Operation Improvement Engineer

Job Title:

Operation Improvement Engineer

Employer:

Micron Idaho Semiconductor Manufacturing (Triton) LLC

Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate and advance faster than ever.

• Optimize scheduling automation, real‑time manufacturing decision‑support reporting and analysis, and line management analytics (output, cycle time, or cost).
• Follow all safety and environmental procedures to ensure compliance with applicable regulations.
• Perform audits and submit good catches on safety issues.
• Collaborate with management to provide data analysis, advanced production web‑reports, and develop applications to improve production metrics.
• Understand and properly utilize area technical language.
• Create and deliver effective presentations.
• Lead interdepartmental meetings for simple to complex issues and projects.
• Mentor others and clearly articulate complex ideas and issues to a broad audience.
• Establish trusting relationships across local and global partner groups.
• Participate in or lead global alignment meetings.
• Drive improvement solutions that meet the needs of our customers.
• Develop a thorough understanding of how process changes in one activity affect the function of other groups.
• Collaborate with the Operations team by doing regular rotations in the Remote Operations Center.
• Collaborate with Operations Development Engineering teams to address OI cases.
• Leverage and share global OI best known methods.
• Design and coordinate projects with several different departments.
• Identify, innovate, design and lead improvement efforts or special projects related to cycle time reduction, continuous improvement projects, and worldwide projects.
• Identify project requirements and plan tasks to meet needed dates.
• Understand Automated Material Handling System (AMHS) layout, including ability to analyze congestion and slow delivery times.
• Provide metrics and reporting that drive improving AMHS operation efficiency and delivery times.
• Optimize tool‑to‑tool delivery times and provide on‑time delivery.
• Deliver pre/post metrics for OI enhancements/changes.
• Follow the OI testing cycle (DEV/BETA/PROD) for new software releases to ensure quality implementation.
• Apply industrial engineering concepts to line management, scheduling and production planning.
• Use analytical tools/data to drive decisions.
• Identify optimization opportunities for the fab and implement innovative solutions.
• Automate Fab processes to reduce variability and eliminate waste.
• Develop, maintain, and improve scheduling and business rules.

• Employer will accept a Master’s in Computer Science, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Engineering, or related field and 5 years of experience in the job offered or in an engineering‑related occupation.
• Ability to plan, drive and complete data‑centric projects effectively.
• Database management methods and techniques including proficiency in SQL and Snowflake.
• APF, Perl, Python, VBA, Java script, Typescript, HTML, or CSS.
• Web development frameworks and technologies including Angular, with experience building responsive and scalable web applications.
• Container orchestration and cloud‑native platforms such as Open Shift for deploying and managing applications and APIs.
• Statistics, data analysis, and problem solving.
• Manufacturing Science (scheduling, inventory management, and capacity planning).
• Data extraction, analysis, and reporting skills.

Micron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.