Qualification Engineer

About our Team:
As a Product Quality and Reliability Assurance (PQRA) Qualification Engineer passionate about Aerospace & Defense (A&D) at Micron Technology, Inc., you will lead both qualification and ongoing monitoring of DRAM, NAND, and memory products. These products are built for high reliability and critical use cases. You will collaborate with Engineering, Manufacturing, and external partners to ensure qualification, screening, and acceptance practices are accomplished accurately. You will also develop reliability methodologies, assess product performance, and drive continuous improvement aligned to A&D standards and expectations.

Position Overview:
In this role, you will establish and enforce requirements, including specifications, Defects per Million (DPM) or equivalent experience, Failure In Time (FIT), and lifetime or mission profile expectations. You will ensure these meet customer and industry standards, such as NASA/GSFC PEM‑INST‑001 and relevant military standards. You will perform risk assessments, respond to product deviations, support manufacturing teams with reliability issues, and build deep product, process, and standards knowledge. Travel may be required 1–3 times per year, with durations of 3–10 days for domestic and international trips.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct New Product Qualification (including A&D qualification and lot‑level upscreening), define qualification and acceptance requirements for commercial, automotive‑baseline, and A&D variants, and review qualification and upscreening data to ensure requirements are met, including issuing product release notifications and lot acceptance dispositions

• Understand DRAM/NAND failure mechanisms, A&D environmental stressors, packaging integrity concerns, and perform risk assessments across qualification cycles evaluating standards gaps, mission profiles, and traceability requirements

• Develop Product Reliability Methodology, Monitors, Metrics, and Specifications by coordinating with R&D, test, package reliability, and product engineering teams; maintain reliability tests and monitor strategies aligned to PEM‑INST‑001 and internal governance processes

• Develop and maintain quality and reliability requirements, including FIT, lifetime, mission profiles, DPM/PPM, screening yield limits, and excursion risk, while assessing deviations, defining containment actions, supporting change analysis, and driving disposition decisions (ship/hold/scrap/rework)

• Provide internal technical support for customer support teams, assist with RMA analysis, supply manufacturing history and traceability, prepare qualification summaries and audit responses, maintain Reliability Process Monitor (RPM) plans, and support corrective actions across manufacturing and suppliers

• Guide and consult by supporting qualification reviews, preparing compliance evidence packages, working with engineering and test partners, and maintaining knowledge of standards such as PEM‑INST‑001, AS6294, MIL‑STD‑883/750, and MIL‑PRF‑38535

Minimum Qualifications:

• B.S or Equivalent in EE or related field of study

• 3+ years of experience in semiconductor quality, reliability, product engineering, or qualification (DRAM/NAND preferred); experience supporting Aerospace & Defense and/or high‑reliability programs strongly preferred

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications

• Knowledge of DRAM, NAND, VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration), semiconductor physics, and semiconductor manufacturing (wafer fab, assembly, and test)

• Demonstrated ability to lead multi-functional qualification activities and drive decisions using data, risk assessment, and clear user documentation

• Experience collaborating with customers and auditors, developing evidence packages, and supporting corrective action closure in regulated or high‑reliability environments

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with data analysis and scripting or automation tools (e.g., Python, Perl, C++, Java)

• Solid understanding of aerospace and military microelectronics standards and flows, including NASA/GSFC PEM‑INST‑001 and SAE AS6294

• Familiarity with military test and qualification frameworks such as MIL‑STD‑883, MIL‑STD‑750, MIL‑PRF‑38535, and configuration control and traceability expectations

• Awareness of radiation reliability concepts such as Total Ionizing Dose (TID) and Single Event Effects (SEE) and their impact on qualification strategies

• Experience working with external test houses, screening processes, and audit readiness expectations