Principal, MTS, DRAM Systems Architect

Micron Technology; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Comprehensive benefits (medical,Dental

Vision, PTO & holidays

Job summary

Micron Technology, a world leader in memory and storage, seeks a Principal/ MTS IO/Clock Design Engineer to lead high-speed IO and clocking circuit design for DRAM IP. You will drive modeling, verification and optimization, addressing jitter, timing and performance at full-chip level.

Relocation to Micron’s Boise headquarters is required. The role collaborates with design, SI, and process teams, mentoring engineers and advancing next-generation process nodes.

Qualifications

• Minimum MSEE + 10 years or BSEE + 12 years of industry experience with strong background in designing high-speed IO interface, timing and clocking circuits with proven silicon successes.
• Ability to supervise layout work and understand good layout practices for high-speed circuits to minimize parasitic impacts.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to convey sophisticated technical concepts to other design peers both verbally and written.
• Mental agility and ability to multi-task across multiple product families and silicon validation efforts.

Responsibilities

• Innovate, design, optimize and verify high-speed IO and clocking circuits used in new DRAM products.
• Apply robust high-speed circuit design techniques and enhance timing/jitter sensitivity of IO and clock paths at circuit and full-chip level.
• Develop modeling, analysis and simulation methodology to capture key circuit performance metrics and impacts to specifications.
• Collaborate with Product Engineering, SI teams and process/EDA partners to optimize silicon and AI-assisted design flows.

Skills

High-speed IO design

Clocking circuits

Timing and jitter analysis

Mentoring engineers

Education

MSEE

BSEE with experience

Tools

Cadence

Synopsys

Mentor Graphics

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.

We are seeking a Principal/Member of Technical Staff (MTS) IO/Clock Design Engeer to join our DRAM IP Design team and contribute to the development of critical high-speed IP circuits used across Micron’s DRAM memory products. In this role, you will be responsible for the design, development, optimization, verification, and technical support of these high-speed IPs. You will focus on equalization and bandwidth extension to push the limits of circuit and process performance, analyze IO impairments as well as clock jitter and duty cycle distortion, and assess their impact on DRAM system timing. You will also develop and implement effective engineering solutions to address these challenges.

Relocation to Micron headquarter in Boise, Idaho is required for this position.

Responsibilities

• Innovate, design, optimize and verify high-speed IO and clocking circuits used in new DRAM products.
• Apply robust high-speed circuit design techniques and enhance critical performance evaluation, including timing and jitter sensitivity, of the IO data path and clock path at circuit and full-chip level.
• Develop accurate modeling, analysis and simulation methodology to capture key circuit performance metrics and their impact to product specifications at full-chip and system level.
• Work with Product Engineering and SI team to compare silicon performance with simulation results and support correlation activities.
• Collaborate with process integration and transistor modeling teams on Micron's next groundbreaking process node.
• Work with the internal data science team and EDA vendors to leverage and improve AI-assisted design flow and circuits optimization.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum MSEE + 10 years or BSEE + 12 years of industry experience with strong background in designing high-speed IO interface, timing and clocking circuits with proven silicon successes.
• Ability to supervise layout work and understand good layout practices for high-speed circuits to minimize parasitic impacts.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to convey sophisticated technical concepts to other design peers both verbally and written.
• Mental agility and ability to multi-task is a must for this position as we work with all product types (commodity, mobile, graphics) and product teams in parallel with silicon validation efforts.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in DRAM circuit design experience.
• Prior experience in channel modeling and characterization, transceiver noise and timing budget analysis, equalization techniques, SI knowledge, etc.
• Understanding of device physics and basic CMOS processing techniques.
• Demonstrated ability in mentoring and coaching engineers early in their careers.
• Demonstrated ability with AI/ML usage and fluency in scripting languages such as PERL/Python.
• Use of Agentic AI

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.

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