Equipment Engineer: CMP

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Our Opportunity Summary:

Micron's Equipment Engineering team at our Manassas, VA (Fab 6) 300mm semiconductor manufacturing facility is responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, and optimizing advanced wafer fabrication toolsets that directly drive yield, productivity, and cost of ownership. As an Equipment Engineer II – CMP, you will support CMP operations by resolving equipment issues, leading improvement projects, and partnering with process engineers, technicians, and suppliers to sustain high-volume manufacturing performance.

(Disclaimer) While you may not exhibit all of the characteristics/skills listed below today, we are highly interested in a team member who is anxious to grow in both technical breadth and depth. If you are open to learning from and being a valued member of a team of top-tier engineers, we are eager to help build on your existing foundation and expand your individual and collaborative skills in this exciting and unique opportunity.

What’s Encouraged Daily:

• Maintain and optimize CMP semiconductor manufacturing equipment for high-volume production.
• Troubleshoot equipment issues using structured problem-solving methods such as 8D, FMEA, SPC, and root cause analysis.
• Support tool installations, qualifications, upgrades, and process integration activities.
• Drive equipment uptime, reliability, throughput, and yield improvements, including exploring Agentic AI workflows to streamline troubleshooting and reporting processes.
• Lead continuous improvement and cost reduction projects.
• Analyze equipment and process data to identify performance gaps and corrective actions.
• Develop and maintain maintenance procedures, troubleshooting guides, and best-known methods (BKMs).
• Partner with vendors and sister sites to improve equipment performance and share best practices.

How To Qualify:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Technology, or a related technical field, or equivalent semiconductor industry experience.
• Semiconductor manufacturing or advanced equipment engineering experience.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with SPC, FDC, statistical analysis, and data-driven decision making.

What Sets You Apart:

• Experience supporting CMP equipment in a 300mm wafer fabrication environment, including hands-on experience with EBARA 300X and/or Applied Materials LK Prime (LKP) platforms.
• Experience with equipment installation, qualification, maintenance strategy development, and reliability improvement.
• Demonstrated success leading productivity, cost reduction, and equipment performance improvement projects.
• Experience and/or interest in developing Agentic AI workflows into current or future processes.

Our team vision is a continuing desire to develop your skills working in an inclusive, diverse environment of multicultural Teams across worldwide geographies! Enabling the creative career path you deserve with a collaborative environment and groundbreaking technology while rapidly growing your abilities.

The US base salary range that Micron Technology estimates it could pay for this full-time position is:

$83,000.00 - $142,000.00 a year

Additional compensation may include benefits, bonuses and equity.
Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target base pay for new hire salaries of the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional job-related factors, including knowledge, skills, experience, tenure and relevant education or training. The pay scale is subject to change depending on business needs. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. 

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits.

As a world leader in the semiconductor industry, Micron is dedicated to your personal wellbeing and professional growth. 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 micron.com/careers/benefits.

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