Staff Machine Learning Engineer

Micron Technology; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision plans

Paid family leave

Robust paid time-off program

Job summary

Micron Technology, Inc is seeking a Staff Machine Learning Engineer to join their Smart Manufacturing and AI team. In this role, you will analyze large datasets, design machine learning models, and build scalable data pipelines to enhance Micron’s products and operations.

The ideal candidate will have a Master's degree, expertise in ML frameworks, and substantial experience in cloud-based ML systems. Micron offers comprehensive benefits including various healthcare plans and paid time-off.

Qualifications

• 3+ years building end-to-end ML systems on cloud platforms.
• Strong background in ML frameworks and techniques.
• Experience developing APIs and event-driven pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Analyze large datasets to improve ML models.
• Design and build ML models for business challenges.
• Develop CI/CD pipelines for ML solution deployment.

Skills

Machine Learning frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn)

Python or Java

Data engineering skills

Cloud and DevOps tools (GCP, AWS, Azure)

Communication and collaboration skills

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

ETL/ELT pipelines (Kubeflow, Airflow)

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Req ID: JR101366

Staff Machine Learning Engineer

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.

The Smart Manufacturing and AI team at Micron Technology is looking for an ambitious Machine Learning Engineer. Are you curious, high velocity, and ready to solve complex problems? Do you dream in data science and machine learning models? If so, we want you to join us!

Our mission is to enable to deliver industry-winning machine learning solutions to power Micron’s dominance in the highly competitive memory solutions market. Qualified applicants will have experience in a variety of data and cloud technologies and have extensive practice modeling data, querying, and deploying scalable pipelines to execute machine learning models. You will collaborate with Data Scientists, ML Engineers, Data Engineers, and expert users to build and deploy scalable AI/ML solutions that drive value and insight from Micron’s manufacturing processes and systems.

Responsibilities

• Analyze large datasets to uncover patterns, trends, and insights that inform and improve machine learning models.
• Design, build, and continuously refine ML models to address business challenges and enhance product capabilities.
• Stay ahead of advancements in AI/ML and integrate emerging techniques into the MLOps lifecycle.
• Build and maintain robust, scalable data pipelines and infrastructure to support model training and deployment.
• Collaborate on data preprocessing and feature engineering to improve input data quality and model performance.
• Design and optimize data architectures across cloud platforms (Snowflake, GCP, Azure) for AI/ML use cases.
• Develop custom applications and implement CI/CD pipelines to support efficient ML solution deployment.
• Deploy, evaluate, and monitor models in production, balancing performance with cost efficiency and enabling continuous improvement.
• Partner with Product and Engineering teams to define and execute Generative AI integration strategies and roadmaps.
• Communicate insights and collaborate multi-functionally, translating complex analytics into actionable recommendations for diverse collaborators.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Data Science, Statistics, or a field closely related to AI and Machine Learning with 3+ years building end-to-end ML systems on cloud platforms, automating model training, testing, and deployment.
• Strong experience with ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn) and core techniques including regression, classification, deep learning, reinforcement learning, and generative AI.
• Proficient in Python or Java, with experience developing APIs and event-driven pipelines using Kafka, Pub/Sub, or similar messaging systems.
• Skilled in scalable data engineering, including ETL/ELT pipelines (Kubeflow, Airflow, Dataflow), SQL, and data architecture design.
• Hands-on experience with cloud and DevOps tools (GCP, AWS, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes), combined with strong analytical, communication, and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong foundation in machine learning and deep learning, with solid grounding in probability and statistics.
• Proven ability to productionize data science prototypes into scalable, real-world solutions.
• Hands-on experience building Generative AI solutions and intelligent agents (LangChain/LangGraph, CrewAI, DsPy, Semantic Kernel, ADK).
• Expertise in semantic search and retrieval systems, including RAG, GraphRAG, NLP, prompt engineering, and LLM fine-tuning/evaluation.
• Experience with end-to-end data and engineering workflows: ETL pipelines, big data processing, databases (BigQuery, Snowflake, MSSQL, PostgreSQL), and CI/CD tools (Git, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins).

Benefits

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 Benefits | Micron Technology, Inc.

Equal Opportunity Statement

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.