Distinguished Member of Technical Staff - Dry Etch, NAND

About the role

Micron is hiring a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff (DMTS) for its NAND dry etch process development team. The DMTS is a top technical authority who defines, develops and transfers advanced NAND dry etch processes, shapes equipment and process roadmaps, benchmarks against industry standards and resolves complex yield, defectivity and integration challenges. The role also involves mentoring senior technical leaders.

Key responsibilities

• Act as technical expert for dry etch process, hardware and applications in NAND technology development, and give forward-looking insight on trends, capabilities and integration risks.
• Define the equipment roadmap and drive hardware roadmaps with suppliers for next-generation NAND dry etch.
• Benchmark dry etch capability against industry standards and turn external findings into internal advantage.
• Resolve complex NAND yield, defectivity and integration issues using expertise in plasma physics, surface interactions and materials.
• Represent Micron's NAND dry etch interests in cross-site and external technical forums and conferences, and influence cross-disciplinary teams.
• Champion AI-based solutions through the technology development ecosystem.
• Mentor SMTS/STS engineers and lead multi-functional efforts across Technology Development, Process Integration and Manufacturing, updating leadership stakeholders.
• Use AI-assisted tools to improve efficiency, quality and effectiveness, and share AI-enabled improvements.

Required profile

• PhD with at least 15 years, or Master's degree with at least 17 years, of relevant experience in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Physics or a related field in dry etch.
• Senior dry etch process development experience in R&D with technology transfer.
• Evidence of external or industry recognition and the ability to represent the organisation technically.
• Innovation record such as patents, publications, invited talks or leadership in technical committees and consortia.

Required skills

• Deep knowledge of plasma physics and chemistry and advanced etch scalability (HAR, tailored pulsing schemes).
• Strong statistical process control and analysis skills.
• Ability to drive equipment roadmaps and supplier co-development.
• Enterprise-level influence, mentorship of senior technical leaders and strong executive communication.
• Preferred: strong AI and data science capability applied to process monitoring, defectivity learning and technical decision making.