Senior Engineer, Adv PD Photolithography

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Join an inclusive team passionate about one thing: using their expertise in the relentless pursuit of innovation for customers and partners. The solutions we build help make everything from virtual reality experiences to breakthroughs in neural networks possible. We do it all while committing to integrity, sustainability, and giving back to our communities. Because doing so can fuel the very innovation we are pursuing.

Main Responsibilities 

• Execute photolithography process development, optimization, and troubleshooting tasks in support of yield, quality, and performance targets. 

• Perform DOE, SPC, and statistical analysis to characterize process behavior and identify improvement opportunities. 

• Support material evaluations, defect learning, overlay analysis, and process window characterization. 

• Assist with integration learning during development and early manufacturing ramps. 

• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams including integration, etch, metrology, and yield engineering. 

Other Responsibilities 

• Document experimental procedures, results, and learnings in technical reports and presentations. 

• Support technology transfer activities under direction of senior engineers. 

• Integrates AI-assisted tools and insights into daily work to improve efficiency, quality, or effectiveness, exercising sound judgment and complying with organizational standards and legal requirements. • Contributes to a culture of continuous improvement by identifying, testing, and sharing AI-enabled enhancements within one’s scope of work.

AI Responsibilities:

• Integrates AI-assisted tools and insights into daily work to improve efficiency, quality, or effectiveness, exercising sound judgment and complying with organizational standards and legal requirements.
• Contributes to a culture of continuous improvement by identifying, testing, and sharing AI-enabled enhancements within one’s scope of work.

Candidate Profile 

Minimum Qualifications / Experience 

• PhD, or Master’s ≥3 yrs, or Bachelor’s ≥5 yrs of relevant experience in 
  Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Physics, or related field, with foundational experience in semiconductor photolithography process development. 

Must‑Have Technical Skills 

• Demonstrated ability to contribute effectively to photolithography process development initiatives and improvement plans. 

• Deep knowledge in optics, immersion lithography, polarized illumination, and low k1 imaging  

• Proficiency in lithography simulation tools, material characterization, DOE, SPC, and basic statistical data analysis 

Must‑Have Soft Skills 

• Analytical thinking and structured problem‑solving 

• Collaboration and openness to learning 

• Clear technical communication 

• Project Management; especially in technical & technology programs  

Highly Desirable / Preferred 

• Exposure to advanced lithography (193nm, 248nm, 365nm) and EUV processes 

• Hands-on experience with innovative photolithography equipment and metrology tools 

AI Requirements

• Ability to apply baseline digital fluency and role appropriate AI literacy to use AI enabled tools responsibly and effectively for research, analysis, content creation, problem solving, operational tasks, and achieving business outcomes.

Embody Micron’s Core Values: 

People – Diversity of thought to propel technology leadership - Ideas can come from anywhere

Innovation – Challenge and disrupt the status quo – fail fast and learn faster, optimize with Artificial Intelligence solutions

Tenacity – Own the problem to closure through a first principles approach

Collaboration – Partner with Product and Manufacturing to deliver end-to-end technology solutions

Customer Focus – Powering Micron’s Storage products through industry-leading technology

Speed – Moving fast on what matters, without compromising quality

About Micron Technology, Inc.

We are 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 our customers, technology leadership, and manufacturing and operational excellence, Micron delivers a rich portfolio of high-performance DRAM, NAND, and NOR memory and storage products through our Micron® and Crucial® brands. Every day, the innovations that our people create fuel the data economy, enabling advances in artificial intelligence and 5G applications that unleash opportunities — from the data center to the intelligent edge and across the client and mobile user experience.

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