Senior | Principal Dram Yield & Quality Product Engineer

Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all.
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.
Our Opportunity Summary:
For more than 43 years, Micron Technology, Inc. has redefined innovation with the world's most advanced memory and semiconductor technologies. We're an international team of visionaries and scientists, developing groundbreaking technologies that are transforming how the world uses information to enrich life.
As a Product Engineer at Micron, you will be part of a forward-thinking team of engineers that solves sophisticated problems, responsible for enabling Micron's products with flawless and issue-free release to both internal and external customers. Product Engineers are the key interface between Research and Development, Manufacturing, Marketing, and Quality Assurance departments. The seniority level offered will be based on a combination of experience and education.
Our team vision is a continuing desire to develop your skills working in an inclusive diverse environment of multicultural Teams across worldwide geographies! Enabling the creative career path you deserve with a collaborative environment and groundbreaking technology and growing upon your imagination and creativity.
(Disclaimer): While you may not exhibit all of the characteristics/skills listed below today, we are highly interested in a teammate who is motivated to grow in technical breadth and depth. Suppose you are open to learning while being a valued member of a team of premier engineers. In that case, we are determined to help build upon your existing foundation, while rapidly growing your individual and collaborative skills in this exciting and outstanding opportunity.
What's Encouraged Daily:
Prepare for New DRAM Products:

• Yield/Quality teams will begin engaging well ahead of silicon arrival as key participants in ramp/product planning activities for upcoming products
• Lead yield and product grading forecasting, tracking, communication, and improvement across designs
• Work with Design Engineering and help complete pre-silicon simulations and documentation
• Understand how the manufacturing process impacts CMOS & design response
• Bring together and implement lessons learned for continuous improvement
• Work with Manufacturing teams to ensure resources and support programs are prepared for new products and new datasheet specifications

Ensure Silicon Meets Product Expectations:

• Create and maintain yield paretos with new data, actions, timelines, and estimated yield gains, and provide prioritization to drive pareto improvements
• Extract and analyze silicon parametric and test-manufacturing data
• Perform hands-on failure analysis in our lab to isolate root cause
• Define and lead all aspects of experiments to improve product performance
• Work with Product Yield Enhancement (PYE) and Fab teams to understand physical failures and drive corrective actions
• Collaborate with Quality Assurance (QA) Teams on reliability performance and customer returns
• Monitor and drive performance to plan, define actions and set priorities accordingly

Partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, and Marketing:

• Coordinate closely with the Product Leadership Team to ensure yield and quality are fully represented in the overall product leadership approach, and strategies are aligned to delivering the product objectives/timelines
• Allocate resources to meet timelines and results within the group, and work with the Leadership Team to set appropriate project goals
• Synchronize data reporting and projections with global teams MFG, PYE, Node Enablement
• Collaborate with Test Engineering and Design-For-Test to provide test mentorship that improves product quality and/or yield
• Drive solutions for sophisticated problems
• Build and deliver technical presentations to a wide range of audiences
• Provide overall project prioritization and direction to project goals for support teams
• Analyze current and historical trends, and experiment data, to improve the accuracy of product performance forecasts

Provide Technical Training and Expertise:

• Optimize group performance through metrics and objectives
• Provide On-the-Job Training (OJT) for new engineers
• Assist with data presentation and interpretation
• Act as product-specific point of contact
• Participate and chip into technical seminars

How To Qualify:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Electrical or Computer Engineering
• 5+ years of proven experience, including both technical leadership and project management
• Familiarity with the appearance of common DRAM fail modes by data and fail analysis - can resolve the cause of failure holistically including process, design, and test flow preferred
• Possess working knowledge of the way product yields impact revenue-preferred
• A record of performance excellence for current/previous areas of responsibility
• Viewed by the current team as a strong mentor and teammate
• Proven ability to tackle problems across multi-functional groups, both within and outside the department
• Solid communication and presentation skills
• Solid interpersonal skills and a track record as a strong collaborator

What Sets You Apart:

• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• A self-motivated, hard-working team player who enjoys working with diverse abilities and backgrounds
• Good communication skills with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to other design peers in verbal and written form
• Having an innovative approach that is open to improving upon any of our processes or products.
• Experience working with multi-functional teams across multiple sites
• Experience delegating tasks and setting priorities in a team environment

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, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
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