Workstation Development Engineer, DRAM Wet Etch

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Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate and advance faster than ever.

This job requisition is for a Workstation Development Engineer at Micron Technology, Inc.  Micron Technology Inc. is a Fortune 500 company and employs over 53,000 workers worldwide, with headquarters in Boise, ID.  Micron offers the industry’s broadest portfolio of memory solutions —starting with foundational DRAM, NAND, and NOR Flash memory, extending to SSDs, MCPs, HBM and other memory-based systems. As the only memory fab in the western hemisphere, Micron has been in the industry for over forty-five years and continues to be the only U.S.-based DRAM manufacturer.   Micron is one of the most prolific patent applicants in the world with over 60,000 patents granted and growing.

As a Workstation and Transfer Engineer you will be primarily responsible for starting up and optimizing tool processes to improve product quality and reliability, working on process yield improvement, cost reduction, productivity improvement, risk management, workstation road mapping to enable new process development and coordinating transfer activities from TD to HVM. You will also be required to identify, diagnose and resolve process related problems by applying failure analysis, FMEA, 8D or SPC/FDC methodology. Additional responsibilities include coordinating and carrying out process, equipment and material evaluation/optimization to implement changes at process step, leading and participating in yield improvement and cost reduction activities, handling new process baseline qualifications and managing, auditing and liaising with material suppliers to achieve quality, cost and risk management objectives.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Recipe consolidation and efficiency improvements including sharing and implementing BKMs
• Tool monitoring synergies
• Release new tools and setting up redundancy
• Share new methods and maintain BKMs on new processes
• Maintain workstation configuration and segregation efficiency (roadmap)
• Streamline quals and maintenance for toolsets
• Engagement with HVM/MCT for global alignment  
• Transfer coordination to HVM

Minimum Qualifications:

• M.S. degree in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Material Science or related fields or equivalent industry experience paired with 3+ years of semiconductor industry experience.
• Will have prior wet processing and/or chemistry experience in academia or within the semiconductor industry or related field
• The ability to work independently under minimal supervision
• Experience generating presentations and reports
• The ability to work with others, both one-on-one and in a team environment, and to effectively organize, prioritize, and manage time
• Qualified candidates should also have a good background in organic and inorganic chemistry, and knowledge of integrated circuit processing and semiconductor devices

Preferred Qualifications:

• Must have strong verbal and written communication skills
• Incorporation of AI into daily work role. Specific emphasis in coding, automation and/or data science.

As a world leader in the semiconductor industry, Micron is dedicated to your personal wellbeing and professional growth. Micron benefits are designed to help you stay well, provide peace of mind and help you prepare for the future.  We offer a choice of medical, dental and vision plans in all locations enabling team members to select the plans that best meet their family healthcare needs and budget.  Micron also provides benefit programs that help protect your income if you are unable to work due to illness or injury, and paid family leave.  Additionally, Micron benefits include a robust paid time-off program and paid holidays.  For additional information regarding the Benefit programs available, please see the Benefits Guide posted on micron.com/careers/benefits.

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