Dry Etch Engineer, Advance NAND

Micron Technology Inc. is a Fortune 500 company & employs about 45,000 workers worldwide, with HQ 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, HMCs, and other memory-based systems. Micron is expanding and now starting full-fledged NAND research and development in Singapore co-locating with high volume manufacturing to speed up innovation. Micron has several world class SSD products (NAND) which have revolutionized speed feeding into GPU’s for superior AI performance and achieving blazing fast performance for gaming and pro workloads. Micron is one of the most prolific patent applicants in the world with 50,000 patents granted and still growing. 

As an Engineer, you will be a part of revolutionary next generation NAND research & development dry etch team driving critical modules listed below. The position promises ample opportunities for innovation, collaboration and testing a new dimension and scaling with next generation NAND. You will work directly with process integration and other process areas such as Wet Etch, CVD, Diffusion, Metals, Lithography & CMP. You will work on state of the art and best in class dry etch chambers & own the process roadmap to meet program and yield goals. Your responsibilities include, but not limited to: 

Job Responsibilities:   

• Developing dry etch processes to meet the physical & electrical requirements of Micron’s products

• Optimizing dry etch processes to reduce cost, process variability, and improve process capability

• Collaborating with process integration and other process development teams to develop innovative new solutions

• Conducting root cause and failure mode analysis to understand the limitations of current hardware and driving vendors for solutions

• Performing fundamental research to drive innovative solutions for next-generation products

• Maintaining a technology development pilot manufacturing line

• Support process transfer to production facilities (some domestic and/or international travel may be required).

Qualifications & Skills:  

• An aptitude for a research and development environment

• Strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills

• Ability to resolve complex issues through root-cause or model-based problem solving

• Working knowledge in statistics, preferably in statistical process control 

• Ability to work independently, with minimal direction, and a focus on meeting commitments

• Ability to multi-task and manage numerous projects simultaneously

• Academic or basic knowledge of one of the following: thermodynamics, transport phenomena, dry etch processing, kinetic theory, or basic plasma physics 

• Data science basics / Python coding or programming or scripting is desirable

• Strong computer skills, including MS Office 

Education (minimum requirements) 

• Masters/PhD in Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, Material Science, Physics, Chemical Physics, Chemistry, Semiconductor engineering or relevant majors

• Bachelors in Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, Material Science, Physics, Chemical physics, Chemistry, Semiconductor engineering or relevant majors with 3 years of relevant experience. Internships could be considered as a part of job experience too.