Senior Applied AI Engineer; Semiconductor Manufacturing

Responsibilities

• Develop and deploy AI/ML solutions to support semiconductor product development, validation, yield optimization, and manufacturing efficiency.
• Design, code, and maintain software programs, algorithms, and automated pipelines to cleanse, integrate, and analyze large unstructured datasets from multiple disparate sources.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with subject matter experts across engineering, product, and service teams to understand domain challenges and translate them into data science solutions.
• Identify and communicate actionable insights from large data and metadata sources to product, service, and business stakeholders through clear analysis, visualization, and presentation.
• Drive exploratory research and innovation, staying current on the latest advancements in AI, machine learning, and data science and applying them to solve complex semiconductor problems.
• Support and improve existing tools and workflows by identifying opportunities for automation, optimization, and enhanced analytics.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, Data Science, Physics, or a related field with 5+ years of relevant experience; OR a Master’s degree with 2+ years of experience; OR a PhD with relevant academic or industry experience in data science and/or the semiconductor industry.
• Demonstrated track record of building and launching end‑to‑end data science solutions, including data engineering, machine learning algorithm development, UI/UX integration, and ML Ops.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python or R for data analysis, modeling, and automation.
• Strong communication skills — excellent written and verbal English‑language communication and presentation abilities, with the capacity to convey technical findings to both technical and non‑technical audiences.

• Semiconductor industry experience strongly preferred; experience in the memory sector highly desirable.
• Expertise with Large Language Models (LLMs), including fine‑tuning, prompt engineering, retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG), and evaluation of model performance.
• Familiarity with agentic AI systems — designing, deploying, or integrating autonomous agents capable of reasoning, planning, and executing tasks across complex workflows.
• Strong interpersonal skills with a collaborative mindset, a passion for teaching others about data science, and a continuous drive to learn and adopt new techniques and technologies.

The US base salary range that Micron Technology estimates it could pay for this full‑time position is: $ – $ a year. Additional compensation may include benefits, bonuses, and equity.

Micron offers a choice of medical, dental, and vision plans in all locations, allowing team members to select the plans that best meet their family healthcare needs and budget. Benefit programs protect income if unable to work due to illness or injury, and provide paid family leave. Micron also provides a robust paid time‑off program and paid holidays.

Micron is proud to be an equal‑opportunity workplace and 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.