Memory Design Engineer – SRAM at 3nm & Beyond

Arm; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 176,000; Full time

Job summary

Arm in Austin, TX is seeking a memory designer to develop and validate state-of-the-art memory solutions for CPUs, GPUs, and SoCs, including collaboration with foundries on deep submicron nodes. You will contribute across design specification, circuit design, and memory characterization, with emphasis on SRAM principles and transistor-level layout collaboration.

The role involves optimizing features for performance, power, and area in 3 nm and beyond, using AI-assisted scripting to boost

Qualifications

• Master's in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or other relevant technical fields with emphasis in VLSI design or Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering with relevant work experience
• 2-5 years of circuit design experience (SRAM preferred)
• Demonstrate project experience in physical IP design (memories, standard cells, IOs, or PHYs)
• An understanding of basic memory principles, especially for SRAM.
• A good understanding of technology trade-offs in deep sub-micron technologies
• Experience with Cadence Virtuoso or similar schematic and layout editing tools, and with Spice and FastSpice simulators
• You love working in a collaborative setting
• You enjoy innovation and continuous improvement
• You appreciate methodology and efficiency improvements

Responsibilities

• Understanding memory architectures and memory development flows
• Transistor level full-custom design and collaboration with the physical design team for layout realization
• Developing new features, and optimizing and improving Arm memories to meet Performance, Power and Area targets in advanced technology (3 nm and beyond)!
• Contribute in all parts of the memory development flow, starting at design specification, circuit design and perform design margining, physical verification, memory characterization, FE verification, release procedure, and QA flow for memory used in CPU, GPU and SoCs.
• Become comfortable with use of AI to develop scripts to improve execution efficiency and quality
• Ensuring high-quality and high-performance memory designs with the lowest possible power as needed for Arm CPUs, GPUs, and SOCs!

Skills

SRAM design

Circuit design

Physical IP design

Education

Master's in Electrical Engineering / Computer Engineering

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering / Computer Engineering

Tools

Cadence Virtuoso

Spice

FastSpice

Job description

Arm in Austin, TX is seeking a memory designer to develop and validate state-of-the-art memory solutions for CPUs, GPUs, and SoCs, including collaboration with foundries on deep submicron nodes. You will contribute across design specification, circuit design, and memory characterization, with emphasis on SRAM principles and transistor-level layout collaboration.

The role involves optimizing features for performance, power, and area in 3 nm and beyond, using AI-assisted scripting to boost