Principal, SMTS, DRAM Systems Architect

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

Job summary

Micron Technology seeks a Senior/Principal SMTS in High-speed IO/Clocking Design Engineering to join our Boise, Idaho team. Relocation to Micron's Boise campus is required, with a focus on defining, designing and verifying IO and clocking circuits for next-generation DRAM products.

You will collaborate with Product Engineering, SI and process integration teams, mentor engineers, and drive robust design practices, timing and jitter analysis, and full-chip verification across product types.

Qualifications

• MSEE with 10+ years or BSEE with 12+ years in high-speed IO/timing circuit design.
• Ability to supervise layout and minimize parasitics in high-speed circuits.
• Strong communication and mentoring skills for cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Define, design, implement, optimize and verify high-speed IO and clocking circuits for new DRAM products.
• Apply robust high-speed circuit design techniques and evaluate timing and jitter of IO/data paths at circuit and full-chip level.
• Develop accurate modeling, analysis and simulation methods for key metrics and their impact to specs.
• Collaborate with Product Engineering and SI teams to compare silicon performance with simulations.
• Work with process integration and transistor modeling teams on next-generation process nodes.

Skills

High-speed IO design

Timing & clocking

Mentoring engineers

Communication

Silicon validation

Education

MSEE

BSEE

Tools

PERL

Python

Channel modeling

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.

Position

High-speed IO/Clocking Design Engineering (SMTS) – Principal/Sr Member of Technical Staff. Relocation to Micron headquarters in Boise, Idaho is required.

Responsibilities

• Define, 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.

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 communication 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.
• Demonstrated ability in mentoring and coaching engineers early in their careers.

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 with AI/ML usage and fluency in scripting languages such as PERL/Python.

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