Staff Engineer, US Expansion Strategic Planning - Boise, ID - ID1, United States
Originally posted 28 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role is responsible for shaping long range fab strategy by owning wafer loading models, enabling scenario based capacity decisions, and coordinating capital and equipment needs. It involves developing and maintaining long-range planning models for equipment, capital, space, and layout to support TD and HVM technology/business roadmaps in F4.
What you'll do
- Own wafer loading models and enable scenario-based capacity decisions.
- Manage business plan governance and coordinate capital and equipment needs.
- Develop and maintain long-range planning models for equipment, capital, space, and layout.
- Complete scenario capacity analyses, communicating site impacts, and preparing artifacts with baseline volumes and capital projections.
- Manage and maintain key technology and construction achievements for US manufacturing sites.
- Perform comprehensive Fab-wide capacity analysis for US Expansion sites, ensuring accurate modeling inputs.
What you'll need
- Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, Economics or a related field and 4 years of related experience.
- Model development for manufacturing production planning.
- Developing centralized wafer loading and S&OP planning processes.
- Capital project evaluation.
- Cash flow, payback, and ROI analysis.
- Tableau and Python.
- Statistical analysis and methods.
- Linear, mixed integer linear, and nonlinear optimization.
- CPLEX/Gurobi, Python, and SQL.
- Area tool configurations and capabilities.
Skills: Fab strategy, Wafer loading models, Capacity decisions, Capital and equipment needs, Long-range planning models, Fab-wide capacity analysis
This role has been open 17 days — well below the 52-day median for Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering roles.
Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
2505
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Median days open
52 d
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Median salary
$96k
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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 (2505 roles · 79 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 402 | 2505 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 1550 | 9907 · 109 employers |
| Median days open | 76 d | 52 d (+24 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $96k |
Skills observed across this category: Fab strategy, Wafer loading models, Capacity decisions, Capital and equipment needs, Long-range planning models, Fab-wide capacity analysis
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology (this employer) · 398 open roles · median 77 d
- Applied Materials · 256 open roles · median 37 d
- Entegris · 227 open roles · median 36 d
- Lam Research · 109 open roles · median 58 d
- Infineon Technologies · 91 open roles · median 57 d
- STMicroelectronics · 70 open roles · median 51 d
How we counted: 2505 open Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 79 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.