Equipment Engineer - Yield Technology

Micron Technology; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare plans

Paid time off

Professional growth opportunities

Job summary

Micron Technology is seeking a Yield Technology Equipment Engineer in Boise, Idaho. This role involves working with optical, eBeam, review, and metrology equipment to improve inspection techniques and ensure effective collaboration with module owners and vendors. The ideal candidate will have a BS/MS in Engineering or Physics, along with a solid understanding of semiconductor inspection. Micron offers comprehensive benefits including healthcare plans, paid time off, and professional growth opportunities, fostering a supportive work environment.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of semiconductor inspection equipment and processes.
• Ability to write recipes to automate toolsets, close defect gaps, and improve efficiency of inspection and review recipes.
• Ability to collaborate with module owners to ensure recipe quality.

Responsibilities

• Create new inspection and review techniques and sampling methods.
• Track and monitor tool maintenance and work with vendors on tool issues.
• Work as a liaison between Micron engineering and vendors.

Skills

Knowledge of semiconductor inspection equipment and processes

Ability to write recipes to automate toolsets

Ability to collaborate with module owners

Strong organization skills

Education

BS/MS in Engineering or Physics

Job description

Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all. 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.

The Yield Technology Equipment team provides defect detection, metrology, analysis, and sourcing to quickly identify and mitigate defect excursions in the fab. We collaborate with other process areas to give an early indication of the viability of process conversions. We value a safe working environment, ensuring high quality data, and working as a team to achieve our common goals.

As a Yield Technology Equipment Engineer, you will work with optical, eBeam, review, and/or metrology equipment. Equipment owners plan, direct, and implement equipment‑related activities and vendor actions to maximize efficient use of tool time and resources. This work will help ensure the RDA and metrology tools and engineers provide critical information to our internal customers in all phases of the manufacturing cycle. In addition, the equipment engineer may be called on to help high‑volume manufacturing locations solve critical gap issues on optical and eBeam systems installed in production fabs.

Responsibilities

• Create new inspection and review techniques and sampling methods.
• Track and monitor tool maintenance and work with vendors on tool issues.
• Track and monitor statistical process control charts.
• Work as a liaison between Micron engineering and vendors.

Minimum Qualifications

• Knowledge of semiconductor inspection equipment and processes.
• Ability to write recipes to automate toolsets, close defect gaps, and improve efficiency of inspection and review recipes.
• Ability to collaborate with module owners to ensure recipe quality.
• Demonstrated ability to solve recipe issues that are identified through quality checks or by process owner.
• Ability to take on projects related to inspection and review to improve automation and efficiency of toolsets.
• Strong organization skills to maintain records of recipe changes and create recipe training guides to improve future node inspection or review techniques.
• Education: BS/MS in Engineering or Physics (required)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working closely with technology development organization and high‑volume manufacturing sites to align on tool strategies and techniques.
• Proactive problem solving and data‑driven decision making.
• History of working as both an individual contributor and as part of a team.

Micron is dedicated to your personal wellbeing and professional growth. Micron benefits are designed to help you stay well, provide peace of mind and help you prepare for the future. We offer a choice of medical, dental, and vision plans in all locations, enabling team members to select the plans that best meet their family healthcare needs and budget. Micron also provides benefit programs that help protect your income if you are unable to work due to illness or injury, and paid family leave. Additionally, Micron benefits include a robust paid time‑off program and paid holidays. For additional information regarding the Benefit programs available, please see the Benefits Guide posted on micron.com/careers/benefits.

Micron is proud to be an equal‑opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity, or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Micron Prohibits the use of child labor and complies with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and other international and industry labor standards.

Micron does not charge candidates any recruitment fees or unlawfully collect any other payment from candidates as consideration for their employment with Micron.