Senior Incoming Quality Control Engineer

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.

Join Micron as a Engineer, Materials IQC and play a crucial role in achieving flawless quality in our brand-new engineering processes! This is a groundbreaking opportunity to be apart of a team within a world-class organization committed to innovation and excellence. Your efforts will be pivotal in ensuring outstanding product quality through the quality of our processing materials.

This position is responsible for inspection and verification of the direct materials used in the manufacturing process to ensure the materials received from suppliers meet Micron’s specifications and requirements. The verification process includes but is not limited to lot sampling and accurate inspection of material received from suppliers, maintaining inspection plans, records, and procedures in compliance with the company’s Quality Management System and any applicable ISO standards.

The position will also be responsible for interacting with procurement, engineering, facilities and production staff members to determine the cause and disposition of non-conforming materials.

• Build effective relationships with local and global stakeholders: IQC, Procurement, Process and Equipment Engineering, Process Integration, Supplier Quality Engineering, Material Technology Engineering, etc.
• Support incoming quality systems by ensuring the meeting of key metrics that support strategic quality systems direction and continuous improvement projects.
• Drive the development, alignment, and execution of long-range strategies which enable Micron teams to meet future technology requirements.
• Monitor and control incoming material quality to ensure no adverse impact to processes and product.
• Collaborate closely with process areas and process integration teams to resolve complex contamination issues and prevent future occurrences.
• Partner with engineering teams to assess and manage risks associated with qualifying new materials or new material sources.
• Record and publish inspection results based on vendor Certificates of Analysis and take immediate action to contain impact of non-conforming material.
• Lead Material Review Board (MRB) to determine non-conforming material disposition.
• Coordinate with purchasing personnel to obtain supplier RMA for MRB disposition of product.
• Develop and enforce incoming inspection procedures and testing methods for incoming raw materials.
• Perform data analysis on vendor supplied data to establish, maintain and update statistical process control charts according to Micron’s SPC practice.
• Evaluate supplier performance to ensure the supplier meets all requirements and does not negatively impact the company’s performance to our customers.
• Maintain Quality Assurance business processes such as quality plans, procedures and material specifications to current requirements.
• Review and approve Supplier Organizational Change notifications and Chemical Requests.
• Serve as the Boise site liaison for global supplier quality projects, processes, and initiatives.
• Take ownership of materials and wafer IQC concerns, issue resolution, and improvement activities.

• BS Degree in Engineering, Chemistry, or related field of study, or equivalent experience.
• Self-motivation, dependability, and the ability to work with minimal direction.
• Flexibility to work across global time zones.
• Fluent in oral and written English.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite.

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Chemistry/Chemical Engineering/Material Science.
• Experience in a leadership role.
• Working knowledge of SAP systems.
• Excellent analytical and data gathering skills.
• Demonstrated success in troubleshooting problems and addressing root causes.
• Proactive addressing concerns that may be potential problems.
• Proven ability in multi-tasking complex projects and driving them to completion.
• Strong interpersonal skills and…