Foundry PDK & Collateral Integration Engineer

Micron Technology; Nebraska; On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Micron Technology is seeking a Senior or Staff Engineer for the Dry Etch R&D team to develop and scale plasma-based etch processes enabling next-generation high-bandwidth memory packaging technology.

This role offers deep technical ownership, cross-functional collaboration with R&D, suppliers, and manufacturing, and the opportunity to influence technology roadmaps from early research through high-volume production.

Qualifications

• This role requires deep technical ownership and cross-functional collaboration across R&D, suppliers, and manufacturing.
• Experience with plasma-based etch processes and semiconductor packaging is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Collateral Acquisition & Access Control: Coordinate secure download of foundry collateral and enforce NDA policies.
• PDK Installation & Environment Setup: Install/configure PDKs, rule decks, models, libraries; align toolchains with foundry recommendations.
• Validation & Testing (Core Responsibility): Complete PDK validation pipeline including unit testing (DRC/LVS/ERC/PERC, models, libraries).
• Smoke testing of end-to-end CAD flows and regression testing vs prior PDK releases; confirm validations before transfer to established teams.

Job description

Micron Technology is seeking a Senior or Staff Engineer for the Dry Etch R&D team to develop and scale plasma-based etch processes enabling next-generation high-bandwidth memory packaging technology.

This role offers deep technical ownership, cross-functional collaboration with R&D, suppliers, and manufacturing, and the opportunity to influence technology roadmaps from early research through high-volume production.