Principal System Architect

1000 Micron Technology, Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 202,000 - 343,000; Full time

Job summary

Micron Technology, Inc. is seeking a Principal System Architect to shape the future DRAM architecture.

You will translate memory technology roadmaps and customer needs into system requirements, architecture, and prototypes, guiding from concept through manufacturing release of memory modules and high-speed digital interfaces. The role demands deep experience in memory/storage subsystems, system-level design across electrical/mechanical/thermal domains, and leadership across multidisciplinary

Qualifications

• 15+ years of proven experience in memory and storage systems.
• Experience architecting, developing, validating, and shipping high-speed memory or electronic systems.
• Experience with memory subsystems including DDR and PCIe.

Responsibilities

• Define and refine customer memory needs; derive system-level requirements and interfaces across electrical, mechanical, thermal and reliability domains.
• Lead architecture pathfinding with customers and enablement teams; oversee prototype bring-up and release to volume manufacturing.
• Lead risk-based verification, margin testing, and qualification strategy; apply FMEA and reliability predictions as part of release.
• Support NPI, materials procurement, supplier engagement, pilot builds, test coverage, and manufacturing transfer.
• Improve architecture, design, review, simulation, and validation methods to increase first-pass success and product quality.

Skills

System architecture

Memory/Storage subsystems

DDR/PCIe familiarity

AI experience

High-speed digital and mixed-signal

Education

Electrical/Electronics Engineering degree

Master's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Cadence OrCAD CIS

Allegro PCB

Allegro SI

SolidWorks

PLM systems

Job description

About Micron

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 Summary

The Principal System Architect is a senior technical individual contributor in the DRAM System and Component Architecture organization in charge of pathfinding and defining Micron’s DRAM future product architecture. This role translates the knowledge of the memory technology roadmap, anticipated customer memory and storage requirements, JEDEC standards, industry ecosystem developments, and driven market trends into system requirements, architecture, detailed development, prototypes, validation evidence, and manufacturing release for systems and modules built with new memory technologies, high-speed digital and mixed-signal circuitry, analog functions, and power conversion.

Key Responsibilities

• System architecture and requirements: Identify and refine customer future memory needs; derive measurable system-level requirements, operating envelopes, interfaces, design margins, and acceptance criteria across electrical, mechanical, thermal, signal integrity, power integrity, and reliability domains. Have experience using AI.


• End-to-end technical ownership: Lead architecture pathfinding activities with customers and enablers. Architect, design, bring up, characterize, debug, validate, and release complex memory module prototypes. Own trade-offs and interface decisions from concept through engineering transfer and volume manufacturing readiness.


• Hands-on laboratory execution: Personally lead prototype bring-up and own and supervise risk-based verification and validation plans, margin testing, qualification strategy, failure analysis, and evidence required for release. Help apply FMEA, MTBF/reliability prediction, component derating, tolerance analysis, accelerated-life testing, and corrective-action methods.


• NPI and manufacturing transfer: Support certification, NPI, materials procurement, supplier engagement, pilot builds, test coverage, yield improvement, engineering change control, and transfer from engineering to manufacturing.


• Process improvement: Improve architecture, design, review, simulation, prototype, validation, and release methods to increase first-pass success, development speed, traceability, and product quality.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, or a closely related field with 15+ years of proven experience, in the memory and storage industry a plus; or master's degree or equivalent experience with 10+ years of proven experience.


• Experience architecting, developing, validating, and shipping memory, storage, compute, networking, or other high-speed electronic systems.


• Deep practical experience in some of several system fields and working proficiency across them: electrical/power, mechanical, thermal, signal/power integrity, and long-term reliability.


• Experience with memory and storage subsystems, including DDR and PCIe technologies, is strongly preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven ownership of at least one product or platform from requirements and architecture through prototype bring-up, qualification, and production launch.


• Proficiency with relevant ECAD/MCAD and lifecycle tools such as Cadence OrCAD CIS, Allegro PCB, Allegro SI, SolidWorks, and PLM systems, or comparable toolsets.


• Technically lead multidisciplinary engineers across hardware, SI/PI, mechanical, thermal, reliability, firmware, software, ASIC, media, validation, operations, and manufacturing without relying solely on positional authority.


• Build effective working relationships, challenge assumptions constructively, and drive timely decisions using requirements, analysis, simulation, measured data, and documented trade-offs.

Salary

The US base salary range that Micron Technology estimates it could pay for this full-time position is: $202,000.00 - $343,000.00 a year Additional compensation may include benefits, bonuses and equity.

Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target base pay for new hire salaries of the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional job-related factors, including knowledge, skills, experience, tenure and relevant education or training.

The pay scale is subject to change depending on business needs. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits.

Benefits

• 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.

EEO & Diversity 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.

Other Information

Micron Prohibits the use of child labor and complies with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and other international and industry labor standards.

Micron does not charge candidates any recruitment fees or unlawfully collect any other payment from candidates as consideration for their employment with Micron.