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Micron Technology

Makes memory and storage chips for AI and PCs

Staff Engineer - Chemical

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/15/2026
No salary listed
Expert
Bachelor's
Singapore
Remote
Facilities OperationsFacilities Management

About the job

Requirements
  • Excellent analytical and decision-making skills.
  • Ability to communicate effectively at all levels within the organization.
  • Ability to collaborate with internal and external groups.
  • Ability to solve problems across multifunctional and multicultural groups within and outside facilities.
  • Ability to multitask and lead teams to meet challenging deadlines and goals.
  • Ability to continuously improve systems and processes.
  • Ability to foster strong relationships across cross-functional and multicultural groups.
  • Exceptional customer focus.
  • Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering or equivalent work experience.
  • Eight years of facilities gas-system engineering experience, including a minimum of four years in the semiconductor industry.
  • Experience with bulk and specialty chemical systems design, operation, and maintenance in semiconductor manufacturing environments.
  • Experience supporting engineering projects from concept development through commissioning and operational support.
Responsibilities
  • Provide expert support based on knowledge of site bulk and specialty chemical system operational and maintenance capabilities.
  • Lead chemical system design for construction projects.
  • Provide site and regional support for global facility initiatives at the employee's location.
  • Technically lead a global cross-functional team focused on operational excellence with site chemical systems engineers.
  • Support all sites, including on-site presence for critical failures.
  • Participate in TPM implementation, alignment, and ongoing chemical systems support.
  • Improve utility quality through variation reduction using statistical process control.
  • Align common methodologies, including statistical process control, conformance, SIPP, MOC, and 8D problem solving, across the network.
  • Identify and deploy cost-reduction efforts while optimizing and reducing energy use for gas systems across the network.
  • Assess and ensure consistent preventive and predictive maintenance programs, procedures, and checklists across the network.
  • Communicate regularly with site engineering and operations and maintenance teams about status and performance.
  • Analyze and benchmark equipment performance.
  • Develop training and certification programs supporting global and site efforts.
  • Develop metrics to drive improvement, including on-time preventive maintenance, mean time to failure, and mean time to repair.
  • Send regular updates on key focus areas and initiatives; review FIPA/METS events and recommend ways to reduce critical chemical-impact events.
  • Collaborate with construction and engineering teams to ensure project alignment.
  • Review site sustaining capital requests with construction and engineering teams.
  • Support implementation, monitoring, and continuous improvement of Micron sustainability programs aligned with the long-term sustainability strategy.
  • Benchmark system performance and promote best-in-class approaches across the network.
  • Provide technical advice and support to address challenges and roadblocks in project planning and execution.
  • Support sustainability project data acquisition and validation in the central tracking repository.
  • Integrate AI-assisted tools and insights into daily engineering activities to improve operational efficiency, decision-making, data analysis, and problem-solving while complying with company standards and applicable regulations.
  • Identify opportunities to use AI-enabled solutions to improve engineering processes, maintenance optimization, system performance monitoring, and business outcomes.
Desired Qualifications
  • Lead or actively participate in global facility engineering efforts.

About the company

Micron Technology designs and manufactures memory and storage chips, mainly DRAM and NAND flash, used in data centers, PCs, phones, cars and industrial equipment. It is one of only three companies that make HBM, the stacked high-bandwidth memory placed beside processors in AI servers, and it is the largest memory chipmaker based in the United States. Unlike chip designers that outsource production, Micron runs its own fabs and assembly sites in the United States and across Asia. It earns money by selling chips, memory modules and solid-state drives to cloud providers, device makers and distributors. Micron was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Boise, Idaho.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Boise, Idaho

Founded

1978

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What believers are saying

  • Demand is surging: in September 2026, Micron reported fiscal 2026 revenue of $133.19 billion, up from $37.38 billion.
  • Boise is hiring: in August 2026, Micron planned about 3,500 direct jobs at two Idaho fabs opening from 2027.
  • Sales are locked in early: by October 2026, most of Micron's 2027 HBM supply was contracted at higher prices.

What critics are saying

  • Revenue is concentrated: about half of Micron's sales came from its top ten customers in each of three years.
  • Departing engineers face scrutiny: in September 2026, Micron sued rival YMTC for hiring away at least 20 engineers.
  • Boise is feeling the strain: an August 2026 report found the $50 billion Idaho buildout straining local infrastructure.

What makes Micron Technology unique

  • AI memory is a three-player club: only Micron, SK hynix and Samsung make HBM, the stacked memory inside AI servers.
  • It owns its factories: Micron makes chips in Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, the U.S., Malaysia, China and India.
  • Data centers drive the business: its two data center units made $34.28 billion of quarterly revenue reported September 2026.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Disability Insurance
  • Parental Leave
  • Unlimited Paid Time Off
  • Paid Holidays
  • Flexible Work Hours

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

7%

1 year growth

7%

2 year growth

7%
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