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Principal Scientist roles qualify for H-1B1 Singapore visa sponsorship as specialty occupations requiring advanced scientific expertise. Singapore nationals avoid the H-1B lottery entirely, with the 5,400-visa annual cap rarely filling. Applications go directly to a U.S. consulate, so your timeline depends on employer readiness, not a random draw.
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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.
The Innovation, Technology and Products - Applied AI and Data Science organization builds AI, machine learning, and analytics systems for hard semiconductor engineering problems. We work directly with product engineering, reliability, test, manufacturing, and systems teams. Our engineers pair semiconductor domain knowledge with modern ML engineering, cloud platforms, and agentic AI. Everything we build is meant to run in production, not stop at a prototype.
We are looking for a Lead Engineer, Applied AI and Agentic Systems. You will own the architecture and drive delivery of AI systems that engineers rely on every day. Problems will reach you vague. You will turn them into designs, plans, and working software.
You bring depth in machine learning plus real strength in software engineering, cloud deployment, and agentic AI. You set direction, review designs, question assumptions, and grow the engineers around you. When a problem gets genuinely hard, you dig into the code alongside the team. If that sounds like your kind of work, we would like to meet you!
Responsibilities:
- Set the architecture and technical direction for our applied AI, ML, and agentic AI work.
- Design systems end to end: data pipelines, features, model development, evaluation, inference services, and monitoring.
- Build the models engineers act on — prediction, diagnosis, optimization, and decision support for semiconductor applications.
- Ship agentic AI for engineering analysis, knowledge retrieval, workflow automation, and decision support. Define the guardrails and evaluations that earn trust in it.
- Break wide-open challenges into roadmaps, turning points, and success criteria. Report progress, risk, and model limits plainly to engineers and executives.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, or a related technical field.
- 8 years of relevant experience, or equivalent practical experience.
- Led complex AI, ML, data science, or software engineering programs as technical lead, directing the work of other engineers.
- Hands-on machine learning and statistical modeling: supervised learning, feature engineering, validation, performance evaluation, and reading model behavior.
- Python fluency with PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, or XGBoost. Shipped models into production — inference pipelines, APIs, CI/CD, monitoring.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
- People leadership: mentoring engineers, developing careers, and forming team capability.
- Semiconductors, memory, storage, electronics, hardware systems, or advanced manufacturing.
- AI/ML deployed in cloud, hybrid, or on-prem environments — AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes, OpenShift, or Docker.
- LLMs, RAG, and agentic workflows: agent frameworks, model gateways, knowledge graphs, enterprise search, MCP tool integration, or workflow orchestration.
COMPENSATION
- US base salary range: $145,000.00 - $360,000.00 a year
Additional compensation may include benefits, bonuses and equity.
Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target base pay for new hire salaries of the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional job-related factors, including knowledge, skills, experience, tenure and relevant education or training. The pay scale is subject to change depending on business needs. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits.
As a world leader in the semiconductor industry, Micron is dedicated to your personal wellbeing and professional growth. Micron benefits are designed to help you stay well, provide peace of mind and help you prepare for the future. We offer a choice of medical, dental and vision plans in all locations enabling team members to select the plans that best meet their family healthcare needs and budget. Micron also provides benefit programs that help protect your income if you are unable to work due to illness or injury, and paid family leave. Additionally, Micron benefits include a robust paid time-off program and paid holidays. For additional information regarding the Benefit programs available, please see the Benefits Guide posted on micron.com/careers/benefits.
Micron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
To learn about your right to work click here.
To learn more about Micron, please visit micron.com/careers
US Sites Only: To request assistance with the application process and/or for reasonable accommodations, please contact Micron’s People Organization at hrsupport_na@micron.com or 1-800-336-8918 (select option #3)
Micron Prohibits the use of child labor and complies with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and other international and industry labor standards.
Micron does not charge candidates any recruitment fees or unlawfully collect any other payment from candidates as consideration for their employment with Micron.
AI alert: Candidates are encouraged to use AI tools to enhance their resume and/or application materials. However, all information provided must be accurate and reflect the candidate's true skills and experiences. Misuse of AI to fabricate or misrepresent qualifications will result in immediate disqualification.
Fraud alert: Micron advises job seekers to be cautious of unsolicited job offers and to verify the authenticity of any communication claiming to be from Micron by checking the official Micron careers website in the About Micron Technology, Inc.
INTRODUCTION
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.
The Innovation, Technology and Products - Applied AI and Data Science organization builds AI, machine learning, and analytics systems for hard semiconductor engineering problems. We work directly with product engineering, reliability, test, manufacturing, and systems teams. Our engineers pair semiconductor domain knowledge with modern ML engineering, cloud platforms, and agentic AI. Everything we build is meant to run in production, not stop at a prototype.
We are looking for a Lead Engineer, Applied AI and Agentic Systems. You will own the architecture and drive delivery of AI systems that engineers rely on every day. Problems will reach you vague. You will turn them into designs, plans, and working software.
You bring depth in machine learning plus real strength in software engineering, cloud deployment, and agentic AI. You set direction, review designs, question assumptions, and grow the engineers around you. When a problem gets genuinely hard, you dig into the code alongside the team. If that sounds like your kind of work, we would like to meet you!
Responsibilities:
- Set the architecture and technical direction for our applied AI, ML, and agentic AI work.
- Design systems end to end: data pipelines, features, model development, evaluation, inference services, and monitoring.
- Build the models engineers act on — prediction, diagnosis, optimization, and decision support for semiconductor applications.
- Ship agentic AI for engineering analysis, knowledge retrieval, workflow automation, and decision support. Define the guardrails and evaluations that earn trust in it.
- Break wide-open challenges into roadmaps, turning points, and success criteria. Report progress, risk, and model limits plainly to engineers and executives.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, or a related technical field.
- 8 years of relevant experience, or equivalent practical experience.
- Led complex AI, ML, data science, or software engineering programs as technical lead, directing the work of other engineers.
- Hands-on machine learning and statistical modeling: supervised learning, feature engineering, validation, performance evaluation, and reading model behavior.
- Python fluency with PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, or XGBoost. Shipped models into production — inference pipelines, APIs, CI/CD, monitoring.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
- People leadership: mentoring engineers, developing careers, and forming team capability.
- Semiconductors, memory, storage, electronics, hardware systems, or advanced manufacturing.
- AI/ML deployed in cloud, hybrid, or on-prem environments — AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes, OpenShift, or Docker.
- LLMs, RAG, and agentic workflows: agent frameworks, model gateways, knowledge graphs, enterprise search, MCP tool integration, or workflow orchestration.
COMPENSATION
- US base salary range: $145,000.00 - $360,000.00 a year
Additional compensation may include benefits, bonuses and equity.
Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target base pay for new hire salaries of the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional job-related factors, including knowledge, skills, experience, tenure and relevant education or training. The pay scale is subject to change depending on business needs. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits.
As a world leader in the semiconductor industry, Micron is dedicated to your personal wellbeing and professional growth. Micron benefits are designed to help you stay well, provide peace of mind and help you prepare for the future. We offer a choice of medical, dental and vision plans in all locations enabling team members to select the plans that best meet their family healthcare needs and budget. Micron also provides benefit programs that help protect your income if you are unable to work due to illness or injury, and paid family leave. Additionally, Micron benefits include a robust paid time-off program and paid holidays. For additional information regarding the Benefit programs available, please see the Benefits Guide posted on micron.com/careers/benefits.
Micron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
To learn about your right to work click here.
To learn more about Micron, please visit micron.com/careers
US Sites Only: To request assistance with the application process and/or for reasonable accommodations, please contact Micron’s People Organization at hrsupport_na@micron.com or 1-800-336-8918 (select option #3)
Micron Prohibits the use of child labor and complies with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and other international and industry labor standards.
Micron does not charge candidates any recruitment fees or unlawfully collect any other payment from candidates as consideration for their employment with Micron.
AI alert: Candidates are encouraged to use AI tools to enhance their resume and/or application materials. However, all information provided must be accurate and reflect the candidate's true skills and experiences. Misuse of AI to fabricate or misrepresent qualifications will result in immediate disqualification.
Fraud alert: Micron advises job seekers to be cautious of unsolicited job offers and to verify the authenticity of any communication claiming to be from Micron by checking the official Micron careers website in the About Micron Technology, Inc.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Visa Sponsorship as a Principal Scientist
Align your credentials to U.S. specialty occupation standards
Pull your O*NET profile for Principal Scientist and confirm your Singapore degree maps directly to the role's required field. USCIS adjudicators reject petitions where the degree-to-job connection isn't explicit, so document the disciplinary match before you apply.
Target employers with active R&D visa filing patterns
Pharma, biotech, and semiconductor firms that run large internal research divisions file H-1B1 visa petitions regularly. Search DOL's LCA disclosure data by occupation code to identify which employers have certified positions matching Principal Scientist roles in recent fiscal years.
Search for H-1B1 Singapore jobs on Migrate Mate
Migrate Mate filters job listings by H-1B1 Singapore sponsorship history, so you're not cold-applying to employers who've never filed for Singapore nationals. Use it to identify research employers whose LCA filings match Principal Scientist occupation codes.
Confirm your employer understands the LCA filing timeline
Your employer must file a certified Labor Condition Application with DOL before submitting your consular application. LCA certification typically takes seven business days, but errors or wage-level disputes can delay it. Verify your employer's HR team has done this before.
Negotiate for employer-paid prevailing wage compliance upfront
The LCA locks in your wage at or above the DOL prevailing wage for your occupation and work location. Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up the Level III or IV rate for Principal Scientist in your target metro before salary discussions begin.
Prepare a nonimmigrant intent response for your consular interview
The H-1B1 Singapore visa is a nonimmigrant visa without dual intent protection. Consular officers can question your ties to Singapore. Prepare clear documentation of your intent to return, such as property ownership, family ties, or professional memberships, before your interview.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Principal Scientist role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B1 Singapore?
Yes. Principal Scientist positions require at least a bachelor's degree in a directly related scientific field such as chemistry, biology, or materials science, which satisfies the specialty occupation definition USCIS applies to H-1B1 visa petitions. Roles that require only a general science background without field specificity can face challenges, so your employer's job description should explicitly state the degree requirement.
How does H-1B1 Singapore differ from H-1B for a Principal Scientist?
The H-1B1 Singapore visa has no lottery and no USCIS petition filing for consular applicants, which means your timeline depends on employer and consulate readiness rather than an annual random selection. The trade-off is that H-1B1 has no dual intent protection, so you can't simultaneously pursue a green card without risking visa denial. H-1B holders can file for permanent residence while maintaining status; H-1B1 holders generally cannot.
Where can I find Principal Scientist jobs that offer H-1B1 Singapore visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate lists jobs filtered by H-1B1 Singapore sponsorship history, so you can identify employers who have actually filed for Singapore nationals in Principal Scientist or equivalent research roles. Most general job boards don't filter by visa type or nationality-specific sponsorship, which means you'll spend significant time approaching employers who aren't set up to sponsor H-1B1 petitions.
Can my employer file my H-1B1 Singapore petition while I'm already in the U.S. on another visa status?
Yes, a change of status filing with USCIS is possible if you're already in valid nonimmigrant status in the U.S. If you're outside the U.S., your employer files the LCA with DOL and you apply directly at a Singapore consulate. The consular route is more common for H-1B1 Singapore because the visa was designed under the free trade agreement framework for Singapore-based applicants.
What happens to my H-1B1 Singapore status if my Principal Scientist role is restructured or eliminated?
Your H-1B1 visa status is tied to the specific employer and position approved in the LCA and consular application. If your role is eliminated, you have a short grace period, typically up to 60 days, to find a new sponsoring employer and file a new LCA. Unlike H-1B, H-1B1 doesn't allow portability under AC21, so a new employer must restart the full filing process.