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Micron Technology

Makes memory and storage chips for AI and PCs

Instrumentation & Controls Engineer

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/15/2026
No salary listed
Senior
Bachelor's
Hiroshima, Japan
HybridOn-site presence is required for construction projects and critical I&C failures.
Electrical EngineeringControls & Automation Engineering

About the job

Requirements
  • A bachelor's degree in Instrumentation & Control Engineering is required.
  • At least 5 years of Facility I&C, SCADA, IoT, or Toxic Gas Monitoring systems engineering experience is required.
  • Familiarity with semiconductor manufacturing and facilities systems is required.
Responsibilities
  • Provide technical support, expertise, and lead business process alignment for construction project design, management, schedule, cost control, testing and commissioning, and operational and maintenance programs for facility systems, including I&C, SCADA, Life Safety, Toxic Gas Monitoring, Telecom, Security, and IoT systems across manufacturing sites in the assigned region.
  • Represent facility design standard alignment, construction project management, and operations and maintenance best-practice alignment initiatives at the assigned site or geography.
  • Support Global Facilities Central Engineering, Construction, Line Planning, and Operations and Maintenance teams with design standard alignment, supplier quality improvement, operational and maintenance input, and construction projects.
  • Provide system designs for safe operations and maintenance.
  • Develop, review, and maintain corporate system specifications and standards.
  • Provide engineering support for site system improvement projects, including system reliability improvements, quality improvements, and equipment end-of-life replacements.
  • Lead regional efforts and identify opportunities to align strategic programs, including business continuity planning, critical specifications, and Quality Defense Line.
  • Ensure designs comply with applicable standards, codes, and regulations.
  • Review and advise sites on periodic system status presentations.
  • Review and approve site capacity expansions and make business-driven capital expenditure decisions for facility reliability improvement projects.
  • Provide Micron specifications and standards to design firms, and review detailed designs and specifications for new facilities infrastructure installations.
  • Support cost and schedule estimates and justifications for approval.
  • Supervise and coordinate consultant resources.
  • Coordinate communication with local facilities, design, construction, procurement, and manufacturing partners to deliver project objectives.
  • Review design packages promptly and provide detailed comments and feedback.
  • Manage projects to ensure work is completed within the required scope, schedule, and budget.
  • Prepare project Basis of Design documentation for third-party bidding.
  • Track system capacities and future loading to ensure upgrades are completed on time.
  • Review and approve project design drawings, 3D models, field installations during construction, equipment and component submittals, requests for information, and commissioned systems.
  • Maintain knowledge of facility I&C, SCADA, IoT, Toxic Gas Monitoring, and Life Safety systems and their operational and maintenance capabilities to provide critical support.
  • Provide site and regional support for global facility initiatives.
  • Technically lead a global multifunctional team focused on projects, design, construction, and operational excellence.
  • Support all sites, including on-site presence for construction projects and critical facility I&C failures.
  • Participate in total productive maintenance implementation and alignment, and provide ongoing support for I&C systems.
  • Improve utility quality through variation reduction using statistical process control.
  • Align common methodologies, including statistical process control, conformance, SIPP, management of change, and 8D problem solving, for I&C systems throughout the network.
  • Identify and deploy cost-reduction efforts while optimizing and reducing energy usage for I&C systems across the network.
  • Assess and ensure effective, 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.
  • Identify and develop training and certification programs that support 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 with key focus areas and initiatives.
  • Review FIPA/METS events and recommend actions to reduce critical I&C impact events.
  • Collaborate with construction and engineering teams to ensure project alignment.
  • Support implementation, oversight, and continuous improvement of Micron sustainability programs in alignment with the long-term sustainability strategy.
  • Benchmark system performance and drive best-in-class approaches across the network.
  • Review site sustainability projects and data in depth, and supervise work supporting site and company sustainability targets.
  • Provide technical advice and support to address challenges and roadblocks in project planning and execution.

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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