Design Engineer - DRAM Technology and Products

Micron Technology, Inc; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Micron Technology, Inc. is seeking a Design Engineer to help advance DRAM technology and products. The role focuses on semiconductor design engineering tasks, including layout design, circuit checking, specifications documentation, and evaluation of memory devices.

The engineer will design and optimize memory circuits with emphasis on performance, power, area, and manufacturability, using SPICE and Verilog, and contribute to silicon validation and AI-enabled improvements to design workflows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• Strong understanding of memory array architectures, circuits, and operation.
• Familiarity with circuit simulation setup, analysis, and debugging techniques.

Responsibilities

• Design, layout, and optimize memory circuits with focus on performance, power, area, and manufacturability.
• Perform circuit simulation and analysis using SPICE and Verilog to validate circuit functionality.
• Develop and support schematic blocks including memory arrays, control logic, address decoders, datapaths, and test circuitry.
• Evaluate design architecture tradeoffs and account for layout parasitics for silicon robustness.
• Drive innovation through test chip development, silicon validation, and AI-enabled workflow improvements.

Skills

Memory design

Circuit simulation & debugging

Technical communication

Education

B.S. in Electrical Engineering

Tools

SPICE

Verilog

Job description

Design Engineer - DRAM Technology and Products

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.

Job Summary

This team member will focus on performing semiconductor design engineering assignments including engineering and designing chip layout circuits, circuit checking, documenting specifications, and modifying and evaluating semiconductor devices and components. Typically responsible for projects, or portions of projects, to design, fabricate, optimize, and validate memory circuit solutions while supporting advanced semiconductor technology development.

Responsibilities

• Design, layout, and optimize memory circuits with a focus on performance, power, area, and manufacturability.
• Perform circuit simulation and analysis using industry-standard tools such as SPICE and Verilog to validate circuit functionality.
• Develop and support schematic blocks including memory arrays, control logic, address decoders, datapaths, and internal test circuitry.
• Evaluate design architecture tradeoffs and incorporate layout parasitics to ensure robust circuit operation and silicon success.
• Drive innovation through test chip development, silicon validation, and AI-enabled improvements to design methodologies and workflows.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) or higher, or equivalent experience.
• Basic understanding of memory array architectures, circuits, and operation.
• Strong understanding of circuit simulation setup, analysis, and debug techniques.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to convey technical concepts to peers and management.
• Familiarity with semiconductor device fundamentals and integrated circuit design principles.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with SPICE, Verilog, or similar circuit design and simulation tools.
• Understanding of memory design blocks including memory arrays, address decoding, datapaths, and control logic.
• Knowledge of layout parasitic extraction and integration into simulation environments.
• Experience with silicon validation, test chip development, or Design for Manufacturability (DFM) methodologies.
• Demonstrated curiosity and ability to apply innovative or AI-enabled approaches to improve engineering processes and design efficiency.
• The use of Agentic AI

Job Profile(s)

Semiconductor Design Engineer 1 - Semiconductor Design Engineer 3

Relocation Level

TBD

Equal Opportunity Statement

Micron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.