Senior Materials Engineer / Scientist - Boise, ID - Main Site, United States
Originally posted 8 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This includes HBM, 3D memory, and heterogeneous integration.
What you'll do
- Form hypotheses, design and run experiments, analyze data, and use results to guide materials and technology decisions. - Investigate materials behavior, including interfaces, adhesion, mechanical response, thermal performance, chemical compatibility, reliability, and process interactions. - Drive materials development in polymer composites, encapsulation materials (NCF, MUF, mold compounds, underfills, die-attach), temporary bonding and release materials, carrier systems, back-grind and dicing tapes, dielectrics, films, coatings, adhesion, surface preparation, thermal materials, and substrate or RDL materials. - Partner with process, integration, product, manufacturing, quality, equipment, and supplier teams to move materials from concept through qualification and manufacturing readiness. - Work with suppliers, universities, research organizations, and external partners to evaluate new materials technologies and speed up their development.
What you'll need
- MS or PhD in Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Polymer Science, Physics, Mechanical Engineering with a strong materials focus, or a closely related field. - Professional or research experience developing, characterizing, qualifying, integrating, or scaling advanced materials technologies. - Strong materials science fundamentals, including structure–property–process–performance relationships. - Proven ability to solve complex, multidisciplinary technical problems through experimentation, analysis, and structured problem solving. - Clear technical communication and the ability to collaborate across disciplines, organizations, suppliers, and geographies. - Ability to work independently, build alignment, and deliver results as part of a global team.
Nice to have
- PhD in a relevant technical discipline. - Experience taking a new material, product, process, or manufacturing capability from concept through implementation. - Documented innovation, such as patents, invention disclosures, or publications. - Experience working with materials suppliers, universities, research labs, startups, or industry consortia. - Background in semiconductors, microelectronics, advanced packaging, aerospace, photonics, energy, specialty chemicals, composites, or another technology-intensive materials field. - Hands-on experience with polymer encapsulation, temporary bonding/debonding, thin-wafer handling, or thermal and interface materials. - Experience using AI-enabled tools, modeling, or data analytics to improve technical learning and decision quality.
Skills: advanced materials, packaging technologies, polymer composites, encapsulation, HBM, 3D memory
This role has been open 2 days — well below the 60-day median for Packaging Engineering roles.
Packaging Engineering · Advanced Packaging
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Open roles in category
311
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Median days open
60 d
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Median salary
$167k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Micron Technology | All employers we track in this specialty (311 roles · 60 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 36 | 311 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 1492 | 9738 · 108 employers |
| Median days open | 36 d | 60 d (−24 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $167k |
Skills observed across this category: advanced materials, packaging technologies, polymer composites, encapsulation, HBM, 3D memory
Who's hiring in this category
- KLA Corporation · 48 open roles · median 122 d
- Micron Technology (this employer) · 36 open roles · median 35 d
- Renesas Electronics · 23 open roles · median 41 d
- Infineon Technologies · 16 open roles · median 60 d
- Intel Corporation · 15 open roles · median 54 d
- GlobalFoundries · 13 open roles · median 60 d
How we counted: 311 open Packaging Engineering (Advanced Packaging) roles from 60 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 11 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family row. Figures refresh nightly.