Principal Engineer - HIG Component Validation

Micron Technology; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision plans

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Job summary

Micron Technology in Boise, Idaho seeks a Principal Engineer for the HBM New Product Validation team. You will define architecture-aware validation strategies, prepare pre-silicon environments, and lead investigations across design and validation groups to ensure robust future-generation HBM products.

Responsibilities include driving readiness, evaluating new DRAM/HBM features, and promoting AI-enabled validation methodologies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field; 8+ years in semiconductors.
• Proven expertise in pre-silicon and post-silicon debugging of DRAM/HBM issues.
• Extensive experience analyzing schematics and doing timing-accurate simulations.
• Experience with Verilog/SystemVerilog, Python, Linux, and version control systems (git, svn, Perforce).
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills with a track record of technical influence.

Responsibilities

• Define architecture-aware validation strategies and coverage for future HBM products.
• Prepare validation readiness and test environments before first silicon to reduce risk.
• Evaluate DRAM/HBM features and define validation requirements pre-DBR.
• Develop validation strategies for new features and promote reuse across generations.
• Leverage DRAM/HBM knowledge to define methodologies, risks, and robustness.
• Challenge design assumptions using silicon data, simulation results, and risk analysis.
• Use Verilog/SystemVerilog simulations to identify gaps pre-silicon.

Skills

Verilog/SystemVerilog

Python

Linux environments

Version control

Pre/post-silicon debugging

Problem solving

Technical presentation

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Probe cards

High-speed I/O test equipment

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.

As a Principal Engineer at Micron’s HBM New Product Validation team in Boise, ID you will be a senior technical guide responsible for validation strategy and readiness for future-generation High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) products.

You will apply deep expertise in complex RAM and high-bandwidth memory architecture and building to establish architecture validation strategies. You will impact decisions that improve validation observability and debug efficiency. You will lead investigations of complex architecture, building, and silicon issues from pre-silicon simulation through post-silicon characterization. You will partner across Design Engineering, Design Validation, Product Engineering, Systems teams, and will develop and promote AI-enabled validation methodologies that improve efficiency, quality, and scalability.

Responsibilities

• Define architecture-aware validation strategies and coverage direction for future-generation HBM products.
• Drive validation readiness for next-generation products by preparing strategies, test environments, and execution plans before first silicon, reducing risk, accelerating issue resolution, and preventing late-stage surprises.
• Evaluate new DRAM/HBM architectural features and define validation requirements and testability needs before DBR.
• Develop validation strategies for new and high-risk product features and promote reuse of validation methodology across product generations.
• Leverage expert knowledge of DRAM and HBM architectures, including memory subsystem design, test infrastructure, protocol validation, timing characterization, and failure mechanisms, to define validation methodologies, identify risks early, and ensure robust product readiness.
• Challenge design assumptions using silicon data, simulation results, and structured risk analysis.
• Use Verilog/SystemVerilog simulation to identify validation gaps early and evaluate coverage and observability pre-silicon.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field, with 8+ years of semiconductor proven experience.
• Proven expertise in both pre-silicon and post-silicon debug of DRAM/HBM issues.
• Extensive experience analyzing schematics and performing timing-accurate (SPICE-level / transistor-level) simulations.
• Experience with Verilog/SystemVerilog, Python, Linux environments, and version control systems (git, svn, Perforce).
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, communication, and technical presentation skills, with a track record of technical influence.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience defining validation strategy or coverage methodology for HBM or advanced DRAM products.
• Experience influencing design-for-validation or testability decisions with Design Engineering or Design Validation teams.
• Experience with validation hardware pathfinding, including probe cards, sockets, and interface boards.
• Hands-on experience with lab equipment including oscilloscopes and logic analyzers, and with high-speed I/O and signal-integrity validation.
• Experience defining or applying AI/ML or generative-AI solutions to validation, test, or debug workflows.

As a world leader in the semiconductor industry, Micron is dedicated to your personal wellbeing and professional growth. 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.

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.

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