Senior Member of Technical Staff (SMTS) - Process Development, Photolithography, NAND

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Job / Role Summary
As a Technical Leadership Program (TLP) member, the SMTS defines and leads pathfinding photolithography technologies beyond current roadmaps, shaping Micron's future technical capability. This role leads & influences development & integration strategy, mentors senior engineers, and drives innovation across development teams.
Main Responsibilities

• Lead pathfinding initiatives for future nodes and architectures

• Establish long-term technology vision, defining long - term photolithography process and equipment technology roadmaps.

• De - risk novel lithography concepts and platforms.

• Serve as a technical authority across R&D and manufacturing.

Other Responsibilities

• Mentor next-generation technical leaders

• Steward intellectual property and standards

• Integrates AI assisted tools and insights into daily work to improve efficiency, quality, or effectiveness, exercising sound judgment and complying with organizational standards and legal requirements.

• Contributes to a culture of continuous improvement by identifying , testing, and sharing AI enabled enhancements within one's scope of work.

Candidate Profile
Minimum Qualifications / Experience

• PhD ≥ 12 yrs , or Master's ≥ 1 5 yrs, of relevant experience in
  Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Physics, or related field, with demonstrated experience in semiconductor photolithography process development.

• Recognized advanced imaging au thority

Must - Have Technical Skills

• Advanced proficiency in photolithography process & equipment roadmaps ; c utting edge photolithography equipment & metrology tools experience

• Advanced knowledge in optics, immersion lithography, polarized illumination, and low k 1 imaging

• Advanced understanding of semiconductor process flows and memory architecture

• Multi-node, Multi-site program leadership

• Advanced proficiency in lithography simulation tools, material characterization, DOE, SPC, and basic statistical data analysis

Must - Have Soft Skills

• Technical leadership & influence

• Strategic thinking

• Effective mentorship

Embody Micron's core values:

• People - Respect, develop and empower others

• Innovation - Drive continuous improvement and breakthrough thinking

• Tenacity - Show grit and determination

• Collaboration - Build trust and foster teamwork

• Customer Focus - Deliver excellence and value

About Micron Technology, Inc.
We are an industry leader in innovative memory and storage solutions transforming how the world uses information to enrich life for all . With a relentless focus on our customers, technology leadership, and manufacturing and operational excellence, Micron delivers a rich portfolio of high-performance DRAM, NAND, and NOR memory and storage products through our Micron® and Crucial® brands. Every day, the innovations that our people create fuel the data economy, enabling advances in artificial intelligence and 5G applications that unleash opportunities - from the data center to the intelligent edge and across the client and mobile user experience.
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