Senior Layout Designer

Job Title

Senior Layout Designer

Role Summary

The Senior Layout Designer creates and validates physical IC layouts and works with Design Engineering, Product Engineering, Process Integration, Probe, and Assembly to deliver manufacturable designs. The role focuses on optimizing cost, quality, reliability, and time-to-market for memory products.

Experience Level

Senior. Qualification guidance in the posting indicates B.S. in Electrical Engineering with 2+ years of experience or M.S. in Electrical Engineering with 1+ years of experience.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include designing physical layouts and collaborating across engineering and manufacturing teams to ensure products meet manufacturability and quality targets.

• Develop and produce physical IC layouts using industry-standard tools.
• Collaborate with Design Engineering, Product Engineering, Process Integration, Probe, and Assembly to optimize designs for manufacturing.
• Ensure designs meet cost, quality, reliability, and time-to-market requirements.
• Perform layout verification and support LVS/DRC flows and sign-off checks.
• Document designs and communicate design intent and changes to stakeholders.
• Incorporate tools and methods (including AI-enabled assistive tools) to improve floorplanning and place-and-route where applicable.

Requirements

Must-have skills and attributes; nice-to-have items listed separately.

• Must-have: Experience with Cadence Virtuoso.
• Must-have: Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Must-have: Self-motivated team player with good communication and documentation skills.
• Nice-to-have: Knowledge of layout synthesis and place-and-route techniques.
• Nice-to-have: Experience with LVS/DRC tools such as Calibre.
• Nice-to-have: Experience with AI-enabled layout planning or place-and-route assistance, standard cell construction, and analog layout techniques.

Education Requirements

Posting specifies: B.S. in Electrical Engineering with 2+ years of experience, or M.S. in Electrical Engineering with 1+ years of experience. Coursework mentioned includes CMOS circuit design, VLSI, and crafting the physical layout of circuits. No certifications or explicit "equivalent experience" language provided.

About the Company

Company: Micron Technology

Headquarters: Boise, Idaho, USA

Micron Technology is a global leader in memory and storage solutions, dedicated to transforming how the world uses information. The company offers a diverse portfolio of high-performance DRAM, NAND, and NOR memory products under the Micron and Crucial brands. With a commitment to customer focus and technological innovation, Micron drives advancements in artificial intelligence, 5G, and other data-centric applications, empowering users to learn, communicate, and progress.