Senior Engineer, FE Central QA

Micron Technology; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Micron Technology in Idaho is seeking a Senior Engineer, FE Central QA to safeguard product integrity across ID1/Fab4 operations. You will lead containment, risk assessment, and disposition of deviated products, while ensuring quality system compliance in a high-volume semiconductor plant.

The role emphasizes continuous improvement, data-driven analysis, and collaboration with manufacturing, engineering, and quality teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, QA, or a related technical field.
• Experience in semiconductor manufacturing or quality engineering.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and risk assessment skills with experience supporting product disposition and quality issue resolution.

Responsibilities

• Complete containment, risk assessment, and disposition processes to maintain product quality and reliability.
• Develop, evaluate, and revise QA methods for in-process materials and finished products to meet standards.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, engineering, and quality teams to identify root causes and drive improvements.
• Monitor quality performance metrics, defect trends, and process indicators to support business objectives.
• Ensure compliance with SPC, quality management systems, documentation, and audits.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Risk assessment

Quality engineering

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/QA

Advanced degree or certification in Quality Engineering

Tools

SPC software

AI-enabled QA 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.

About Our Team

Micron's Front-End Central Quality Assurance (FECTQA) team plays a critical role in ensuring product quality and reliability within our fabrication facilities. We focus on proactive risk management, containment strategies, and process excellence to support manufacturing operations and deliver world-class semiconductor products. The team partners closely with manufacturing, engineering, and quality organizations globally to drive continuous improvement, share best-known methods, and ensure consistent quality standards across the network.

Position Overview

As a Senior Engineer, FE Central QA, you will be instrumental in safeguarding product integrity and driving quality improvements across ID1/Fab4 operations. This role is responsible for product containment, risk assessment, disposition of deviated products, quality system compliance, and continuous improvement in a high-volume semiconductor manufacturing environment. You will also support new product qualifications and leverage AI-enabled tools and advanced analytics to improve quality assurance effectiveness, operational efficiency, and decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Complete product containment, risk assessment, and disposition processes to maintain product quality, reliability, and customer protection.
• Develop, evaluate, and revise quality assurance methods and protocols. Apply these methods to inspect and test in-process materials, production equipment, and finished products. Ensure they meet company standards and applicable laws.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, engineering, and quality teams to identify root causes, implement corrective actions, and drive continuous quality improvement initiatives.
• Monitor, analyze, and report quality performance metrics, inspection data, defect trends, and process indicators to support operational and business objectives.
• Ensure compliance with established manufacturing inspection, sampling, statistical process control (SPC), and quality management system requirements, including support for documentation, records management, and audits.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality Assurance, or a related technical field.
• Experience in semiconductor manufacturing, fabrication operations, quality engineering, or a related manufacturing environment.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and risk assessment skills with experience supporting product disposition and quality issue resolution.
• Experience working with quality systems, inspection methodologies, sampling plans, statistical process control (SPC), or compliance requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively across multiple organizations and communicate technical findings to diverse collaborators.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree or equivalent experience, or professional certification in Quality Engineering, Reliability Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience with new product qualification, failure analysis, statistical process control (SPC), defect reduction, and semiconductor reliability methodologies.
• Knowledge of quality management systems and industry standards such as ISO, IATF, GMP, or comparable quality frameworks.
• Experience partnering with quality engineers across multiple fabs to share best-known methods and drive global quality alignment.
• Demonstrated effective use of AI-enabled productivity and engineering tools, including AI-assisted analysis, document generation, knowledge retrieval, and data-driven decision support.

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.

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