New College Grad - OI System Engineer

Micron Technology; Manassas (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Micron Technology, a world leader in memory and storage solutions, seeks an Operations Improvement System Engineer to enhance production performance across the Industrial Engineering function in Manassas, VA. You will analyze systems, design automation, and partner with stakeholders to drive continuous improvements in scheduling, line management, and reporting.

The role emphasizes applying IE concepts, data mining, and systematic problem-solving to optimize wafer fabrication processes and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering or computer science field.
• Ability to apply queueing theory, lean, theory of constraints, Little’s Law and scheduling.
• Experience mining data from relational databases to drive decisions.
• Ability to deliver root-cause solutions through systematic analysis.

Responsibilities

• Continuously optimize manufacturing systems to improve prediction accuracy and scenario study capabilities.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify problems, design solutions, and test automation deployments.
• Create, document, and support scheduling and automation service requests.
• Support line management decisions with metrics on cycle time, yield, starts, and output.
• Assist area management decisions with queue time, equipment releases, and workstation optimization.
• Support and enable manufacturing scenario studies through automation.
• Collaborate with training teams to develop new improvement-focused classes.

Skills

Industrial engineering concepts

Data mining with relational databases

Root cause analysis

Programming in SQL/Angular/C#/Java/JS

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering / Integrated Manufacturing / Systems Engineering / Operations Research / Management Science / CS

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.

As an Operations Improvement System Engineer within the Industrial Engineering organization at Micron Technology, Inc., you will be part of a team responsible for analysing and optimizing the performance of the production operations. The Operations Improvement team is responsible for facility optimisation, improving overall manufacturing efficiency and ensuring high product quality. Engineers will develop systems in a diverse range of topics such as: scheduling and real time dispatch, line management, production metrics and reporting, statistical analysis and project management.

Responsibilities And Tasks

• Continuously enhance manufacturing systems to improve prediction accuracy and enable more scenario study capabilities.
• Work with stakeholders on problem and opportunity identification and investigation, solutions design and development, and testing and deployment for automation systems
• Create, document, and support business processes for scheduling and automation service requests
• Support and provide technical expertise for line management decision making (including linearity, cycle time, line yield, wafer starts and output optimization)
• Support and provide technical expertise for area management decision making (including queue time management, equipment and recipe releases, and general workstation optimization)
• Support manufacturing scenario studies through automation solutions.
• Collaborating with production training specialists and industrial engineering trainer to develop new training classes and materials to drive continuous improvement throughout the organization.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree required in Industrial Engineering, Integrated Manufacturing, Systems Engineering, Operations Research, Management Science or Computer Science
• The ability to use Industrial Engineering concepts (queueing theory, lean, theory of constraints, Little’s Law, scheduling, etc.) to implement solutions.
• The ability to provide fast and repeatable data mining through the use of relational databases.
• The ability to deliver comprehensive solutions to address root cause through systematic analysis.
• Demonstrate basic programming skill with one of the following environment: SQL, Angular, C#, Java/JavaScript.

Preferred Qualifications

• An understanding of the Production and Fabricate Wafers business processes.
• An understanding on Agile software development concept
• The ability to quantify improvements using applied statistics.
• The ability to maintain and continuously improve Industrial Engineering owned reports.
• Good understanding of Agentic AI or willingness to learn Agentic AI to help developed efficient workflow.

As a world leader in the semiconductor industry, 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.

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