Senior Industrial Engineer, NPI & Wafer Cost Optimization

1850 Micron Memory Malaysia SD; Penang; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Micron Technology in Malaysia is seeking a Senior IE-NPI Engineer to drive R&D prequal cost optimization for SSD and Automotive programs. You will translate system development plans into wafer demand, model NAND optimization opportunities, and communicate analyses to leadership and cross-functional teams.

You will apply AI-enabled analytics to improve planning accuracy, support quarterly reviews, and collaborate with Global Supply Chain, Finance, and Product Engineering to optimize prequal

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering, industrial engineering, data analytics, or a related field, with 3+ years of equivalent experience in electronic or semiconductor fields.
• Strong meeting leadership, collaboration, and influencing skills that drive issue resolution and clear next steps.
• Hands-on experience developing agentic workflows and AI-enabled solutions using AI platforms (Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot).

Responsibilities

• Manage R&D NPI wafers and OpEx/cost strategy across all storage products.
• Develop and maintain NPI planning models to translate program build plans into NAND wafer requirements, yield analysis, system qualification schedules and fab capacity to support wafer projections.
• Support roadmap-driven planning for new technology nodes and product introductions.
• Collaborate with NAND PDT, System PDT, Finance and Cost Accounting, Global Supply Chain and Business Units to capture and model product development requirements.
• Own and maintain prequal cost models by analyzing key cost drivers, including SSD and wafer volumes, development timing, yields, cycle times and wafer cost to support budget planning and cost optimization initiatives.

Skills

AI-enabled workflows

Data analytics

Leadership

Collaboration

Prioritization

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Engineering/Industrial Engineering/Data Analytics

Tools

Jira

Claude

ChatGPT

Job description

Micron Technology in Malaysia is seeking a Senior IE-NPI Engineer to drive R&D prequal cost optimization for SSD and Automotive programs. You will translate system development plans into wafer demand, model NAND optimization opportunities, and communicate analyses to leadership and cross-functional teams.

You will apply AI-enabled analytics to improve planning accuracy, support quarterly reviews, and collaborate with Global Supply Chain, Finance, and Product Engineering to optimize prequal