About the role
AI summarisedThe Senior Engineer in Process Development for Wet NTI at Micron is responsible for developing and optimizing wet etch processes to support advanced NAND memory production. This role involves leading cross-functional efforts to improve yield and quality, conducting fundamental research and hardware evaluations, managing experiments for next-node solutions, and driving process simplification and control methodology implementation. The engineer acts as a technical expert, contributes to innovation through patents and publications, and collaborates globally with suppliers and teams to advance process technology.
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Key Responsibilities
- Develop and optimize unit processes to meet the yield and quality requirements of advanced NAND part type
- Integrate and troubleshoot processes as part of cross-functional teams driving yield and quality improvement
- Participate with Boise TD Wet Etch peers on technology choices for the upcoming nodes and able to translate future technology device needs into clear process requirements
- Process development will include performing fundamental research, hardware evaluations, as well as testing processes for novel applications and generating intellectual property relevant to Micron
- Initiate and manage experiments to widen process margins as well as to test out manufacturability of next node solutions
- Identify process simplification opportunities and drive cross functional teams in implementation
- Incorporate best known manufacturing methods into early development phase of upcoming nodes
- Design and implement advanced process monitoring and control methodologies
- Serve as a technical expert within Micron contributing to technical projects for improvements to processes, procedures and equipment
- Lead team or sites or suppliers on complex, multi-disciplinary projects in quality focused meetings, process and yield improvement meetings, cost and productivity improvement meetings
- Provide advice and counsel to management on significant technical issues
- Leads and initiate innovation projects through patents/technical papers
Requirements
- Masters/PhD graduates in Materials Science, Chemical/Microelectronic Engineering or Chemistry are welcome to apply.
- 2-3 years of semiconductor industry experience is preferable
- A deep understanding of chemistry, chemical kinetics, thermodynamics and mass transport
- Basic understanding of films and interface engineering and analysis techniques thereof – SIMS, XPS, EDX, SEM/TEM, FTIR. Understanding of various integration and structural impacts and constraints related to wet etch processes.