Senior Engineer, FE Central QA

Micron Technology, Inc; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Micron Technology, Inc is seeking a Senior Engineer for FE Central QA to safeguard product integrity and drive quality improvements across ID1/Fab4 operations. You will lead containment, risk assessment, and disposition of deviated products, with a focus on AI-enabled analytics to boost quality assurance and operational efficiency.

As part of the Front-End Central Quality Assurance team, you’ll collaborate with manufacturing, engineering, and quality groups to ensure compliance with quality

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality Assurance, or a related technical field.
• Experience in semiconductor manufacturing or related production environment.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and risk assessment skills with experience supporting product disposition.
• Experience with quality systems, inspection methodologies, and SPC.
• Ability to collaborate across multiple organizations and communicate technical findings.

Responsibilities

• Complete product containment, risk assessment, and disposition processes to maintain quality.
• Develop, evaluate, and revise QA methods and protocols for in-process materials and finished products.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, engineering, and quality teams to drive continuous improvement.
• Monitor quality performance metrics, defect trends, and process indicators.
• Ensure compliance with SPC, documentation, records management, and audits.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality Assurance, or a related technical field

Tools

SPC software

Quality data analysis tools

Job description

Req ID:

JR107043 Senior Engineer, FE Central QA

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:

• Bachelors 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.

Job Profile(s):

Quality Engineer 3 - Quality Engineer 4

Relocation Level: TBD

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