Operations Improvement Engineer

Req. ID: 139144 

Micron Technology's vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life and our commitment to people, innovation, tenacity, teamwork, and customer focus allows us to fulfill our mission to be a global leader in memory and storage solutions. This means conducting business with integrity, accountability, and professionalism while supporting our global community.

As an Operations Improvement Engineer within the Industrial Engineering organization at Micron Technology, Inc., you will be part of a team responsible for analyzing and optimizing the performance of the production operations. The Operations Improvement team is responsible for facility optimization, improving overall manufacturing efficiency and ensuring high product quality. Engineers will develop systems in a diverse range of topics such as: scheduling and real time dispatch, line management, production metrics and reporting, statistical analysis and project management

Safety and Quality

• Completes all required safety training and ensures all work is conducted in accordance with safety policies
• Improves safety behaviors and processes for their work environment through analyzing and sharing safety data
• Drives a safety culture by requiring safe behaviors and sets the example for safety
• Completes required follow-up on First Aid/OSHA events within required timelines
• Performs and facilitates audits and submits good catches on safety issues
• Follows-up on quality related issues and works towards resolution
• Ensures all protocols and procedures are followed and are updated in a timely manner

Operations Support

• Participate in weekly OI on call rotation to ensure 24/7 coverage on critical OI-related issues
• Perform first-level system support along with additional on call duties as described in the OI on call training document
• Ensure availability and accuracy of documentation to empower users to self-diagnose issues where possible
• Ensure availability and currency of documentation to enable all on call team members to support first-level investigation and resolution of OI Service Requests (OISR)

Scheduling and Automation Systems

• Continuously improve scheduling and automation systems (applications, business rules, heuristics/algorithms, integration) to enable the fab to achieve Line of Sight goals
• Continuously enhance manufacturing simulation systems to improve prediction accuracy and enable more scenario study capabilities.
• Work with stakeholders on problem and opportunity identification and investigation, solutions design and development, and testing and deployment for scheduling and automation systems
• Work with stakeholders to understand and close performance gaps in the Autostaging metrics
• Work with WW teams to ensure accurate allocation of resources through global prioritization of improvement requests and problem record investigations (BAT)
• Create, document, and support business processes for scheduling and automation service requests

Line and Area Optimizations

• Work with stakeholders to ensure a balance between global line prioritization and local area optimization
• Support and provide technical expertise for line management decision making (including linearity, cycle time, line yield, wafer starts and output optimization)
• Support and provide technical expertise for area management decision making (including queue time management, equipment and recipe releases, and general workstation optimization)

Manufacturing Support

• Assist with facility optimization and overall manufacturing efficiency.
• Support manufacturing scenario studies through simulation systems.
• Documenting and maintaining key business processes owned by the Industrial Engineering team.
• Collaborating with production training specialists and industrial engineering trainer to develop new training classes and materials to drive continuous improvement throughout the organization.
• Providing training to new team members.
• Following processes defined in all ISO-TS documentation.
• Work with WW teams to align and benchmark training and documentation materials and practices (CST).
• Participating in cross-functional teams and special projects (Quality Teams, PAC projects, etc.).

Project Management

• Promoting project management to address area efficiency opportunities.
• Gathering project requirements and defining scope.
• Facilitating discussions with key stakeholders.
• Providing timely progress updates and identifying potential roadblocks.
• Ensuring projects are accurately prioritized and that deliverables and timelines are in line with constraint dates and business needs.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree - required

In following program or related field of study

• Industrial Engineering, Integrated Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Operations Research, Management Science, Computer Science

Experience

Not Specified

Qualifications

•Successful candidates must have:

•An understanding of the Schedule Site Production and Fabricate Wafers business processes.

•An understanding on Agile software development concept

•The ability to utilize Industrial Engineering concepts (queueing theory, lean, theory of constraints, Little’s Law, scheduling, etc.) to implement solutions.

•The ability to provide fast and repeatable data mining through the use of relational databases.

•The ability to deliver comprehensive solutions to address root cause through systematic analysis.

•The ability to quantify improvements using applied statistics.

•The ability to maintain and continuously improve Industrial Engineering owned reports.

•Demonstrate basic programming skill with one of the following environment: SQL, C#, Java or JavaScript.

About Us

As the leader in innovative memory solutions, Micron is helping the world make sense of data by delivering technology that is transforming how the world uses information. Through our global brands - Micron, Crucial, and Ballistix - we offer the industry's broadest portfolio. We are the only company manufacturing today's major memory and storage technologies: DRAM, NAND, NOR, and 3D XPoint memory. Our solutions are purpose built to leverage the value of data to unlock financial insights, accelerate scientific breakthroughs and enhance communication around the world.

Micron Benefits

Employee Rewards Program, Healthcare, Paid time off (combined sick-leave and vacation time), Retirement Savings Plan, Paid Maternity/Paternity Leave, Employee Assistance Program, Professional Development Training, Workplace Wellness Program, Micron Health Clinic (Boise only), Fitness Center/Activity Rooms (Boise only), Tuition Reimbursement, Micron Corporate Discounts, Casual Dress Attire.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

For US Sites Only: To request assistance with the application process and/or for reasonable accommodations, please contact Micron’s Human Resources Department at 1-800-336-8918 or 208-368-4748 and/or by completing our General Contact Form

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