Principal Layout Designer, Next-generation HBM Architecture

Micron Technology, Inc.; Texas; On-site; USD 86,000 - 168,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision plans

Paid time off

Equity and bonus

Job summary

Micron Technology, Inc. is seeking a Principal Layout Designer to drive layouts for 3D-stacked, high-performance memories in the HBM Architecture team.

You will work on analog and mixed-signal layouts, drive floorplanning, placement, and routing, and ensure LVS/DRC quality across full-chip designs. Applicants should have 8+ years in analog/mixed-signal layout, proficiency with Cadence VLE/VXL and Mentor Calibre, and a strong understanding of parasitics, matching, and EM effects.

Qualifications

• Hands-on layout experience with analog/mixed-signal blocks.
• Knowledge of layout impacts: speed, power, area.
• Familiar with LVS/DRC verification processes.

Responsibilities

• Design layouts for analog and mixed-signal blocks.
• Drive exploratory layout processes for next-gen architectures (floorplanning, placement, routing).
• Integrate full chip designs and perform LVS, DRC, quality checks and documentation.
• Collaborate across domains to enable architecture exploration.

Skills

Analog layout

Layout optimization

Signal integrity

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Cadence VLE/VXL

Mentor Calibre DRC/LVS

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.

Interested in changing the landscape of artificial intelligence workloads? Join our team where we are building next-generation, high-bandwidth memory products. In Micron's High Bandwidth Memory Architecture organization, we partner closely with customers to deliver memory solutions purpose-built for emerging AI systems and applications.

As a Principal Layout Designer in the Next-generation HBM Architecture Team, you will drive layout for 3D-stacked, high-performance memories. Apply your knowledge to deliver high-quality layout designs across analog and/or mixed-signal domains in collaboration with peer architecture, design, and packaging teams. Implement layout designs for early architecture concepts to demonstrate feasibility and identify optimizations.

Responsibilities

• Design layouts for critical analog and mixed-signal blocks.
• Drive exploratory layout process for next-generation architectures, including floorplanning, placement, and routing.
• Integrate full chip designs and perform layout verification (LVS, DRC), quality checks, and documentation.
• Collaborate and communicate across domains, including signal integrity, architecture, design, and advanced packaging, to ensure successful architecture exploration.

Minimum Qualifications

• Hands-on layout experience with critical analog blocks and full designs.
• Experience with Cadence VLE/VXL and Mentor Graphics Calibre DRC/LVS.
• Solid understanding of layout impacts: speed, capacitance, power, and area.
• Strong understanding of analog layout fundamentals: matching, electro migration, latch-up, coupling, crosstalk, IR-drop, and parasitic effects.

Preferred Qualification

• Demonstrated layout ability for DRAM designs.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem solving skills.
• 8+ years of experience in analog and/or mixed-signal layout designs.
• A Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience.

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

$62.25 - $122.00 an hour

Additional compensation may include benefits, bonuses and equity.

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Micron Benefits

• 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.

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