Sr Engineer, Metrology DRAM - Boise, ID - Main Site, United States
Originally posted 5 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a Metrology Process Development Engineer in Technology Development, you will be primarily responsible for starting up, developing, and optimizing metrology processes used for semiconductor process flows for future generation memory products.
What you'll do
- Drive the understanding of new metrology technology and measurement techniques to ensure measurement capabilities meet technical and device roadmaps.
- Partner with metrology equipment vendors on continuous improvement of software/hardware and development of new measurement techniques to support process characterization, process optimization, and process control.
- Optimize and maintain the calibration of metrology systems that support technology development.
- Work closely with process development and process integration engineers to optimize measurements for multiple new device process flows and layer stacks.
- Develop applications on processes and technologies within Fab 4 and qualify for technology transfers to production fabs.
- Evaluate new metrology tools to determine Cost of ownership solutions with accuracy and precision for deployment in R&D and global manufacturing.
- Craft and optimize the layout of metrology targets to enable measurement capability and improve measurement quality.
- Improve automation, throughput, and measurement precision while maintaining measurement integrity.
What you'll need
- Strong understanding of key semiconductor process metrics needed for characterization, optimization, and line control.
- Digital literacy including MS Office, JMP, and Python.
- Practical experience using AI (CoPilot, Claude Code, and other AI tools).
- Strong data analysis skills.
- High level of attention to detail.
Nice to have
- Semiconductor related experience with X-ray based composition metrology (XPS, XRF, XRD).
- Semiconductor related experience with Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS).
- Semiconductor related experience with Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and White Light Interferometry (WLI) for topography, roughness, step height, and profile characterization.
- Semiconductor related experience with Electrical characterization with Semilab equipment for dopant and junction properties (carrier transport, capacitance, conductivity).
Skills: metrology technology, measurement techniques, metrology equipment vendors, metrology systems, X-ray based composition metrology
This role has been open 10 days — well below the 51-day median for Semiconductor Equipment Engineering roles.
Semiconductor Equipment Engineering · Metrology Inspection
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Open roles in category
192
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Median days open
51 d
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Median salary
$159k
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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 (192 roles · 23 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 12 | 192 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 1550 | 9907 · 109 employers |
| Median days open | 41 d | 51 d (−10 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $159k |
Skills observed across this category: metrology technology, measurement techniques, metrology equipment vendors, metrology systems, X-ray based composition metrology
Who's hiring in this category
- KLA Corporation · 75 open roles · median 42 d
- Applied Materials · 25 open roles · median 66 d
- Onto Innovation · 17 open roles · median 81 d
- Lam Research · 15 open roles · median 45 d
- Micron Technology (this employer) · 12 open roles · median 41 d
- Entegris · 10 open roles · median 57 d
How we counted: 192 open Semiconductor Equipment Engineering (Metrology Inspection) roles from 23 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 16 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.