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Some of the best things that have happened to me in my life and career are because of networking and communication! I love to meet new people and get to know them through various means. I have forged some lifelong friendships too. Networking is so important when you want to collaborate with different teams. With networking and collaboration, I was able to learn a lot of new processes that were not known to be before nor they were available as part of any training. I was able to innovate outside of my design scope to be able to create a solution for us to make layouts for our experiments faster and more efficient, I was even recognized in the Technology Development group for this innovation. You don't just have to network and create relationships and maintain them in a company - you can do this in all walks of life. I met some amazing people through various volunteer opportunities, community outreach that have helped me become a better person. Micron has so many opportunities to network with people. We have Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) like Micron Young Professionals, Pride +Allies, Black Employee Network, Women's Leadership Network and so many more... There are a lot of events and clubs for various hobbies and activities too. And if you don't find some particular group, you can always start one!
Career path
Senior ESD and Latch-up Engineer
Micron Technology
From 01/2017 to 04/2022Digital Design Engineer
Texas Instruments
From 06/2011 to 07/2014Analog Design Verification Engineer - Intern
Texas Instruments
From 04/2015 to 08/2015Company
What do you like about your job and the company?
I love working for Micron because this company gives a vast opportunity to innovate and bring solutions that help create memory products that are practically used in all the devices that we use in our daily lives. Our lives are enriched by these devices that we use to do various things in all walks of life including communicate, educate, appliances, automotive and even medical devices and space stuff. To know that I am able to help create these products and keep them safe from the reliability concerns of ESD and Latch-up is truly rewarding. Being able to help make a positive impact in everyone's lives has always been my lifelong dream and to achieve this I am consciously making decisions everyday to just do that.
Greatest achievements
I was recently recognized by Micron Leadership for our innovative work on making experimental layouts with a new method quickly and more efficiently. This work was a direct result of networking, collaboration, and tenacity in finding solutions and better ways to do my work. One of the projects in Emerging Memory Technology had a major framework update which required lots of resources diverted. We had quite a few experimental layouts planned for future technology node but we did not have the tools to create those layout in the new framework. We could do it with old method or manually draw each layers, however it would have been time consuming and potentially we would have had to scale back our experiments too. I was pursuing a new and efficient method. I had remembered a conversation between a colleague in India and I, regarding their past work experiences before they joined Micron Technology in India. That triggered into a discussion of the possibilities for this new methodology. We decided to collaborate on this project on our extra time and spent many nights developing it. In the end, we were able to successfully integrate this new methodology and create all the required layouts for our experiments two weeks before the deadline. This new method can be ported to other technologies as well. We were given an opportunity to present our new method to Micron Leadership in a Singapore summit and they even recognized our work on a department scale in an email newsletter.
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Erika M
mNAND FW Engineer
Top Insider Advice
Self-confidence is an important skill. It means you are able to accept and trust yourself and have a sense of control in your job. Be confident in your abilities. If you have a specific skill, you can set a strength goal to work on it in order to be a top performer. Be confident also in your capabilities. I f you do not have a specific skill, you can set a development goal to work on it in order to learn and improve anytime. You shall not be alone in your professional growth path. One of Micron value is "Collaboration". Team members work closely together. They share knowledge and experience working to reach best-in-class company results
Manae K
CMP Process Engineer
Top Insider Advice
The advise that I can give is to stay humble. Even though you graduated with good GPAs, honor or dean’s list, you do not know everything. There is somebody who can do something better than you. It is ok that you do not know everything. Observe, talk and learn from people around you as much as you can.
Paisley Z
Process Engineer
Top Insider Advice
As a young adult and early career professional, you may have an idea of what you want to do or achieve long-term, i.e. your passion and main driving force, or maybe you don't and are still looking for something that sparks meaning. Either one is okay! The most important thing is that you are authentically you. It takes a lot of courage and self-awareness to identify your strengths and opportunities for growth -- both of which can be hard! If you are constantly putting yourself down or downplaying your accomplishments, you may not feel like you have a lot of strengths. In that case, you need to allow yourself to be comfortable speaking about your successes and accomplishments, even though it may feel like bragging. In fact, it's a great skill to be able to brag, because that is how you sell yourself! Practice by writing down a brag sheet and rehearsing a couple elevator pitches where you share something cool that you recently worked on, such as a project milestone (even small ones!) or a problem that stumped you for a while (those take tenacity and grit!). These should boost your confidence when networking and interviewing. Re-framing what you perceive to be your "weaknesses" as Opportunities is a great way to pivot from a fixed to a growth mindset. We are not defined by our problems but by how we choose to approach them. Take a look at yourself regularly and reflect on what has been giving you problems lately. You can also ask for feedback from anyone you work or collaborate with. It can be tough to put yourself in a vulnerable position like that, but you will gain so much insight and potentially learn something about yourself. After identifying your problem spots, research ways you can tangibly improve. Are there any new skills you could learn, articles or books you can read, experts you can reach out to?
