Principal Engineer, MLE, SMAI

Micron · Boise, ID

principal software engineering Principal Engineer tech_leadership · Posted May 14, 2026

About this role

Micron is hiring a principal-level Principal Engineer in the software engineering function based in Boise, ID. The posting calls out experience with Python, Java, CUDA, Kubernetes.

Role
Principal Engineer
Function
software engineering
Level
principal
Track
Tech leadership
Employment
Full-time
Location
Boise, ID
Posted
May 14, 2026

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Job description

from Micron careers

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.

Job Description

The Smart Manufacturing and AI team at Micron Technology is looking for an ambitious Machine Learning Engineer (Principal Engineer).

Our mission is to provide leading machine learning, custom GenAI, and Agentic AI solutions that support Micron’s leadership in the competitive memory solutions market. Qualified applicants will have experience with various data and cloud technologies and strong skills in modeling data, querying, and deploying scalable data pipelines to complete machine learning models and AI agents. You will work closely with Data Scientists, Data Engineers, and expert users to build and launch scalable AI/ML solutions that generate value and insight from Micron’s manufacturing processes and systems.

Responsibilities include, but not limited to:

  • Architect and complete large-scale custom model training and fine-tuning jobs (SFT, RLHF) on multi-node, multi-GPU clusters.

  • Optimize training throughput and memory efficiency using distributed training strategies (FSDP, DeepSpeed, Megatron-LM) and mixed-precision techniques (FP16/BF16).

  • Build and develop autonomous AI Agents capable of multi-step reasoning, planning, and tool execution to automate complex manufacturing workflows.

    This is an excerpt. Read the full job description on Micron careers →