Senior Engineer, Adv PD Photolithography

1100 Micron SemiAsiaOP Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Micron Technology, Inc. in Singapore seeks a senior photolithography engineer to lead process development and optimization, enabling yield, quality and performance targets.

You will run DOE, SPC, and statistical analyses, support material evaluations, defect learning, and overlay analysis while collaborating with integration, etch, metrology, and yield teams.

Embedding AI-enabled tools into daily work, you’ll advance continuous improvement and share AI-driven enhancements across the program.

Qualifications

• PhD or Master’s with ≥3 years, or Bachelor’s with ≥5 years in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Physics, or related field.
• Foundational experience in semiconductor photolithography process development.
• Ability to contribute effectively to photolithography development initiatives and improvement plans.

Responsibilities

• Execute photolithography process development, optimization, and troubleshooting tasks.
• Perform DOE, SPC, and statistical analysis to characterize process behavior and identify improvements.
• Support material evaluations, defect learning, overlay analysis, and process window characterization.
• Assist with integration learning during development and early manufacturing ramps.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams including integration, etch, metrology, and yield engineering.
• Integrates AI‑assisted tools and insights into daily work to improve efficiency, quality, or effectiveness.
• Contributes to a culture of continuous improvement by identifying, testing, and sharing AI‑enabled enhancements.

Skills

Photolithography process development

Optics and immersion lithography

DOE and SPC analytics

Analytical thinking

Collaboration

Clear technical communication

Education

PhD in Electrical Engineering / Materials Science / Chemical Engineering / Physics

Master’s degree in related field (≥3 yrs experience)

Bachelor’s degree in related field (≥5 yrs experience)

Tools

Lithography simulation tools

Materials characterization

Job description

Main Responsibilities

• Execute photolithography process development, optimization, and troubleshooting tasks in support of yield, quality, and performance targets.


• Perform DOE, SPC, and statistical analysis to characterize process behavior and identify improvement opportunities.


• Support material evaluations, defect learning, overlay analysis, and process window characterization.


• Assist with integration learning during development and early manufacturing ramps.


• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams including integration, etch, metrology, and yield engineering.


• Integrates AI‑assisted tools and insights into daily work to improve efficiency, quality, or effectiveness, exercising sound judgment and complying with organizational standards and legal requirements.


• Contributes to a culture of continuous improvement by identifying, testing, and sharing AI‑enabled enhancements within one’s scope of work.

Other Responsibilities

• Document experimental procedures, results, and learnings in technical reports and presentations.


• Support technology transfer activities under direction of senior engineers.

AI Responsibilities

• Integrates AI‑assisted tools and insights into daily work to improve efficiency, quality, or effectiveness, exercising sound judgment and complying with organizational standards and legal requirements.


• Contributes to a culture of continuous improvement by identifying, testing, and sharing AI‑enabled enhancements within one’s scope of work.

Candidate Profile Minimum Qualifications / Experience

• PhD, or Master’s ≥3 yrs, or Bachelor’s ≥5 yrs of relevant experience in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Physics, or related field, with foundational experience in semiconductor photolithography process development.

Must‑Have Technical Skills

• Demonstrated ability to contribute effectively to photolithography process development initiatives and improvement plans.


• Deep knowledge in optics, immersion lithography, polarized illumination, and low k1 imaging.


• Proficiency in lithography simulation tools, material characterization, DOE, SPC, and basic statistical data analysis.

Must‑Have Soft Skills

• Analytical thinking and structured problem‑solving.


• Collaboration and openness to learning.


• Clear technical communication.


• Project Management; especially in technical & technology programs.

Highly Desirable / Preferred

• Exposure to advanced lithography (193nm, 248nm, 365nm) and EUV processes.


• Hands‑on experience with innovative photolithography equipment and metrology tools.

AI Requirements

• Ability to apply baseline digital fluency and role appropriate AI literacy to use AI enabled tools responsibly and effectively for research, analysis, content creation, problem solving, operational tasks, and achieving business outcomes.


• Embodies Micron’s Core Values: People, Ideas can come from anywhere, Innovation – Challenge and disrupt the status quo, fail fast and learn faster, optimize with Artificial Intelligence solutions, Tenacity – Own the problem to closure through a first principles approach, Collaboration – Partner with Product and Manufacturing to deliver end‑to‑end technology solutions, Customer Focus – Powering Micron’s Storage products through industry‑leading technology, Speed – Moving fast on what matters, without compromising quality.

Embodies Micron’s Core Values

• People – Diversity of thought to propel technology leadership - Ideas can come from anywhere


• Innovation – Challenge and disrupt the status quo – fail fast and learn faster, optimize with Artificial Intelligence solutions


• Tenacity – Own the problem to closure through a first principles approach


• Collaboration – Partner with Product and Manufacturing to deliver end‑to‑end technology solutions


• Customer Focus – Powering Micron’s Storage products through industry‑leading technology


• Speed – Moving fast on what matters, without compromising quality

About Micron Technology, Inc.

We are an industry leader in innovative memory and storage solutions transforming how the world uses information to enrich life for all. With a relentless focus on our customers, technology leadership, and manufacturing and operational excellence, Micron delivers a rich portfolio of high‑performance DRAM, NAND, and NOR memory and storage products through our Micron® and Crucial® brands. Every day, the innovations that our people create fuel the data economy, enabling advances in artificial intelligence and 5G applications that unleash opportunities — from the data center to the intelligent edge and across the client and mobile user experience.

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