Senior Design Engineer – NAND Test (NVE Engineering)

1460 Micron Semiconductor Ital; Avezzano; On-site; EUR 43,000 - 74,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meal vouchers

Corporate welfare

Remote working days allowance

Health insurance

Life insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Micron Technology, Inc. is seeking a Design Engineer – DFT in Avezzano, Italy, to lead integration, optimization, and validation of DFT architectures for NAND memory products.

You will collaborate with multi-functional teams to improve testability, quality, cost efficiency, and time-to-market through advanced DFT strategies. The role emphasizes AI-enabled tooling, silicon bring-up support, and cross-disciplinary problem solving within a fast-paced semiconductor environment.

Qualifications

• MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Strong understanding of digital design, verification, and test/DFT principles.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as C/C++ and Python.
• Hands-on experience with simulation and validation methodologies for digital or mixed-signal designs.

Responsibilities

• Define, implement, and optimize DFT architectures and test strategies for NAND designs, covering both digital and custom circuit blocks.
• Analyze testability and coverage, ensuring compliance with quality, reliability, and manufacturability requirements.
• Develop and validate test sequences, NAND test algorithms, and verification methodologies at block and chip level.
• Work alongside multi-functional teams and Product Engineering to support DFT integration, silicon bring-up, debug, and production ramp.
• Document DFT architectures, methodologies, and results, contributing to continuous improvement of test quality and efficiency.

Skills

Digital design

Verification

DFT principles

C/C++

Python

Education

MS/PhD in EE

Tools

C/C++

Python

Job description

Vision

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.

Position Overview

As a Design Engineer – Design for Test (DFT) in the NVEG organization at Micron Semiconductor Italia, you will be responsible for the integration, optimization, and validation of DFT architectures for advanced NAND Flash memory products. In this role, you will work closely with multi-functional teams to improve testability, product quality, cost efficiency, and time-to-market, applying innovative DFT strategies across digital logic, custom circuits, firmware, and silicon validation.

Responsibilities

• Define, implement, and optimize DFT architectures and test strategies for NAND designs, covering both digital and custom circuit blocks.
• Analyze testability and coverage, ensuring compliance with quality, reliability, and manufacturability requirements.
• Develop and validate test sequences, NAND test algorithms, and verification methodologies at block and chip level.
• Work alongside multi-functional teams and Product Engineering to support DFT integration, silicon bring-up, debug, and production ramp.
• Document DFT architectures, methodologies, and results, contributing to continuous improvement of test quality and efficiency.

AI Enablement and Productivity

The candidate is expected to leverage AI-powered tools and data-driven methodologies to improve engineering productivity, accelerate problem solving, support design analysis, and enhance technical decision making.

Responsibilities may include:

• Applying AI-assisted engineering tools for code generation, review, debug, and documentation.
• Applying AI-enabled analysis techniques to large design, verification, characterization, or silicon datasets.
• Finding opportunities to automate repetitive engineering tasks through AI technologies.
• Evaluating and adopting emerging AI capabilities to improve efficiency, quality, and innovation within the design process.
• Collaborating with multi functional teams to integrate AI-driven workflows into engineering activities.

Min Qualifications

• M.S. or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, or a related field.
• Strong understanding of digital design, verification, and test/DFT principles.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as C/C++ and Python.
• Hands-on experience with simulation and validation methodologies for digital or mixed-signal designs.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills, with ability to work effectively in multi-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in NAND Flash or other non-volatile memory technologies.
• Familiarity with design automation, scripting, or AI-assisted design and test approaches.
• Experience with silicon validation, debug, and yield analysis.
• Laboratory experience with silicon testing (wafer and package level) and test equipment.

Salary and Benefits

The base salary range that Micron estimates it could pay for this position full-time is: 43.000,00 € - 74.000,00 € per year, with B3 CCNL Level. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target base pay for new hire salaries of the position. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional job-related factors, including knowledge, skills, experience, tenure and relevant education or training. The pay scale is subject to change depending on business needs. In addition to base pay, the remuneration package also includes eligibility for a variable plan subject to the personal achievement of objectives and the company's performance, and benefits, which -at the discretion of the company- currently include meal vouchers, corporate welfare, yearly allowance of remote working days, supplementary health insurance, life coverage, Employee Assistance Program.

Equal Opportunity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. Remuneration is determined by objective criteria, regardless of gender and of any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

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Company Policy

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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® brand. 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. To learn more, please visit micron.com/careers