Senior Materials Engineer, Advanced Packaging Innovation

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

Job summary

Micron Technology in Boise, Idaho, invites an experienced Senior Materials Engineer/Scientist to join the Advanced Packaging Technology Development team. You will help define and enable the materials foundation for next-generation memory and packaging technologies, including HBM, 3D memory, and heterogeneous integration.

You will develop, characterize, qualify, and integrate new materials, collaborate across process, integration, product, manufacturing, quality, and supplier teams, and use

Qualifications

• MS or PhD in Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Polymer Science, Physics, Mechanical Engineering with a strong materials focus, or a closely related field.
• Professional or research experience developing, characterizing, qualifying, 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, analysis, and structured problem solving.
• Clear technical communication and the ability to collaborate across disciplines, organizations, suppliers, and geographies.
• Ability to work independently, build alignment, and deliver results as part of a global team.

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 the results to guide materials and technology decisions.
• Investigate materials behavior, including interfaces, adhesion, mechanical response, thermal performance, chemical compatibility, reliability, and process interactions.
• Drive materials development in areas such as polymers, encapsulation, die-attach materials, temporary bonding and release materials, carrier systems, back-grind and dicing tapes, and other materials for thin-wafer handling.
• Constructively challenge existing assumptions, specifications, and practices when data supports a better approach.
• Partner with process, integration, product, manufacturing, quality, equipment, and supplier teams to move materials from concept through qualification and manufacturing readiness.
• Work with suppliers, universities, research organizations, and other external partners to evaluate new materials technologies and speed up their development.
• Use modeling, simulation, data analytics, and AI tools to speed up materials development and problem solving.

Skills

Materials science fundamentals

Structured problem solving

Technical communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Independent work

Data analytics / modeling

Education

MS or PhD in Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Polymer Science, Physics, or related field

Tools

AI tools

Job description

Micron Technology in Boise, Idaho, invites an experienced Senior Materials Engineer/Scientist to join the Advanced Packaging Technology Development team. You will help define and enable the materials foundation for next-generation memory and packaging technologies, including HBM, 3D memory, and heterogeneous integration.

You will develop, characterize, qualify, and integrate new materials, collaborate across process, integration, product, manufacturing, quality, and supplier teams, and use