STEM OPT Product Development Engineer Jobs
Product Development Engineer roles in hardware, software, and manufacturing systems qualify for the 24-month STEM OPT extension, giving you up to 36 months of F-1 work authorization. Your employer must be enrolled in E-Verify, and your degree in engineering, computer science, or a related STEM field must map to an approved CIP code.
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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.
Micron in Boise, Idaho has a current need for a Level 2 or 3 HBM (High Bandwidth Memory) Product Yield Enhancement PDFA Engineer position open where you will work on the Product Development Failure Analysis team to take next generation HBM devices from design to mass production!
As part of the HBM Product Development Failure Analysis (PDFA) team, you will play a meaningful role in bringing next-generation HBM products from design through qualification and into high production manufacturing. The team focuses on ensuring product reliability, accelerating time-to-market, and enabling rapid production ramp by identifying and resolving component-level failures during new product introduction phases.
In this role, you will apply electrical, physical, and statistical failure analysis techniques to characterize failures, identify root causes, and drive corrective actions. You will collaborate with multi-functional engineering teams and leverage advanced analytics, statistical methods, and AI-enabled tools to improve failure detection, yield, reliability, and overall product performance.
Responsibilities
- Perform electrical, physical, and statistical failure analysis to identify, characterize, and understand defect and failure mechanisms in HBM products.
- Analyze component- and system-level data to resolve root causes of failures using statistical techniques, engineering methodologies, and AI-enabled tools.
- Apply AI tools (e.g., Copilot, Claude) and improved analytics to enhance failure detection, reliability learning cycles, yield improvement, and component performance.
- Work closely with Product, Process, Test, Quality, and Manufacturing Engineering teams to resolve fabrication, assembly, and test-related issues.
- Identify process defects, assembly-related failures, and test flow marginalities through detailed data analysis and characterization.
- Communicate technical findings, recommendations, and corrective actions to team members and drive issue resolution across multi-functional teams.
- Support rapid production ramp, product qualification, and continuous reliability improvement initiatives.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, or a related field.
- 2+ years of experience performing electrical and statistical failure analysis to identify and understand failure mechanisms.
- 2+ years of experience applying electrical and physical characterization techniques for semiconductor failure analysis.
- Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills, including the application of statistical methods and tools for data analysis.
- Experience using AI, machine learning, or data analytics tools to support engineering analysis and root cause investigations.
- Coursework, training, or practical experience in one or more of the following areas: VLSI, semiconductor device physics, semiconductor processing, Python programming, and statistics.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively in multi-functional engineering teams.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of experience performing electrical and statistical failure analysis in the semiconductor industry.
- 5+ years of experience applying electrical and physical characterization techniques for semiconductor device and component analysis.
- Advanced coursework or hands-on experience in VLSI design, semiconductor processes, device physics, Python, and applied statistics.
- Experience using Artificial Intelligence or Generative AI tools (e.g., Copilot, Claude) for large-scale data analysis, failure prediction, and root cause identification.
- Experience using statistical analysis software such as JMP.
- Confirmed ability to influence technical outcomes and drive issue resolution in a multidisciplinary engineering environment.
- Proven ability to communicate complex technical findings to diverse team members and lead multi-functional collaboration efforts.
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 more about Micron, please visit micron.com/careers.
For 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.
Micron Foundation
Strong communities and education are vital to the success of both society and innovative companies. Every Micron site understands the complex needs of their local community. Whether it’s through strategic giving, sponsorships or deploying team member volunteers, we are making a difference.
Sustainability
Micron is committed to sustainable practices and supporting our global community. We are building and maintaining sustainable operations, products, and communities while focusing on opportunities and risks that are most important to our business success and stakeholders.
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.
Micron in Boise, Idaho has a current need for a Level 2 or 3 HBM (High Bandwidth Memory) Product Yield Enhancement PDFA Engineer position open where you will work on the Product Development Failure Analysis team to take next generation HBM devices from design to mass production!
As part of the HBM Product Development Failure Analysis (PDFA) team, you will play a meaningful role in bringing next-generation HBM products from design through qualification and into high production manufacturing. The team focuses on ensuring product reliability, accelerating time-to-market, and enabling rapid production ramp by identifying and resolving component-level failures during new product introduction phases.
In this role, you will apply electrical, physical, and statistical failure analysis techniques to characterize failures, identify root causes, and drive corrective actions. You will collaborate with multi-functional engineering teams and leverage advanced analytics, statistical methods, and AI-enabled tools to improve failure detection, yield, reliability, and overall product performance.
Responsibilities
- Perform electrical, physical, and statistical failure analysis to identify, characterize, and understand defect and failure mechanisms in HBM products.
- Analyze component- and system-level data to resolve root causes of failures using statistical techniques, engineering methodologies, and AI-enabled tools.
- Apply AI tools (e.g., Copilot, Claude) and improved analytics to enhance failure detection, reliability learning cycles, yield improvement, and component performance.
- Work closely with Product, Process, Test, Quality, and Manufacturing Engineering teams to resolve fabrication, assembly, and test-related issues.
- Identify process defects, assembly-related failures, and test flow marginalities through detailed data analysis and characterization.
- Communicate technical findings, recommendations, and corrective actions to team members and drive issue resolution across multi-functional teams.
- Support rapid production ramp, product qualification, and continuous reliability improvement initiatives.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, or a related field.
- 2+ years of experience performing electrical and statistical failure analysis to identify and understand failure mechanisms.
- 2+ years of experience applying electrical and physical characterization techniques for semiconductor failure analysis.
- Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills, including the application of statistical methods and tools for data analysis.
- Experience using AI, machine learning, or data analytics tools to support engineering analysis and root cause investigations.
- Coursework, training, or practical experience in one or more of the following areas: VLSI, semiconductor device physics, semiconductor processing, Python programming, and statistics.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively in multi-functional engineering teams.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of experience performing electrical and statistical failure analysis in the semiconductor industry.
- 5+ years of experience applying electrical and physical characterization techniques for semiconductor device and component analysis.
- Advanced coursework or hands-on experience in VLSI design, semiconductor processes, device physics, Python, and applied statistics.
- Experience using Artificial Intelligence or Generative AI tools (e.g., Copilot, Claude) for large-scale data analysis, failure prediction, and root cause identification.
- Experience using statistical analysis software such as JMP.
- Confirmed ability to influence technical outcomes and drive issue resolution in a multidisciplinary engineering environment.
- Proven ability to communicate complex technical findings to diverse team members and lead multi-functional collaboration efforts.
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 more about Micron, please visit micron.com/careers.
For 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.
Micron Foundation
Strong communities and education are vital to the success of both society and innovative companies. Every Micron site understands the complex needs of their local community. Whether it’s through strategic giving, sponsorships or deploying team member volunteers, we are making a difference.
Sustainability
Micron is committed to sustainable practices and supporting our global community. We are building and maintaining sustainable operations, products, and communities while focusing on opportunities and risks that are most important to our business success and stakeholders.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding STEM OPT Authorization as a Product Development Engineer
Verify your CIP code before applying
Pull up your degree on the USCIS STEM OPT designated degree list and confirm your CIP code maps to an approved field. Product development roles often require engineering or materials science degrees, so a mismatch can disqualify your extension before you file.
Filter job postings by E-Verify enrollment
Search E-Verify's employer search tool to confirm a company is actively enrolled before investing time in their application process. Product development teams at hardware startups frequently skip E-Verify enrollment, making them ineligible to hire you on STEM OPT.
Target manufacturers with active DOL LCA filings
Use Migrate Mate to find Product Development Engineer employers with Labor Condition Application filing history, which signals they've sponsored work authorization before and understand the compliance requirements your STEM OPT training plan demands.
Draft your I-983 training plan around project milestones
Your I-983 must connect your engineering coursework to specific product development tasks, like design verification or prototype iteration. Tie each learning objective to a measurable deliverable so your DSO and employer can sign off without revision delays.
Ask recruiters about E-Verify status in the first call
Raise E-Verify enrollment in your initial recruiter screen, not after an offer. Product development hiring moves fast, and discovering a company isn't enrolled after clearing technical rounds wastes weeks you can't recover during your OPT window.
Use OFLC Wage Search to benchmark offers against prevailing wage
Run your job title and location through OFLC Wage Search before negotiating. Your STEM OPT training plan must document that your compensation meets DOL wage standards for the role, so knowing the prevailing wage level protects you during offer review.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Product Development Engineer role qualify for the STEM OPT extension?
Yes, if your employer is enrolled in E-Verify and your degree maps to an approved CIP code on the USCIS STEM OPT designated degree list. Engineering and materials science degrees covering product development work typically qualify. Your DSO confirms eligibility when you apply for the extension through your school before your initial OPT expires.
What goes into the I-983 training plan for a Product Development Engineer?
Your I-983 must describe how your day-to-day engineering work connects to your STEM degree, name a direct supervisor who will mentor you, and list measurable learning objectives tied to product development tasks like design validation, prototyping, or cross-functional project ownership. USCIS requires both you and your employer to sign it, and your DSO reviews it before certifying the extension.
How do I confirm my Product Development Engineer employer is enrolled in E-Verify?
Search the E-Verify employer search tool by company name or EIN before accepting an offer. Many product development teams at early-stage hardware companies haven't enrolled, which legally bars them from hiring STEM OPT students regardless of intent. Confirming enrollment early prevents offer rescissions after you've already left another position.
What happens to my STEM OPT authorization if my employer's H-1B petition is filed during my extension?
If your employer files an H-1B visa petition on your behalf before your STEM OPT expires and you're selected in the lottery, cap-gap protection automatically extends your work authorization through September 30 of that fiscal year. USCIS issues this extension automatically, but you should confirm your I-20 reflects the cap-gap period before continuing to work past your OPT end date.
Where can I find Product Development Engineer jobs where employers already understand STEM OPT requirements?
Migrate Mate filters Product Development Engineer listings by employers with verified E-Verify enrollment and DOL filing history, so you're not wasting applications on companies that have never sponsored work authorization. Searching there lets you prioritize roles where the hiring team already knows what an I-983 is and what signing it requires.