Lead Member of Technical Staff, Advanced DRAM Overlay Engineer

micron; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision plans

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Job summary

Micron Technology seeks a senior overlay-focused leader to drive the overlay roadmap and technical strategy for future bonding technologies.

You will influence process integration, lithography, metrology, and manufacturing to optimize overlay performance and yield while advancing AI-enabled analytics and metrology capabilities.

Qualifications

• Experience leading overlay technology development and roadmap definition.
• Ability to translate complex process data into actionable improvements.
• Strong collaboration across multiple engineering and manufacturing teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the overlay roadmap and bond overlay technologies.
• Serve as technical authority for overlay specifications, error budgets, and scaling requirements.
• Develop overlay solutions meeting performance, yield, manufacturability, and scaling goals.
• Advance overlay metrology, automation, process control, modeling, and analytics with Process and Metrology teams.
• Apply AI, simulation, and experimentation to speed learning and improve overlay performance.
• Lead simulation and experimental process development balancing modeling with hands-on work.
• Maintain overlay error budgets, validation plans, experiments, and device requirements.
• Resolve complex overlay challenges including alignment, distortion, and bonding issues.
• Translate technical findings into process improvements and roadmap recommendations.
• Provide technical leadership across Process Integration, Lithography, Bonding, Metrology, and Manufacturing.
• Mentor engineers to build overlay expertise in Advanced DRAM.

Skills

Overlay strategy

Technical leadership

Analytics

Simulation

Tools

Modeling tools

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.

Key Responsibilities

Overlay Strategy, Roadmap & Technical Leadership

• Own the overlay roadmap including bond overlay technologies.

• Serve as the technical authority for overlay, defining overlay specifications, error budgets, mark strategies, technical signoff criteria, and scaling requirements for future technology nodes.

• Develop innovative overlay solutions that enable advanced bonding while meeting performance, yield, manufacturability, and scaling objectives.

• Drive advancement of overlay metrology, automation, process control, modeling, and analytics capabilities in partnership with Process and Metrology teams.

• Apply advanced analytics, Artificial Intelligence, simulation, and experimental methodologies to accelerate learning, identify root causes, and improve overlay performance.

Technology Development & Problem Solving

• Lead simulation and experimental process development activities, balancing modeling with hands-on characterization and technology development.

• Develop and maintain overlay error budgets, validation plans, experiments, and technical assessments that connect process behavior to device and integration requirements.

• Solve complex overlay challenges involving alignment, distortion, deformation, process interactions, and bonded wafers.

• Translate technical findings into actionable process improvements, technology decisions, and roadmap recommendations.

Cross-Functional & Supplier Leadership

• Provide technical leadership across Process Integration, Lithography, Bonding, Metrology, Automation, Process Development, Equipment Development, and Manufacturing organizations.

• Lead and influence supplier engagements supporting lithography, bonding, metrology, automation, and next-generation overlay capabilities.

• Participate in supplier selection, capability development, and HVM tool decisions.

• Communicate technical recommendations, risks, and strategic direction to engineering teams and leadership.

• Mentor engineers and help build overlay expertise across the broader Advanced DRAM organization.

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.

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