Principal Design Engineer

SwiftCruit; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 176,000 - 298,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Bonuses

Equity

Job summary

Micron Technology is seeking a senior IC design engineer to lead AI-enhanced workflows for high-speed memory interfaces in California. You will prototype AI-assisted design methods, validate layouts, and push performance while controlling power and area.

The role demands a strong background in electrical engineering, 8+ years in IC design, and hands-on experience with AI tools, EDA automation, and AI-driven verification. This is a full-time position in our California team.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Electrical Engineering with 8+ years IC design.
• Hands-on AI tool usage (LLMs, agents, AI-based EDA).
• Experience redesigning AI-enabled workflows (specs/reviews/verification).
• Deep understanding of high-speed IO, power/area optimization, chip architecture.

Skills

AI tool usage

High-speed IO design

Chip architecture

Workflow redesign

Education

BS/MS in Electrical Engineering

Tools

LLM assistants

ML-based EDA

Agentic workflows

Job description

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.

What's Encouraged Daily:

• AI-First Engineering: Deploy AI tools (LLMs, code/RTL generation, spec parsing, waveform interpretation, layout engines) as default practice. Continuously identify automation opportunities and rearchitect workflows—specs, simulations, reviews, hand-offs—to be AI-consumable. Build prompt libraries, agents, and scripts that eliminate recurring manual patterns!
• AI Leadership: Champion AI adoption by evaluating emerging tools, running pilots, and publishing standard methodologies that measurably reduce cycle time or prove quality!
• Technical Ownership: Design and verify major IO/datapath blocks (receivers, serializer, clock distribution, equalizers, ZQ calibration, ONFI training, wave pipelines) to meet performance specs, using AI to accelerate exploration, sizing, and verification.
• Multi-functional Collaboration: Work with integration, design, and Apps teams to define interfaces and evaluate new specifications. Use AI to summarize discussions, reconcile specs, and quantify trade-offs.
• Mentorship: Document AI-augmented methodologies and teach engineers to work in an AI-first environment—not just which tools to use, but how to rethink engineering with AI.

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS/MS in Electrical Engineering with 8+ years IC design experience
• Hands-on AI tool usage (LLM assistants, coding copilots, agentic workflows, ML-based EDA) with concrete examples of productivity or design impact
• Experience redesigning workflows around AI—restructuring specs, reviews, or verification for AI operation; building custom prompts/agents for automation
• Deep understanding of high-speed IO performance, power/area optimization, and chip architecture/floor planning
• Experience with physical design flows, layout optimization, and parasitic extraction

Preferred Qualifications:

• Built/deployed custom AI agents, LLM pipelines, or ML models for IC design, verification, layout, or debug; familiarity with prompt engineering, RAG, fine-tuning, or agentic frameworks
• Quantified productivity impact of AI inspired changes (cycle time, defects, coverage)
• DRAM interface experience (DDR4/5, LPDDR5/6, HBM3/4) or other high-speed standards
• Deep knowledge of CMOS device physics, reliability, BSIM modeling, and IO targets

The US base salary range that Micron Technology estimates it could pay for this full-time position is:

$176,000.00 - $298,000.00 a year

Additional compensation may include benefits, bonuses and equity.
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 across all US locations.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.Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits.

Micron benefits are designed to help you stay well, provide peace of mind and help you prepare for the future. We offer a choice of medical, dental and vision plans in all locations enabling team members to select the plans that best meet their family healthcare needs and budget. Micron also provides benefit programs that help protect your income if you are unable to work due to illness or injury, and paid family leave. Additionally, Micron benefits include a robust paid time-off program and paid holidays. For additional information regarding the Benefit programs available, please see the Benefits Guide posted on micron.com/careers/benefits.

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