About the role
AI summarisedAs a Staff/Principal Photo Scanner Engineer in Micron's Front-End Operation Central Team, you will provide technical and operational leadership to drive global photo scanner performance across Micron's manufacturing network. You will lead efforts to improve scanner uptime, utilization, productivity, and quality while collaborating with technology development, R&D, suppliers, and manufacturing sites to introduce new tools and technologies. The role involves cross-functional collaboration, continuous improvement, cost optimization, and technical stewardship to standardize processes and elevate network-wide scanner performance.
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Key Responsibilities
- Drive global improvements in WPD, uptime, utilization, MA%, and tool throughput across the Micron photo network
- Benchmark site performance and establish best-known-methods (BKMs) to reduce variability and elevate network standards
- Lead assessments and recovery actions for recurring issues, chronic network bottlenecks, and tool performance gaps
- Provide technical leadership during first-of-kind workstation introductions, ensuring manufacturing availability and utilization meet targets
- Govern technical change management, ensuring alignment and consistency across sites
- Work with PEE teams, Quality Engineering, Central Planning, Procurement, and external suppliers to resolve issues and drive engineering improvements
- Lead projects targeting tool performances and availability, and cycle-time improvements
- Prioritize and execute continuous improvement projects aligned to OCT/CPEE strategies and manufacturing needs
- Evaluate technical and operational solutions to reduce downtime, technician labor demand, and material/scrap cost
- Provide expert guidance on TOR, BKM governance, process windows, and technical decision frameworks
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Physics, Materials, or related field)
- 6+ years of relevant semiconductor photo processing or scanner engineering experience
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, including supplier engagement
- Strong expertise with scanner hardware, applications, diagnostics, and process-equipment interaction
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional and cross-site engineering initiatives
- Experience with ASML scanners and advanced technology node ramps
- Demonstrated success in driving large-scale manufacturing or equipment performance programs
- Technical leadership in Photo technical engineering functions with excellent project management knowledge
- Experience with structured problem solving (8D, DOE, SPC)
