Senior Materials Engineer — Advanced Packaging & 3D Memory

Micron Technology, Inc.; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental and Vision plans

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Paid family leave

Job summary

Micron Technology, Inc. is seeking a Senior Materials Engineer/Scientist in Advanced Packaging Technology Development to define and enable materials foundations for next-generation memory and packaging technologies.

You will collaborate with teams to turn scientific insight into technology impact, exploring interfaces, adhesion, and thermal performance, while advancing materials for HBM, 3D memory, and heterogeneous integration.

Qualifications

• MS or PhD in Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Polymer Science, Physics, or Mechanical Engineering with a strong materials focus.
• Experience developing, characterizing, integrating, or scaling advanced materials technologies.
• Strong materials science fundamentals including structure–property–process–performance relationships.
• Proven ability to solve complex, multidisciplinary technical problems through experimentation and analysis.
• Clear technical communication and the ability to collaborate across disciplines and geographies.

Responsibilities

• Develop, characterize, qualify, and integrate advanced materials for next-generation memory and packaging technologies.
• Form hypotheses, design and run rigorous experiments, analyze data, and use results to guide material and technology decisions.
• Investigate materials behavior including interfaces, adhesion, mechanical, thermal, chemical compatibility, reliability, and process interactions.
• Drive materials development in areas such as polymer composites, encapsulation materials, molds, die-attach materials, temporary bonding and release materials, and other materials for thin-wafer handling.
• Constructively challenge existing assumptions and move materials from concept through qualification and manufacturing readiness.
• Collaborate with process, integration, product, manufacturing, quality, equipment, and supplier teams to accelerate development.
• Work with suppliers, universities, research organizations, and other external partners to evaluate new materials technologies.
• Utilize modeling, simulation, data analytics, and AI tools to speed up development and problem solving.
• Contribute invention disclosures, patents, technical reports, and publications where appropriate.

Education

MS/PhD in relevant materials field

Job description

Micron Technology, Inc. is seeking a Senior Materials Engineer/Scientist in Advanced Packaging Technology Development to define and enable materials foundations for next-generation memory and packaging technologies.

You will collaborate with teams to turn scientific insight into technology impact, exploring interfaces, adhesion, and thermal performance, while advancing materials for HBM, 3D memory, and heterogeneous integration.