Performing tasks such as running split lots for engineering, ensuring special processing is consistent and on time. Performing gage R&R (Repeatable & Reproducibility) studies for metrology equipment. • Manipulate the wafers in a FOUP (Front Opening Unified Pod) to 25 pounds and with a wand as applicable to lift, hold, move and manipulate. Basic Qualifications for the Microelectronics Technician 2: • High school diploma/GED and a minimum of 2 years of relevant electronics work experience; OR an Associate's degree in a related STEM field. • 2 years prior manufacturing experience and/or 1 year of semiconductor (cleanroom) manufacturing experience • The ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance. • US Citizenship required. Preferred Qualifications: • 6 months of experience running manual semiconductor process equipment including manual coat Photolithograph equipment for a back-end proces