Principal Engineer Lead/Member of Technical Staff, Diffusion

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.

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Principal Engineer Lead or Member of Technical Staff to develop Diffusion processes with latest deployment of technology nodes. This role will involve ensuring extended engagement with manufacturing on upcoming technology nodes, working independently with minimal direction, and achieving set objectives.

Responsibilities

• Support Diffusion Process developments/improvements as well as technology transfer on DRAM in R&D at initial stages and carry on subsequently in the manufacturing environment.
• Identify and evaluate interactions between equipment, modules and processes and resolve related issues.
• Resolve yield and reliability issues through process development.
• Stay engaged with vendors on strategic process/hardware evaluations.
• Work closely with manufacturing Fab and understand manufacturing issues.
• Engage PI groups to understand implications of inline/probe/parametric data and find opportunities for process improvement.
• Design multi-level SWRs using DOE concept and develop framework for process changes and conversion.
• Initiate and manage experiments to widen process margins as well as to test out manufacturability of next node solutions – effective interaction with manufacturing on such areas.
• Incorporate best known manufacturing methods into early development phase of upcoming nodes.
• Provide documentations for new technology transfer.
• Interact positively with the group, pilot line, vendors, integration, manufacturing, management, to contribute to key improvement projects.
• Accountable for building and driving technical strategy for Diffusion Process area (Gate High-k, oxidation, thermal/plasma treatment, annealing, etc) to meet DRAM and high-performance CMOS technology scaling targets.
• Be a strong collaborator across other development teams, including PI(Process Integration), PE(Product Engineering), QA(Quality Assurance) and device reliability and global quality teams.
• Collaborate effectively with equipment and chemical vendors to ensure alignment and build positive relationships for long term success of Micron.
• Be a mentor and role model for team members to build technical and leadership talent pipeline for area.
• Be accountable for key Technology Development business processes related to strategy and execution, such as Roadmap Development and cost reduction and technology transfer support to HVM.
• Provide advice to senior and executive technical management related to strategic decisions for the Diffusion area.
• Make decisions that significantly impact the achievement of area functional goals, product, and process equipment strategy.

Requirements

• Bachelor's/Master's/PhD in chemical/material/mechanical/electronics/physics with min 5 years working experience in Semiconductor or Electronic or Chemical Process
• Good Understanding of the Process concepts and how the hardware and process interact with each other.
• Strong desire and creativity to explore process and control improvements.
• Strong collaborator with the ability to clearly communicate with content experts – written and oral (via conference calls)
• Proven ability to set, measure and achieve short and long term goals.
• Demonstrated success in leading across functional (R&D, Manufacturing) teams (preferably WW) in defining and solving process problems.