Dry Etch Senior/Staff Engineer, Process Development SG, Advanced NAND

As a Senior/Staff 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:  

• Demonstrate research and development aptitude in science and engineering fields 

• Examples of experimental design and data analysis

• Strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills

• Ability to use extensive technical knowledge to guide strategic directions

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

• Proficiency in statistics (preferred) and 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

• Fundamental knowledge of at least one of the following: transport phenomena, dry etch processing, kinetic theory, statistical thermodynamics, or plasma physics

• Data science basics / Python coding / GenAI programming is desirable

• Strong computer skills, including MS Office

Education 

• Masters with minimum 2 years of relevant experience involving dry etch in semiconductor industry/ 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 minimum 5 years of relevant experience in dry etch process