Staff Engineer, CE CAD

Job Title

Staff Engineer, CE CAD

Role Summary

Senior CAD/EDA engineer in the Memory Design Group responsible for developing, integrating, and supporting EDA tools and physical-design flows for CMOS memory products. The role partners with design, layout, verification, and process teams to improve productivity, quality, and time-to-market.

Experience Level

Senior — typically 5+ years of relevant industry experience or equivalent demonstrated expertise.

Responsibilities

Provide production support, tool development, and process improvements for physical design and verification flows.

• Develop tools, automated flows, and methodologies to increase design and layout productivity and reliability.
• Integrate and evaluate commercial EDA tools into internal design flows; identify deficiencies and improvement opportunities.
• Support RTL‑to‑GDS flows, layout flows (DRC/LVS), floorplanning, automated place-and-route, and extraction flows.
• Perform tool evaluations with internal customers and define improved flows for efficiency and cost.
• Provide training, documentation, and day-to-day support to design, layout, verification, and process teams.
• Maintain and support engineering infrastructure used by design teams.
• Conduct independent R&D on next‑generation CAD software to meet product needs.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience.

• Strong programming fundamentals; experience with Unix and shell scripting.
• Good knowledge of CMOS circuits, deep‑submicron physical design, manufacturing, and layout design rules.
• Experience with layout verification and flows such as Calibre DRC/LVS and SPF extraction.
• Experience with design‑simulation tools and languages: Verilog, Verilog‑A, ncverilog, VCS, Spice/FastSpice, FineSim/PrimeSim, HSPICE.
• Hands-on experience with RTL‑to‑GDS flows and integrating EDA tools into production flows.
• Ability to evaluate EDA product offerings and apply them to improve performance and efficiency.
• Experience creating user documentation, delivering training, and providing production support.
• Strong problem‑solving skills and ability to perform independent R&D when needed.
• Nice-to-have: familiarity with Cadence Virtuoso/DFII and SKILL; proficiency with Python and Python Qt frameworks.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or EECS is preferred; the posting specifies 5+ years of industry experience. (Degree requirement listed as preferred.)

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.