Principal Design Verification Quality Engineer

Micron Technology, Inc.; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Retirement benefits

Family leave

Job summary

Micron Technology, Inc. is seeking a Principal Design Verification Quality Engineer to lead DRAM verification quality strategies and drive AI-driven methodologies across sites. The role encompasses end-to-end verification flow improvements, JAMA ownership, and ensuring alignment with evolving design methodologies.

Strong leadership and deep verification expertise are essential. The position requires 10+ years in design and verification, with Linux experience and proficiency in Cadence Virtuoso,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years in design, verification, or product validation with DRAM verification and testbenches.
• Strong digital/analog verification fundamentals and scalable verification flows.
• Experience in Linux environments and Cadence Virtuoso.
• Excellent communication and collaboration to drive cross-functional technical problems to closure.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive DRAM verification quality strategies and AI-driven methodologies.
• Lead closed-loop silicon learning to close failure gaps and reduce DITs and reticles.
• Oversee end-to-end verification flow analyses for cycle-time improvements.
• Engage with design and verification teams to align on methodology and tradeoffs.
• Own and evolve the JAMA verification requirements system and disseminate updates.
• Ensure requirements, BKMs, and tools stay current with industry practices.
• Support AI-driven verification initiatives to improve efficiency and traceability.

Skills

DRAM verification

Digital verification

Analog verification

Linux environment

AI-driven methodologies

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or related field

Tools

Cadence Virtuoso

SystemVerilog

UVM

SpectreFx

PrimeSim

Python

Perl

Tcl

Job description

Principal Design Verification Quality Engineer

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.

Responsibilities

• Verification Quality and Methodology Governance: Define and drive DRAM verification quality strategies, including AI-driven methodologies, ensuring verification activities meet high standards for quality, consistency, traceability, and verification-miss reduction.
• Drive a closed-loop silicon learning and verification improvement process by applying core DRAM design and verification expertise to systematically close silicon failure gaps and embed learnings into verification requirements and BKMs to prevent recurrence and reduce the number of DITs and reticles.
• Lead end-to-end verification flow analysis for workflow simplification and cycle-time improvements.
• Engage with design and verification teams across sites and levels to align on methodology, drive decisions, and communicate tradeoffs as products, features, and design methodologies evolve.
• JAMA System Ownership, Improvement, and Scalable Execution: Own, manage, and evolve the JAMA verification requirements system as the verification standard across project families and pillars. Ensure VE Core Leadership is aligned with updates and improvements through the JAMA notification system.
• Ensure requirements, BKMs, and tools remain current and relevant to internal development needs and industry-standard practices.
• AI and Pathfinding: Verification Acceleration and Next-Gen Methodology: Support AI-driven verification initiatives that measurably improve efficiency and effectiveness—including driving automation of requirement decomposition, task generation, coverage-gap detection, failure clustering, debug acceleration, and workflow orchestration.
• Define success metrics and converge pilot prototypes into robust, supportable verification workflows. Ensure AI tools integrate safely into engineering practices with strong traceability and quality controls.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in design, verification, or product validation engineering, including DRAM verification and hands‑on work with testbenches, stimulus generation, and failure debug.
• Strong expertise in digital and analog design verification concepts and methodologies, with experience developing or applying robust, scalable verification flows.
• Solid VLSI fundamentals, including digital logic, semiconductor concepts, and DRAM architecture and operation, with the ability to analyze circuit behavior and translate learnings into improved verification methods.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a proven ability to drive ambiguous, cross‑functional technical problems to closure.
• Experience working in a Linux environment and with industry‑standard EDA tools, including Cadence Virtuoso.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven ability to define and drive clear, structured, and scalable verification processes or flows across projects or teams.
• Experience with requirements management, tracking systems, and structured documentation workflows (e.g., JAMA, JIRA).
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail, with a demonstrated ability to learn and apply new DRAM concepts and verification methodologies.
• Experience mentoring and developing junior engineers through technical leadership and guidance.
• Interest or experience in applying AI‑enabled approaches to improve verification efficiency, quality, or scalability.
• Hands‑on experience developing analog and digital verification testbenches, using industry‑standard tools such as SystemVerilog, UVM, SpectreFx, and PrimeSim.
• Advanced scripting or programming skills (e.g., Python, Perl, Tcl, or similar) applied to verification automation or data analysis.

Job Profile(s)

Semiconductor Design Engineer 5

Relocation Level

TBD

Benefits

Micron benefits are designed to help you stay well, provide peace of mind and help you prepare for the future. We offer medical, dental and vision plans at 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.

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.