Solid State Drive Quality and Reliability Engineer

NVMQRA Solid State Drive (SSD) Quality and Reliability 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.

As a Non-Volatile Memory QRA (NVMQRA) Solid State Drive (SSD) Quality and Reliability Engineer at Micron Technology, Inc., you will you will be responsible for managing quality and reliability of Micron SSD products as these products enter into high volume production phase of product lifecycle.

You will perform reliability testing and data analysis on material associated with sustaining qualifications through change requests, product proliferations, special work requests and conversions. You will also take part in the management of product deviation events, through participation in product containment activities and providing quality and reliability evaluation plans for risk assessment.

You will also manage the outgoing quality and reliability (OQRM) metrics. You are expected to conduct failure analysis from qualification, evaluation and OQRM failures and report the resulting data. You can expect to conduct global meetings to determine product priorities or product dispositions.

In this role you will work with various Engineering and Quality Reliability Assurance Groups to provide technical support, expertise, consultation and training. You should expect to support customers both internal and external to Micron on an on-going basis.

Responsibilities And Tasks

Manage Reliability evaluations for deviation management

• Determine a reliability evaluation/trials plan
• Identify and manage material for sampling
• Perform data analysis of reliability tests results and/or by conducting failure analysis
• Close out evaluation and provide feedback to stakeholders

Identify deviated material within Material Review Board (MRB)

• Take part in containment activities
• Determine a reliability evaluation/trials plan
• Identify and manage material for sampling
• Perform data analysis of reliability tests results and/or by conducting failure analysis
• Determine disposition of materials
• Close out evaluation and provide feedback to stakeholders

Manage and coordinate various inputs from various stakeholders in Quality Reliability

• Collaborate with discrete component product quality and reliability team for product reliability evaluations/trials/plans
• Collaborate with package quality and reliability team for package-related reliability evaluations/trials/plans

Manage Product Outgoing Quality and Reliability Monitoring

• Provide the plan for operations to execute for SSD product OQRM data collection
• Analyze the data from Micron Manufacturing Execution System (MES) such as MAM
• Use statistical analysis tools to provide conclusions and verify results
• Summarize the result of analyzed data through a regular OQRM metrics report

Provide Expertise, Consultation and Training

• Communicate Globally with NAND, Firmware, BUs and Engineering Groups for priority management
• Provide training to engineers and technicians within and outside of the group
• Maintain knowledge base (lessons learned) within the group for each SSD market segment
• Stay abreast of Quality and Reliability issues of Micron NAND components
• Provide consultation for audits, RMA, and customer issues

Education

• Required: Masters’ Degree in Electrical / Electronics/ Computer Engineering
• Desired: PhD in Electrical/Electronics/Computer Engineering

Experience

• 2-3 years of experience in any of the following:
• Solid State Drives Product/Device engineering
• Non-volatile Memory Product/Device engineering
• Non-volatile Memory Process integration engineering
• Quality/Reliability engineering in semiconductor area

Qualifications

• Basic knowledge and understanding of wafer fabrication process
• Basic knowledge and understanding of device physics
• Basic knowledge and understanding of NAND device operation
• Basic knowledge and understanding of solid state drive operation
• Knowledge of various Solid State drive protocol standards such as SATA, PCIe, or NVMe
• Strong knowledge and understanding of semiconductor reliability statistics
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Good time management and multi-tasking skills

About Micron Technology, Inc.

We are an industry leader in innovative memory and storage solutions transforming how the world uses information to enrich life for all. With a relentless focus on our customers, technology leadership, and manufacturing and operational excellence, Micron delivers a rich portfolio of high-performance DRAM, NAND, and NOR memory and storage products through our Micron® and Crucial® brands. Every day, the innovations that our people create fuel the data economy, enabling advances in artificial intelligence and 5G applications that unleash opportunities — from the data center to the intelligent edge and across the client and mobile user experience.

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