Staff Engineer

Micron Technology•Boise, ID

About The Position

The Staff Engineer is responsible for starting up, developing, and optimizing equipment processes to improve product quality and reliability. The role focuses on process yield improvement, cost reduction, productivity improvement, risk management, and resolving manufacturing-line problems. The engineer identifies, diagnoses, and resolves equipment-related problems and coordinates process, equipment, and material evaluation and optimization initiatives, implementing changes at the process step. The position leads or participates in continuous yield-improvement and cost-reduction activities; validates and deploys qualified new process baselines, including processes, tools, and materials for new product introduction; and supports SPC/FDC/RMS/APC and site-to-site portability. Responsibilities also include managing and auditing material suppliers, supporting internal and external audits, and developing new or modified process formulations. The role defines processing or handling equipment requirements and specifications, reviews manufacturing techniques, coordinates design requirement reviews, and evaluates test data to determine appropriate process or material specification limits and variables. The engineer may work on activities ranging from pilot plant through full-scale manufacturing and conceives and plans projects involving new concepts, equipment automation technology, and approaches for developing or improving processes. The employer will accept a bachelor's degree in a specified engineering or science field, followed by five years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in the offered role or a related occupation.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or a related field.
Five years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
Experience troubleshooting complex manufacturing equipment.
Experience using data analysis to drive equipment optimization.
Knowledge of statistical process control (SPC) and fault detection methodologies to monitor, analyze, and maintain manufacturing process stability.
Knowledge of semiconductor manufacturing process flows and equipment integration across pilot and high-volume manufacturing environments.
Experience coordinating cross-functional engineering activities, including process qualification, tool matching, and manufacturing readiness for new product introduction.

Responsibilities

Start up, develop, and optimize equipment processes to improve product quality and reliability.
Improve process yield, reduce cost, increase productivity, and manage risk.
Resolve manufacturing-line problems and identify, diagnose, and resolve equipment-related problems.
Coordinate and execute process, equipment, and material evaluation and optimization initiatives; implement changes at the process step.
Lead or participate in continuous yield-improvement and cost-reduction activities.
Validate and deploy qualified new process baselines, including new processes, tools, and materials for new product introduction.
Support SPC/FDC/RMS/APC and site-to-site portability.
Manage and audit material suppliers to achieve quality, cost, and risk-management objectives.
Support internal and external audits.
Develop new or modified process formulations and define processing or handling equipment requirements and specifications.
Review processing techniques and methods used in product manufacture, fabrication, and evaluation.
Coordinate design requirement reviews with engineering and scientific personnel to ensure compatibility of processing methods.
Compile and evaluate test data to determine appropriate limits and variables for process or material specifications.
Plan projects involving new concepts, equipment automation technology, and approaches for developing or improving processes.
Own equipment performance, reliability, and continuous-improvement initiatives.
Use data analysis to drive equipment optimization.
Coordinate cross-functional engineering activities, including process qualification, tool matching, and manufacturing readiness for new product introduction.