Principal AI Engineer, SMAI Boise, Idaho, Posted

## Principal AI Engineer, SMAIBoise, Idaho, United States of America Apply Now Find out how well you match with this jobJob :
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** Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for
* all*.
** 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.
** SCOPE AND INFLUENCE
** At the E5 level, Micron expects engineers to operate as recognized technical authorities whose impact extends well beyond a single team. In this role you will:

- Own architecture and technical strategy for major frontend manufacturing platforms and for the organization's AI-assisted engineering practices.  - Influence the technical direction of 20-50 engineers across multiple teams through design leadership, technical standards, and demonstrated results rather than direct reporting relationships.  - Establish and maintain engineering standards, including design patterns, code review criteria, and quality controls governing the use of AI-generated code in a high-consequence manufacturing environment.  

- Mentor Senior and Staff engineers, developing the next generation of technical leaders while building the leadership capabilities required for advancement within Micron's Technical Leadership Program.  - Deliver business-critical technical outcomes with measurable impact on manufacturing operations.
** RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS
** Product Engineering (approximately 60%)- Design, develop, and deliver features for frontend manufacturing applications used across Micron's fabrication and assembly operations.  - Lead architecture and design reviews for significant features and platform changes, ensuring solutions meet requirements for reliability, performance, security, and maintainability.  - Contribute production-quality code across a heterogeneous technology stack that includes .NET, C++, Angular, Perl, and Python.  - Diagnose and resolve complex, cross-system technical problems spanning frontend applications, services, and integration points with manufacturing execution systems.  

- Participate in the on-call rotation and serve as an escalation point for high-priority production incidents affecting manufacturing operations.  - Lead the modernization of legacy manufacturing applications, including technical assessment, migration planning, and incremental replacement of aging codebases.  - Partner with product owners, manufacturing stakeholders, and engineering managers to translate factory requirements into sound technical solutions.

AI-Assisted Engineering Enablement (approximately 40%)- Define and maintain the organization's standards, guardrails, and best practices for AI-assisted software development.  - Evaluate, pilot, and operationalize AI development tooling, including coding assistants, agentic development workflows, and supporting integrations, and provide evidence-based adoption recommendations.  - Apply AI-assisted techniques to legacy code comprehension, documentation, test generation, and modernization of Perl and C++ systems where institutional knowledge is limited.  

- Establish review practices and quality controls ensuring that AI-generated code meets Micron's standards for correctness, security, and long-term maintainability.  - Define, measure, and report on the effectiveness of AI-assisted engineering practices using agreed productivity and quality metrics.  - Deliver training, documentation, office hours, and hands-on coaching to raise AI-assisted engineering proficiency across the organization.  - Represent the organization in cross-functional architecture reviews, technical forums, and communities of practice related to engineering productivity and AI adoption.
** QUALIFICATIONS
* * Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline; equivalent professional experience will be considered.  - 10-12 years minimum of professional software engineering experience designing, delivering, and maintaining production applications.  - Demonstrated expertise in modern frontend development, including Angular or a comparable component-based framework, Type Script, and web application architecture.  - Strong server-side engineering experience with .NET/C#, and working proficiency in at least one of C++, Python, or Perl.  

- Demonstrated hands-on proficiency applying AI-assisted development tools and agentic…