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Joseph Damato

Manassas,VA

Summary

Determined professional with dedication to hard work and team player attitude. Offers strong inventory management and quality control abilities. Punctual, focused all while seeking education and cyber security field based certificates.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Engineer Microelectronic Semiconductors

Northrop Grumman
Linthicum Heights, MD
12.2025 - Current

• Administers FactoryWorks and related manufacturing applications by creating Trip Tickets, products, masks, tools, EDC plans, measurement specifications, and product uploads in support of daily operations.
• Supports user access and account lifecycle activities including new account creation, password resets, archiving of user accounts, and ongoing maintenance of Jira and Confluence user access.
• Creates, peer reviews, and uploads Trip Tickets, masks, products, and new tools to final environments while maintaining data accuracy, process compliance, and operational continuity.
• Troubleshoots FactoryWorks, FMC, and related application issues; coordinates with internal teams to resolve system, account, and workflow problems affecting users and production support.
• Updates tool attributes in FMC and the tool attribute database, ensuring controlled configuration management and accurate system records.
• Uses applications including FMC (FactoryWorks Management Console), Crystal Reports, Eyelit, X-Site, Product and Mask Upload Application, and Trip Ticket Creator to support engineering and manufacturing workflows.

Material Control Specialist

Northrop Grumman
Linthicum Heights, MD
04.2022 - 12.2025

• Develop and execute project plans aligned with customer requirements to support engineering development, manufacturing, and calibration, including engineering breadboards, systems, LRUs/sub-assemblies, spares, capital acquisition or rental, and storage of materials and equipment. This is accomplished via manual and computerized production, inventory, and material control systems. Review input/output data for accuracy, executing corrections when required. Serve as Team Lead to communicate requirements and manage tasks of classified personnel.
• Prepare project requirements and schedules using production, inventory, and material control systems. Correlate information from various sources, with respect to availability, specification, delivery requirement, lead time, capacity, inventory levels, and lot sizing. Analyze planned factory attrition costs and coordinate recommendations with operations, engineering, and materials personnel. Execute corrections to meet cost and schedule requirements.
• Execute processes and deliver status to leadership. Prepare schedules aligned with system breakdowns and sub-assembly operations. Analyze changes to requirements to assess the impact to cost, schedules, and project lifecycle. Reconcile schedule changes to ensure valid requirements generation for the project. Develop and communicate methods of resolving priority/capacity issues to leadership.
• Review and analyze new orders and schedule delays. Resolve problems affecting engineering development and production, taking appropriate action to resolve conflicting conditions and understand impacts to Enterprise Resource Planning processes and systems. Apprise leadership of status and recommended solutions. Maintain an awareness of schedules to ensure timely authorization for the procurement of critical purchased and self-manufactured items.
• Develop plans and requirements into specific tasks. Deliver training to classified personnel on procedures, techniques, principles, and practices. Using Infopak, develop and deliver training material to personnel. Monitor the status of tasks performed by classified personnel and implement necessary improvements.
• Deliver status on project production, scheduling, cost to stakeholders. Participate in configuration control board meetings to determine engineering change notice break-in points. Analyze engineering input/output to determine impact to configuration, price, and delivery. Communicate to stakeholders the necessary actions for solutions.
• Receive, evaluate, and validate requirements for internal/external orders. Process requires thorough knowledge of systems, modules, and user functionality. Analyze orders for accuracy and resolve issues. Develop and enter schedules and status on databases. Execute order and distribute status reports for the process lifecycle.

Inventory Control Technician

Potomac ECycle
Manassas, VA
01.2020 - 12.2021
  • Degauss or disintegrate and recycle any memory sensitive materials.
  • Quality control on sellable item in our inventory to post on the company’s eBay account. Package and ship all items sold.

Inventory Associate

Cabela's
Manassas, VA
04.2017 - 12.2019
  • Offered expertise in inventory management and current stock levels to internal teams and customers to facilitate accuracy and product availability.
  • Maintained inventory count, tracked usage and documented variances.
  • Accepted delivered packages, verified products and checked delivery totals to keep system records current and accurate.

Greens and Fairways Maintenance Assistant

Bristow Manor Golf Club
Manassas, VA
03.2013 - 01.2017

Maintained and managed daily quality upkeep of all greens and fairway on a prestige public course.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Cybersecurity

George Mason University
Fairfax, VA
05-2023

Associate of Applied Science - Cyber Security

Northern Virginia Community College
Manassas, VA
05-2020

High School Diploma -

Osbourn Park High School
Manassas, VA
06-2012

Skills

  • Manufacturing Systems Administration
  • Specialized Tools & Software
  • User Access & System Maintenance
  • Process Improvement
  • Technical Troubleshooting
  • Data Analysis & Reporting

Timeline

Engineer Microelectronic Semiconductors

Northrop Grumman
12.2025 - Current

Material Control Specialist

Northrop Grumman
04.2022 - 12.2025

Inventory Control Technician

Potomac ECycle
01.2020 - 12.2021

Inventory Associate

Cabela's
04.2017 - 12.2019

Greens and Fairways Maintenance Assistant

Bristow Manor Golf Club
03.2013 - 01.2017

Bachelor of Science - Cybersecurity

George Mason University

Associate of Applied Science - Cyber Security

Northern Virginia Community College

High School Diploma -

Osbourn Park High School