Sr Manager, Area Manufacturing Engineering
Micron · Hiroshima, Japan · 1d ago
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.
Key Responsibilities
Capacity & Business Commitment Management
- Own area capacity and MXT commitments in support of Fab15 Business Plan objectives.
- Develop and execute integrated roadmaps covering capacity, tool readiness, equipment constraints, OEE, productivity, and continuous improvement.
- Identify capacity and operational risks early and establish effective mitigation and recovery plans.
- Validate planning assumptions, equipment capability, and resource requirements to ensure commitment attainment.
- Translate engineering and operational risks into measurable impacts on output, OEE, cycle time, cost, and delivery performance.
- Drive medium- and long-term capacity strategies that support business growth and operational stability.
Equipment Performance & Productivity Improvement
- Lead initiatives to improve OEE, equipment availability, and overall equipment effectiveness.
- Drive bottleneck identification and capability improvement strategies.
- Improve tool readiness and equipment performance to maximize factory output.
- Deliver measurable productivity and cost improvements through sustainable engineering solutions.
- Promote equipment life extension, refurbishment, reuse, and asset optimization strategies.
- Ensure improvement benefits are quantified, verified, and sustained.
Manufacturing Excellence & Continuous Improvement
- Lead Area MXT programs and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
- Drive Lean, Kaizen, and operational excellence initiatives across the organization.
- Lead cross-area Best Known Method (BKM) deployment and standardization.
- Establish performance management systems that focus on business impact and benefit realization.
- Ensure successful sustainment and replication of proven improvements across the fab.
Digital, Data Analytics & AI Enablement
- Partner with DX/SIA organizations to improve business performance through AI, automation, analytics, and digital solutions.
- Utilize data analytics to identify opportunities for improving equipment performance, OEE, capacity, and productivity.
- Promote data-driven decision making across engineering and manufacturing organizations.
- Ensure digital initiatives are effectively adopted and generate measurable operational benefits.
- Connect digital investments to tangible business outcomes including output, productivity, OEE, cost, and operational stability.
People Leadership
- Develop and coach M1 managers and engineering leaders.
- Build organizational capability and strengthen technical expertise within the team.
- Develop succession plans and future leadership pipelines.
- Foster a culture of accountability, ownership, innovation, and continuous learning.
- Create an environment where risks are identified early, discussed openly, and addressed proactively.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in fab capacity planning and manufacturing excellence programs.
- Experience leading continuous improvement, MXT, Lean, or Six Sigma initiatives.
- Experience with automation, advanced analytics, or AI-enabled manufacturing solutions.
- Experience in equipment refurbishment, lifecycle management, and asset optimization.
- Experience deploying BKMs across multiple manufacturing areas or sites.
- Experience managing global or cross-site projects.
- Strong business acumen with the ability to connect engineering initiatives to operational and financial performance.
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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