SMAI Senior Data Scientist

Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all.

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.

As a Senior Data Scientist in Smart Manufacturing & AI (SMAI), you will work with global planning, manufacturing, and supply chain teams to identify high-value business problems and deliver end-to-end optimization, simulation, and digital twin solutions.

We are looking for a full-stack solution developer who can translate ambiguous business challenges into scalable products and production-ready solutions. You will be expected to be capable of working across the entire solution lifecycle, including problem framing, data understanding, modeling, software development, deployment, user adoption, and value realization.

Successful candidates are intellectually curious, highly independent, and capable of navigating complex and ambiguous business environments while delivering measurable business outcomes.

Responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Partner with stakeholders from Micron manufacturing, planning and supply chain departments to identify, analyze, and solve complex business problems.
• Design, develop, and deploy digital twin solutions using Operations Research, mathematical optimization, and Discrete Event Simulation techniques.
• Design and develop production-grade applications, including data pipelines, data cleaning, modeling engines, APIs, and user-interface applications.
• Transform large and diverse datasets into actionable insights, decision-support tools, and scalable software solutions.
• Drive deployment, adoption, benchmarking, and continuous improvement of solutions across Micron's global manufacturing sites.
• Collaborate with Data Scientists, Product Owners, AI Engineers and domain experts throughout the solution lifecycle.
• 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.

Minimum Qualifications & Skills Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Data Science, Engineering, or related quantitative disciplines with demonstrated strong programming and modeling capabilities.
• Hands-on experience in Operations Research, Discrete Event Simulation, mathematical optimization, decision science, with demonstrated ability to develop and implement practical solutions for operational problems.
• 3+ years of experience developing software applications using Python, SQL, Java, C/C++, C#, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, or similar technologies, with strong full-stack development capabilities.
• Knowledge of modern software development practices including APIs, Git, CI/CD, cloud platforms, ETL/data pipelines, and AI-assisted development tools.
• Experience in manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, planning, semiconductor operations, or related industrial environments.
• Strong problem-solving skills with structured and logical thinking approaches, effective communication skills, and the ability to work independently in ambiguous and fast-changing environments.
• 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。

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.

To learn more, please visit micron.com/careers

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

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