Senior Engineer, Process Development, Diffusion, NTI

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize unit processes to meet yield and quality targets for advanced NAND devices
• Evaluate innovative process and equipment solutions for early experimentation and process margin improvement
• Collaborate with manufacturing teams to identify and prioritize key technology challenges
• Integrate and troubleshoot processes within cross-functional teams focused on yield and quality enhancement
• Partner with global technology development teams to align future device requirements with process capabilities
• Conduct fundamental research, hardware evaluations, and novel process testing to support intellectual property generation
• Design and execute experiments to expand process margins and validate manufacturability of next-node solutions
• Lead multidisciplinary projects across teams, sites, and suppliers focused on quality, yield, cost, and productivity
• Develop and apply advanced process monitoring and control methodologies

Requirements

• Bachelor/Masters in Materials Science, Electrical/Electronics, Chemical, Microelectronic Engineering, or Physics with 5+ years of relevant experience, or a PhD in a related field
• Strong understanding of flow dynamics, thermodynamics, and physical phenomena in deposition
• Knowledge of precursor depletion effects in 3D structures and mitigation strategies
• Experience with interface characterization techniques such as SIMS, XPS, EDX, and SEM/TEM
• Understanding of memory process flows, specifically for planar and vertical NAND
• Proficiency in data analysis tools and Design of Experiments (DoE)
• Excellent communication skills for both in-person and remote interactions

About the Company

Micron is an industry leader in innovative memory and storage solutions transforming how the world uses information to enrich life for all. With a relentless focus on technology leadership and manufacturing excellence, Micron delivers high-performance DRAM, NAND, and NOR products that fuel the data economy, enabling advances in artificial intelligence and 5G applications.