Staff Design Engineer

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.

As a Sr. or Staff Design Engineer in the NVE Design Engineering Core group at Micron Technology, Inc., you will contribute to the development of memory products that are best-in-class, using your specialized knowledge and Micron proprietary methods of designing and analyzing core and mixed circuits used in the development of memory products.

• Develop array waveforms with detailed timing and biasing conditions of array signals. This requires in-depth familiarity of Nand Flash memory read, program and erase algorithms.
• Collaborate with Firmware team, Analog team and Design validation teams during actual implementation of waveforms.
• Plan the wordline and bitline path architecture according to area, performance and power specifications. Determine the placement of these circuit blocks and collaborate with project teams in integrating these circuit blocks to the chip plan.
• Perform die size cost and benefits analysis of new array circuits and algorithms prior to implementation. Working closely with other functional teams to evaluate, analyze, and improve NAND power consumptions.
• Generate Xpath, Ypath and Array schematics during project execution and work with project teams integrating the Core schematics into the fullchip schematics. Run block level simulations of the circuits using spice simulator and oversee layout implementation of the circuits. Run subsystem and fullchip simulations during project execution.
• Build and maintain Python-based AI utilities that interfaces with EDA environments to accelerate design tasks such as environment setup, corner execution, regression runs, automated documentation and intelligent/predictive design/layout techniques.
• Review existing and generate new technical documentation.
• Working with and supporting the efforts of groups such as Product Engineering, Test, Probe, Process Integration, Assembly and Marketing to proactively design products to optimize all manufacturing functions and assure the best cost, quality, reliability, time-to-market, and customer satisfaction.

Minimum Qualifications:

• PhD preferred, MS in electrical engineering required. 4+ years of NAND design relevant industry experience required.
• A high level of self-motivation.
• Good fundamentals in semiconductor and device physics and analog/mixed-signal circuit design. An understanding of semiconductor reliability issues including CHC, NBTI, stress, and snapback, as well as Electromigration (EM) and IR analysis.
• Strong circuit debugging and problem-solving skills.
• Experience of circuit verification and optimization, layout planning, parasitic extractions of the circuits, experience guiding layout.
• Strong coding skills in Python (plus Bash/Tcl a bonus), and comfort working with structured data (CSV/JSON/SQLite) and version control.
• Excellent teamwork attitude. Good verbal communication skills (English) and ability to convey complex technical concepts in verbal and written form.

About Micron Technology, Inc.

We are an industry leader in innovative memory and storage solutions transforming how the world uses information to enrich life for all. With a relentless focus on our customers, technology leadership, and manufacturing and operational excellence, Micron delivers a rich portfolio of high-performance DRAM, NAND, and NOR memory and storage products through our Micron® and Crucial® brands. Every day, the innovations that our people create fuel the data economy, enabling advances in artificial intelligence and 5G applications that unleash opportunities — from the data center to the intelligent edge and across the client and mobile user experience.

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