MTS/Principal Engineer, Metals Adv DRAM

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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 MTS/Principal Process 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 MTS/Principal Process Development Engineer, you will be part of a revolutionary Advanced DRAM Technology Development team! The position promises ample opportunity for innovation, collaboration and testing new dimensions in Advanced DRAM. You will work directly with Process Integration and other process areas including Dry Etch, Wet etch, CVD, Diffusion, Lithography and CMP.  You will work on state of the art and best in class wet etch tooling and own the process roadmap to meet program and yield goals. Are you ready for the challenge?

Expectations for this role include, but not limited to:

• Technically innovate: Drive strategic technical and tactical decisions at a project and platform level by contributing to feasibility studies; Proactively engage technical challenges before they become problems.  Key processes include vapor/plasma etching, selective wet etching, surface prep, and high aspect processing.
• Technically Focus: Have the vision and technical skills to relate technologies and business plans of group and other group’s projects; Actively build Micron Intellectual Property; Aware of external technical advancements substantiated with understanding of the state-of-the art 
• Impact Results: Lead Micron IP into successful technical readiness and transition to program integration.
• Influence: Regularly interact with senior management to provide consultation and influence technical and strategic decisions; Crafts alliances with customers.  
• Skill and experience: Regularly drive product planning/roadmap, platform features, and functional area strategy with a focus on scientific fundamentals

Minimum Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in Materials Science, Physics, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or an equivalent field is required. Suitable experience includes research done during pursuit of a PhD with 10 years of relevant semiconductor industry experience.
• Subject matter expertise in low resistive metallization, lateral contact silicidation, high aspect-ratio metals fill, wafer stress management, implantation to resolve issues, and solving highly complex problems by documenting potentially innovative solutions to new equipment modification and process research, etc.
• Demonstrated experience leading significant projects in DRAM/NAND FEOL, MOL, CAP, Wafer Bonding, CMOS, BEOL modules to support technical innovation in areas such as process or product application that can be delivered across the fabs.
• Understanding solid-state physics including transition metal oxides, metals, surfaces, and interfaces, understanding fundamental challenges in materials exploration for device scaling.
• Understanding chemical kinetics and their direct application to CVD, ALD, and PVD deposition processes in various deposition reactors.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in semiconductor processing or manufacturing. Experience in DRAM or Memory is preferred
• An understanding of different types of thin-film analysis techniques such as SIMS, XPS, EDS, AFM, SEM, TEM, and XRR.
• Incorporation of AI into daily work role. Specific emphasis in coding, automation, and/or data science paired with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Hands-on experience on thin film deposition equipment in a lab or clean-room environment.
• Proficiency in data analysis and statistical techniques. Evaluating and making insightful inferences from large amounts of various types of data, such as electrical and physical analysis.

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.

Micron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

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