Industrial Engineer, TD Strategy

Micron Technology - Boise, ID

Full-time - Entry Level

Boise, ID

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Industrial Engineer in the TD Strategy team at Micron Technology plays a crucial role in shaping the TD Business Plan, particularly focusing on TD Wafer loading across the High Volume Manufacturing (HVM) Fab Network. This position is integral to managing and communicating development milestones within the Technode business process, ensuring overall business process oversight, including quality audit support. The successful candidate will engage in active stakeholder partnerships, conduct thorough data analysis, and demonstrate strong stakeholder management skills to drive improvements in production metrics and operational efficiency. Safety is a paramount concern in this role. The engineer will be required to complete all necessary safety training and adhere to Micron's safety policies. This includes following environmental procedures to ensure compliance with regulations, reporting safety-related issues promptly, and conducting audits to identify safety concerns. Effective communication and collaboration are essential components of this position. The engineer will partner with key stakeholders to develop applications aimed at continuously improving production metrics. This involves coordinating with Engineering, Operations, and Process Integration (PI) to deliver required data and analysis, as well as creating and delivering impactful presentations. The role requires the ability to articulate complex ideas clearly to a diverse audience and establish trusting relationships across local and global partner groups. Project management and planning are also critical aspects of this role. The engineer will manage projects, develop timelines, and ensure successful implementation of projects into business processes. This includes planning capital timing for new product introductions and ramps, identifying project requirements, and ensuring tasks are completed on schedule. Technical and data analysis skills are vital for this position. The engineer will design and coordinate projects across various departments, solve complex problems, and develop innovative solutions. They will also be responsible for maintaining job-critical knowledge and skills, performing audits, and identifying scenario changes to guide strategic decision-making processes. The role demands a proactive approach to minimize capital expenditure while ensuring timely capital identification through scenario analysis.

Responsibilities

• Completes all required safety training and conducts all work in accordance with Micron and Technology Development (TD) safety policies.
• Follows all safety and environmental procedures to ensure compliance with applicable regulations.
• Reports all safety-related concerns or problems immediately to the appropriate individual (Emergency Response Team, Supervision, etc.).
• Performs audits and submits good catches on safety issues.
• Partners with key stakeholders to develop applications to continuously improve production metrics.
• Coordinates scenarios, works with Engineering, Operations and PI to deliver required data and analysis.
• Partners with TD, process engineering and change management to ensure these groups are linked into the plan and scenario timelines.
• Creates and delivers effective presentations.
• Coordinates interdepartmental meetings for simple to complex issues and projects.
• Uses data visualization techniques to clearly communicate complex ideas and plans to stakeholders so data can translate into decisions.
• Clearly articulates complex ideas and issues to a broad audience.
• Establishes trusting relationships across local and global partner groups and drives improvement solutions that meet the needs of the customers.
• Provides regular status updates to stakeholders.
• Manages projects and develops timelines and business processes to meet scenario requests plan activities.
• Identifies project requirements and plans tasks to meet timelines.
• Ensures successful implementation of projects into business processes.
• Plans capital timing for new product introduction and ramp.
• Designs and coordinates projects with several different departments and/or factories regarding scenario and planning processes.
• Solves complex problems and develops innovative solutions utilizing a structured approach.
• Develops and drives improvements to key Fab Plan performance metrics.
• Provides solutions that improve performance of our current factory key metrics.
• Proposes and implements modeling concepts, methods, and tools.
• Maintains required training as well as job critical knowledge and skills.
• Performs audits, Fab capacity, Cycle Time (CT), and capital scenarios.
• Identifies and highlights scenario changes and requirements to guide TD executives in the strategic decision-making process.
• Drives opportunities to minimize capital expenditure for a given scenario, while identifying the timing of the required capital through scenario analysis.

Requirements

• BS in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Production Operations Management (POM), equivalent degree, or relevant experience.
• Excellent multi-tasking, time-management, organization and prioritization skills.
• Proven ability to establish and maintain effective relationships.
• Proven ability to communicate complex analysis in a succinct and actionable manner.
• Proven ability to plan, drive and complete projects effectively.
• Proven skills in working effectively with team members from different disciplines.
• Demonstrated critical thinking skills.
• Demonstrated strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to be detail-oriented and able to follow complex procedures.
• Proven ability to prioritize responsibilities and manage multiple tasks.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Demonstrated ability to continuously learn and self-improve.
• Demonstrated ability to identify, develop, propose, and implement effective plans to improve overall efficiency.
• Demonstrated ability to organize and efficiently facilitate meetings and project teams.
• Demonstrated analytical problem-solving skills with ability to troubleshoot complex problems and address root causes.
• Strong partnering and team-working skills.
• Proven ability in multi-tasking complex projects.
• Proven ability to communicate and present technical information effectively.
• Advanced data extraction, analysis, and reporting skills.
• Apply industrial engineering concepts to operations management, capacity analysis, scheduling and production planning.
• Intermediate understanding of Fab area tool configurations, capabilities, and basic process and mechanical functionality.
• Intermediate understanding of all Fab area planning modeling requirements and peculiarities.
• Experience in working with ambiguity.
• Demonstrates a drive for continuous improvement.
• Familiarity with Micron Fab MES and 300mm scheduling environment.
• Advanced knowledge of Micron planning and reporting systems (PDM, LPI, TIQ, MES, Data Navigator, MiCAP, ECT, GeRM, SQL, SharePoint).

Nice-to-haves

• M.S. degree in Operations Research or Industrial Engineering.

Benefits

• Choice of medical, dental and vision plans.
• Benefit programs that help protect income if unable to work due to illness or injury.
• Paid family leave.
• Robust paid time-off program.
• Paid holidays.