Staff Engineer, PD Adv NAND Photolithography

Micron Technology, Inc.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Micron Technology in Singapore is seeking a senior photolithography expert to drive process development and optimization across cutting-edge lithography techniques. You will collaborate with global R&D and manufacturing teams to ensure robust technology transfer and high-yield production.

Responsibilities include designing control strategies, performing DOE and OPC analyses, and leveraging lithography simulations to optimize device performance.

Qualifications

• PhD/Master/Bachelor with demonstrated semiconductor photolithography process development experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead development, optimization, and troubleshooting of photolithography processes to meet yield, quality, and performance requirements.
• Translate device and integration requirements into robust process flows, specifications, and control strategies.
• Perform and own material evaluations, OPC/layout development, process window analysis, and overlay optimization.
• Design and implement advanced process control methodologies using SPC, DOE, and lithography simulation tools.
• Own delivery of defined photolithography process milestones from development through transfer readiness.
• Partner with global R&D and manufacturing teams to ensure effective technology transfer.

Skills

Photolithography expertise

Optics & immersion lithography

DOE & SPC analysis

Lithography simulation tools

Education

PhD in EE/Materials/Physics

Master’s in EE/Materials/Physics

Bachelor’s in EE/Materials/Physics

Job description

Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all. Join an inclusive team passionate about one thing: using their expertise in the relentless pursuit of innovation for customers and partners. The solutions we build help make everything from virtual reality experiences to breakthroughs in neural networks possible. We do it all while committing to integrity, sustainability, and giving back to our communities. Because doing so can fuel the very innovation we are pursuing.

Main Responsibilities

• Lead development, optimization, and troubleshooting of photolithography processes to meet yield, quality, and performance requirements.
• Translate device and integration requirements into robust process flows, specifications, and control strategies.
• Perform and own material evaluations, OPC/layout development, process window analysis, and overlay optimization.
• Design and implement advanced process control methodologies using SPC, DOE, and lithography simulation tools.
• Own delivery of defined photolithography process milestones from development through transfer readiness.
• Partner with global R&D and manufacturing teams to ensure effective technology transfer.

Other Responsibilities

• Work with equipment and materials suppliers to evaluate new capabilities and improvements.
• Contribute to invention disclosures and technical documentation.
• 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.

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 ≥3 yrs, or Master’s ≥5 yrs, or Bachelor’s ≥7 yrs of relevant experience in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Physics, or related field, with demonstrated experience in semiconductor photolithography process development.

Must‑Have Technical Skills

• Proven track record in contributing and accomplishing photolithography process & equipment roadmaps
• 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

• Technical ownership & accountability
• Structured problem-solving
• Cross-functional collaboration

Highly Desirable / Preferred

• Experience with advanced DUV and exposure to EUV
• Supplier interaction and early technology adoption experience

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.

Embody 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

Collaboratio n – 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.

To learn more, please visit micron.com/careers

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