Staff Digital Physical Implementation and Integration Engineer

Micron Technology, Inc; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 246,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision plans

Bonuses & equity

Paid time off & holidays

Job summary

Micron Technology, Inc. is seeking a Staff Digital Physical Implementation and Integration Engineer in San Jose, CA to own the physical implementation of large digital designs for memory products.

You will lead floorplanning, placement, routing, timing closure, and ECO management, collaborating with global design teams. The role requires extensive experience with digital physical design, Synthesis, and top-level integration tools (Innovus/ICC2), and strong TCL/Python scripting skills to automate

Qualifications

• 5+ years of digital physical design with full-tapeout ownership.
• B.S. in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering.
• Strong static timing analysis and debugging with PrimeTime.
• Experience with Innovus or ICC2 for top-level planning and routing.
• Synthesis proficiency with Design Compiler or Genus; Tcl/Python scripting.

Responsibilities

• Lead top-level integration for large digital designs in NAND products.
• Own floorplanning, placement, routing, and timing closure; manage ECOs.
• Perform hierarchical design planning and block integration across teams.
• Automate flows with Tcl, Python, and SKILL; contribute to CAD tooling.

Skills

Digital design

Synthesis

Floorplanning

Place & Route

TIMING analysis

Calibre

Tcl/Python scripting

Education

B.S. in Computer or Electrical Engineering

Tools

Cadence Innovus

ICC2 Design Planning

Design Compiler/Genus

Calibre (DRC/LVS)

Job description

Req ID: JR108641 Staff Digital Physical Implementation and Integration Engineer

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.

As a Design Engineer at Micron Technology, Inc., you will be responsible for designing and analyzing digital and analog circuits used in the development of memory products! We are engaged in developing groundbreaking silicon-to-systems solutions – right from technology development and advanced memory designs to product development, systems design and validation resulting in world class memory solutions!

In this position, you will collaborate with Micron’s various design and verification teams all over the world and support the efforts of groups such as Product Engineering, Test, Probe, Process Integration, Assembly and Marketing to proactively design products that optimize all manufacturing functions and assure the best cost, quality, reliability, time-to-market, and customer satisfaction. You will own physical implementation and top-level integration of large digital designs in our NAND products. Drive blocks and full-chip partitions through synthesis handoff, floorplan, place-and-route, and timing/DRC/LVS closure. Perform hierarchical design planning and top-level assembly.

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Contributing to the development of new product opportunities by assisting with the overall design, layout, and optimization of Memory/Logic/Analog circuits
• Parasitic modeling and assisting in design validation, reticle experiments and required tape-out revisions
• Leading all aspects of and managing the layout process including floor-planning, placement, and routing
• Performing verification processes with modeling and simulation using industry standard simulators
• Contributing to cross group communication to work towards standardization and group success
• Working with Marketing, Probe, Assembly, Test, Process Integration, and Product Engineering groups to ensure accurate manufacturability of product
• Proactively solicit mentorship from Standards, CAD, modeling, and verification groups to improve the design quality
• Driving innovation into the future Memory generations within a dynamic work environment

Design Planning & Top-Level Integratio

• Perform top-level virtual flat placement to explore partitioning options and validate hierarchy quality before commit.
• Implement top-level global routing to derive congestion, timing, and pin-feasibility signals that drive planning decisions.
• Own partition creation: block shaping, abutment, channel/keep-out definition, and power-domain planning.
• Drive pin optimization / pin cutting — pin placement, alignment, and count reduction guided by top-level routing.
• Plan and implement repeater / feedthrough insertion: budget top-level nets, place repeaters, and manage crossings across partition boundaries.
• Generate block-level constraints (timing budgets, boundary SDC, ILM/ETM models, physical constraints) directly from the design planning tool and hand them off to block owners.
• Perform top-level assembly: integrate block-related work (LEF/DEF/GDS/ETM/ILM), close top-level timing, DRC, LVS, and EM/IR, and iterate ECOs to convergence.

Block-Level APR

• Implement full APR flow (init → floorplan → place → CTS → route → ECO → sign-off) on digital blocks; own block-level STA sign-off across corners alongside DRC, LVS, EM/IR, and antenna closure.
• Set up new project and revision environments — collateral (SDC, netlist, LEF, QTM), stdlib migrations, and constraint authoring.
• Debug and correlate synthesis vs. APR vs. STA (PPA regressions, DRV, size_only/don't_touch strategy, scan chain stitching).

Methodology & Automation

• Automate flows in Tcl / SKILL / Python; extend internal make-based flow and contribute to shared analysis tooling and dashboards.
• Partner with STA, DFT, CAD, and custom-layout teams; document methodology and provide mentorship to engineers gaining experience.

Required Skills & Experience:

• 5+ years of digital physical design with at least one full tapeout owned end-to-end.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering
• Strong static timing analysis and debug skills. Fluent with PrimeTime across MMMC and OCV/AOCV/POCV; comfortable dissecting violations into clock, data, and derating contributors, and separating real issues from constraint or modeling artifacts. Experience with ILM / ETM block abstractions and ECO fixing.
• Hands-on expertise with Cadence Innovus Hierarchical Flow or Synopsys ICC2 Design Planning — virtual flat, partitioning, pin optimization, budgeting, assembly.
• Proven experience with top-level digital integration flow end-to-end — driving a full-chip or large-partition design from planning through assembly and hand-off.
• Strong flat APR expertise with Innovus (or ICC2): floorplan, place, CTS, route, ECO, sign-off correlation.
• Synthesis proficiency with Design Compiler or Genus (WLM + topographical/physical); comfort with size_only, don't_touch, MBFF, scan, clock gating.
• Physical verification with Calibre: DRC, LVS, antenna, PERC; hierarchical vs. flat runs and waiver management.
• SDC authoring for multi-mode/multi-corner designs; ability to derive and validate block budgets from top-level planning.
• Fluent in Tcl and one of Python/Perl for flow automation.
• Working proficiency with general-purpose agentic AI applied to engineering work — AI-powered assistants, MCP-based tool integration, and workflow automation. Candidates must be able to use and extend our internal AI toolkit from day one.
• Solid grasp of CMOS logic, standard cells, RC extraction, EM/IR, and low-power techniques (MV, power gating, retention).
• Linux/Unix, Git or similar VCS, Make-based flows.

Preferred / Bonus:

• Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering
• Multi-partition SoC or memory top-level integration; experience driving ECOs across a hierarchy of 5+ blocks.
• Clock planning at the top level — clock distribution across partitions, mesh/H-tree hybrids, boundary skew budgeting. Memory (NAND/DRAM) or mixed-signal design experience; comfort working alongside custom-layout and circuit designers.
• Familiarity with DFT/scan compression, JTAG, MBIST and their interaction with partitioning.
• Familiarity with EDA-vendor AI tools — Cadence Cerebrus / JedAI, Synopsys DSO.ai and copilots, or equivalent.
• Contributions to methodology or CAD tooling (published or internal).

Job Profile(s): Semiconductor Design Engineer 4

Relocation Level: TBD

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

$145,000.00 - $246,000.00 a year

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