Manager Systems Design and Architecture

1000 Micron Technology, Inc.; Richardson (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Choice of medical, dental, and vision plans

Paid family leave

Robust paid time-off program

Job summary

1000 Micron Technology, Inc. in Richardson, Texas is seeking a seasoned professional to lead system-level architecture evaluations for advanced memory and storage technologies. The ideal candidate will have at least 10 years of experience in systems architecture and a strong technical background, including leadership skills and expertise in AI infrastructure.

The role involves overseeing significant projects, collaborating with software teams, and managing a team of senior engineers. A competitive benefits package includes healthcare options and paid time off.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in systems architecture, hardware design, or AI infrastructure.
• Experience leading senior technical teams and complex engineering programs.
• Deep understanding of memory hierarchies and performance analysis with HBM, DDR/LPDDR.

Responsibilities

• Lead evaluations for advanced memory and storage technologies.
• Define requirements and success metrics for engineering projects.
• Manage, mentor, and develop a team of senior engineers.

Skills

Systems architecture

Memory technologies

AI infrastructure

Team management

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science

Master’s or PhD preferred

Tools

FPGA

AI tools

Job description

Responsibilities

• Lead system‑level architecture evaluation, prototyping, and pathfinding for advanced memory and storage technologies (CXL, DDR/LPDDR, HBM, NVMe, emerging/disaggregated memory), including FPGA‑based controller emulation and AI infrastructure prototypes.
• Define requirements, success metrics, and experimental methodologies for performance, cost, power, and scalability tradeoffs.
• Perform architecture impact analysis in response to competitive threats.
• Partner with Software and Applications Modeling teams to connect architectural concepts to real AI workloads and foster cross‑team collaboration within SMS and across TPG product groups.
• Own technical execution for multi‑year internal and externally funded programs, including milestones, deliverables, and reviews.
• Oversee system procurement, integration, lab bring‑up, validation, and operational readiness.
• Engage with internal and external partners, vendors, research organizations, and industry standards bodies.
• Support executive‑level briefings, roadmap discussions, and team strategy sessions.
• Manage, mentor, and develop a team of senior engineers across hardware, systems architecture, RTL/FPGA, board design, and system validation.
• Strategically grow team capabilities in AI system architecture, memory and I/O protocols, performance/power/TCO modeling, and advanced packaging and interconnect system impact.
• Own resource planning, staffing allocation, budgets, and purchase approvals.
• Ensure lab safety, compliance, and operational continuity.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field (Master’s or PhD preferred) and 10+ years of experience in systems architecture, hardware design, storage, memory, or AI infrastructure.
• Proven experience leading and managing senior technical teams and complex engineering programs, preferably in a pathfinding or advanced R&D organization.
• Deep understanding of memory hierarchies, storage systems, and system‑level performance analysis, with technologies such as HBM, DDR/LPDDR, SSDs and NAND.
• Working knowledge of AI compute and storage system architectures, including xPU (GPU, CPU, DPU, accelerator) memory‑storage hierarchy interactions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including executive‑level technical presentations.
• Ability to work effectively in an environment with significant ambiguity and rapidly evolving priorities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with FPGA‑based prototyping, hardware emulation, RTL/Verification flows, board‑level development, electrical debug, and lab bring‑up.
• Experience with system‑level performance modeling (bandwidth, latency, queueing, utilization, trace‑based analysis), power/energy/TCO modeling, advanced packaging and interconnect technology evaluation.
• Experience with government‑funded research programs or national laboratories, and active participation in industry standards bodies (JEDEC, UCIe, SNIA, NVMe, PCI‑SIG, etc.), with a demonstrated ability to bridge research, engineering, and product strategy.
• Experience integrating AI tools into engineering workflows to improve team productivity.

Benefits

• Choice of medical, dental and vision plans in all locations enabling team members to select plans that best meet family healthcare needs and budget.
• Benefit programs that protect income if unable to work due to illness or injury, and paid family leave.
• Robust paid time‑off program and paid holidays.
• Information about benefit programs available through the Benefits Guide posted on micron.com/careers/benefits.

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.