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When starting your career in an industry, the first few months involve a steep learning curve. Your primary focus should be to grasp knowledge as much as possible. Apart from this, you should maintain proper notes of all the tools and software, which will help you to work independently in the future. Try to involve yourself with new projects to get the experience of the current flow in the industry. Be professional and confident will help you to set you as a valuable person in your team. In some situations, you may have to make tough decisions, so be ready for that.
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Engineer
Micron East Asia
Started 04/2020 to PresentResearcher
Micron East Asia
From 09/2016 to 03/2020Company
What do you like about your job and the company?
In my job, I find the root causes of failure mechanisms in DRAM chips by characterizing them with cutting-edge nanotechnologies. Some of the investigation ways require us to fabricate samples with a thickness of 80nm~100nm. Generally, this type of fabrication requires very highly skilled engineers, and in addition to that, it requires a long time to fabricate such samples. Therefore, we developed an automation method by optimizing several parameters that allowed us to fabricate thin samples (60nm ~100nm) with very high precision. The main advantage of this method is it is very fast compared to the manual process. Moreover, it is easy too (because every parameter is optimized), so young engineers and technicians can also use it.
Kai W
Engineer
Top Insider Advice
Work is very important for sure! But in the end we should not forget we are humans, and too much work will burn you out. Actually, an excess of anything is not healthy in our lives (think about too much sport, too much eating, too much sleep etc.), and we need balance in our lives. I firmly believe that working SMART will bring way more benefits than just work HARD, especially in our industry. In fact engineers do not chose the semiconductor industry for the ease, but at Micron I am able to achieve what I could not in my previous company: work effectively AND a balanced life.
Vikrant U
Design Engineer
Top Insider Advice
Growth mindset is very helpful in honing one's skills and being prepared for the challenges in the present day world where technology evolves rapidly. Trying and learning new skills can be really helpful in the advancement of career. Moreover, enjoying what you do while thinking of bigger picture about how it affect lives of others in a positive way is helpful in keeping oneself motivated and energized.
