Principal AI Engineer, SMAI
Micron Technology1 day ago
Responsibilities
- Own architecture and technical strategy for major frontend manufacturing platforms and AI-assisted engineering practices.
- Design, develop, and deliver manufacturing application features across fabrication and assembly operations.
- Lead architecture and design reviews, modernization planning, technical standards, and cross-system problem resolution.
- Contribute production-quality code using .NET, C++, Angular, Perl, and Python.
- Participate in on-call support and serve as an escalation point for high-priority manufacturing production incidents.
- Evaluate, pilot, operationalize, and govern AI development tooling, coding assistants, agentic workflows, and supporting integrations.
- Apply AI-assisted techniques to legacy code comprehension, documentation, test generation, and modernization.
- Define quality controls, productivity metrics, training, documentation, office hours, and coaching for AI-assisted engineering.
- Influence technical direction across multiple teams, mentor senior and staff engineers, and represent the organization in technical forums.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
- At least 10–12 years of professional software engineering experience designing, delivering, and maintaining production applications.
- Expertise in modern frontend development, including Angular or a comparable component-based framework, TypeScript, and web application architecture.
- Strong server-side engineering experience with .NET/C# and working proficiency in at least one of C++, Python, or Perl.
- Hands-on experience applying AI-assisted development tools and agentic coding workflows to production codebases.
- Experience leading architecture and design for complex systems spanning multiple teams, services, or applications.
- Ability to influence technical direction and raise engineering standards without formal reporting authority.
- Experience mentoring senior engineers and leading technical design reviews.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to explain technical trade-offs to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Ability to work on-site in Boise, Idaho, five days per week.
- Preferred qualifications include AI tooling rollout and governance, custom AI engineering assets such as agent configurations or MCP servers, legacy Perl or C++ modernization, semiconductor or industrial automation experience, high-volume data visualization, DevOps and automated testing strategy, engineering metrics, and a master’s degree.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision plan options.
- Income protection benefits for illness or injury and paid family leave.
- Paid time off and paid holidays.
- On-site work in Boise, Idaho, five days per week.
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About Micron Technology
Micron Technology designs and manufactures memory and storage semiconductors—DRAM, NAND, NOR and SSDs—sold to device makers, cloud providers, and embedded/automotive markets. Founded in 1978 and headquartered in Boise, Idaho, it operates globally and sells under the Micron and Crucial brands as a public company (NASDAQ: MU). Its products support data center, AI, mobile, and PC systems, including high-bandwidth and multichip packages for performance- and space-constrained applications.