Sr. Principal/SMTS, IO/Clock Design Engineering

1000 Micron Technology, Inc.; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision plans

Paid time off and holidays

Paid family leave

Job summary

1000 Micron Technology, Inc. is looking for an experienced IO/Clocking Design Engineer at SMTS level to develop critical high-speed IP circuits for DRAM products. This role involves architecture, design, optimization, and technical support, focusing on circuit performance and IO impairments.

Candidates should have strong design experience and be able to mentor early-career engineers. Micron also offers competitive benefits, including health plans and paid time off. Relocation to Boise, Idaho is required for this position.

Qualifications

• Minimum MSEE + 10 years or BSEE + 12 years of relevant experience.
• Ability to supervise high-speed circuit layout work.
• Strong communication skills for conveying technical concepts.

Responsibilities

• Define, innovate, design, optimize and verify high‑speed IO and clocking circuits for DRAM products.
• Develop modeling and simulation methodologies to capture circuit performance metrics.
• Collaborate with process integration and transistor modeling teams.

Skills

High-speed IO interface design

Timing and clocking circuits

Communication skills

Mentoring early-career engineers

Education

MSEE or BSEE with experience

Job description

IO/Clocking Design Engineer (SMTS Level)

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 an experienced IO/Clocking Design Engineer at SMTS level to join our 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 architecture, 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 core strategy and implement effective engineering solutions to address these challenges. Relocation to Micron headquarter in Boise, Idaho is required for this position.

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 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 for conveying sophisticated technical concepts both verbally and written.
• Mental agility and ability to multi‑task across all product types with silicon validation efforts.
• Demonstrated ability in mentoring and coaching early‑career engineers.

Preferred Qualifications

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

Benefits

Micron offers a choice of medical, dental, and vision plans in all locations, benefit programs that help protect your income if you are unable to work due to illness or injury, paid family leave, a robust paid time‑off program and paid holidays. Benefit guides are available at micron.com/careers/benefits.

Equal Opportunity Employment

Micron is an equal‑opportunity workplace and 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.