FE Automotive Product Quality Engineer

Job Title

FE Automotive Product Quality Engineer

Role Summary

Lead and execute front-end (FE) product quality activities for automotive memory products at the Fab 6 site. Develop quality strategy, metrics, and processes; drive cross-functional initiatives to reduce field failures and customer returns; and partner with fab teams on corrective and preventive actions.

Experience Level

Mid-level (no specific years of experience stated)

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities focus on quality strategy, data-driven problem identification, and cross-functional execution to reduce defects and customer returns.

• Develop, communicate, and monitor quality strategy and line-of-sight metrics for automotive products.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives and enabling projects supporting automotive quality objectives.
• Develop and drive compliance with global business processes related to automotive product quality.
• Manage projects to implement new initiatives and provide tactical support to fab teams.
• Establish and deploy BE–FE collaboration best practices (for example, customer return material DPM forecast and reduction).
• Perform data mining on reliability failures, generate defect paretos, and work with Yield Enhancement to drive process improvements.
• Define and implement business processes and metrics to meet field risk, customer return DPM, and automotive eligibility targets.
• Serve as subject-matter expert on reliability failure modes, detection methods, and related investigations.
• Partner with fab teams to define and implement corrective and preventive actions based on customer feedback and failure analysis.

Requirements

Minimum technical skills and domain knowledge required for the role.

• Understanding of electrical device characteristics and device parameters relation to fabrication processes.
• Knowledge of semiconductor device physics, operation, and product reliability.
• Experience with statistical methods, data analysis, or data mining for failure investigation.
• Electrical failure analysis skills and familiarity with failure-mode investigation.
• Experience with CMOS or silicon-based memory devices and memory chip process flow.
• Familiarity with semiconductor/memory chip reliability mechanisms.
• Ability to relate product layout to process marginality and product testing.

Education Requirements

Employer will accept a Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Materials Science, Systems Science, or a related field. (No alternative degree or equivalent-experience language was specified.)

About the Company

Company: Micron Technology

Headquarters: Boise, Idaho, USA

Micron Technology is a global leader in memory and storage solutions, dedicated to transforming how the world uses information. The company offers a diverse portfolio of high-performance DRAM, NAND, and NOR memory products under the Micron and Crucial brands. With a commitment to customer focus and technological innovation, Micron drives advancements in artificial intelligence, 5G, and other data-centric applications, empowering users to learn, communicate, and progress.