Staff Design Engineer, DRAM

Job Title

Staff Design Engineer, DRAM

Role Summary

Responsible for circuit design and layout for next-generation DRAM products. The role owns design decisions affecting cost, quality, reliability, and time-to-market and partners with verification, product, and manufacturing teams.

Experience Level

Senior-level. The position expects experienced engineers; the posting specifies approximately 5+ years of CMOS and VLSI circuit design experience.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include hands-on design, layout, verification, and cross-functional coordination.

• Design, layout, and optimize memory, logic, and analog circuits for DRAM products.
• Perform parasitic modeling and support design validation, reticle experiments, and tape-out revisions.
• Oversee floor-planning, placement, and routing activities and the layout process.
• Run verification via modeling and simulation using industry-standard simulators.
• Collaborate with Marketing, Probe, Assembly, Test, Process Integration, and Product Engineering to ensure manufacturability.
• Use Generative AI tools to accelerate design, analysis, and documentation while retaining responsibility for correctness and signoff.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience; preferred items listed as nice-to-have.

• 5+ years of practical experience in CMOS and VLSI circuit design across digital and analog domains.
• Hands-on mixed-signal design experience: schematic design, layout, and circuit simulation with industry-standard tools.
• Experience with power distribution design, parasitic modeling, and tape-out flows.
• Experience performing modeling and simulation for verification and design signoff.
• Demonstrated ability to lead layout activities including floor-planning, placement, and routing.
• Strong cross-functional communication and collaboration skills to work with product, manufacturing, and test teams.
• Nice-to-have: DRAM or memory circuit design (arrays, periphery, datapath), familiarity with PEX and PVT corner analysis, experience using Generative AI tools for design or documentation.

Education Requirements

Required: Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience. Preferred: Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering or a related field. Equivalent practical experience is explicitly acceptable.

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.