Micron Technology

Semiconductor

Principal,IODesignEngineering

$250–400k ~AI est. Boise, Idaho, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Principal, IO Design Engineering at Micron Technology. Skills: IO Design Engineering, High-speed circuits, Clocking circuits, DRAM products. Innovate high-speed IO circuits. Design high-speed IO circuits”

Industry & Context.

Semiconductor
Problems you'll solve

Develop engineering solutions; Analyze impairments; Analyze jitter impact; Analyze duty error impact

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

MSEE + 10 years industry experience, BSEE + 12 years industry experience, Proficiency with UNIX, Proficiency with CADENCE design environment, Understanding of device physics, Understanding of basic CMOS processing techniques, Ability to supervise layout work, Understand good layout practices, Ability to convey sophisticated technical concepts

Nice to Have

7+ years experience high-speed transmitter design, 7+ years experience high-speed receiver design, 7+ years experience high-speed clocking circuit design, Prior experience channel modeling, Prior experience channel characterization, Prior experience transceiver noise analysis, Prior experience timing budget analysis, Prior experience equalization techniques, Prior SI knowledge, Demonstrated ability mentoring engineers, Demonstrated ability coaching engineers, AI/ML usage, Fluency in PERL, Fluency in Python

What You'll Do.

Innovate high-speed IO circuits

Design high-speed IO circuits

Optimize high-speed IO circuits

Verify high-speed IO circuits

Innovate clocking circuits

Design clocking circuits

Optimize clocking circuits

Verify clocking circuits

Apply high-speed circuit design techniques

Enhance performance evaluation

Develop modeling methodology

Develop analysis methodology

Develop simulation methodology

Capture circuit performance metrics

Capture impact to product specifications

Compare silicon performance

Support correlation activities

Collaborate with process integration teams

Collaborate with transistor modeling teams

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Design peers; Product Engineering; SI team; Process integration teams; Transistor modeling teams; Product teams

Communication Scope

Convey technical concepts

Full 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 IO/Clocking Design Engineer to be a part of our design team working on critical high-speed circuits common to all DRAM related memory products! In this position, you will be responsible for the development, design, optimization, verification, and fan out of these high-speed circuits to all DRAM related projects at Micron. You will work on equalization and bandwidth extension to push the speed limits of the circuit and process technology, analyze resulting IO impairments, clock jitter and duty error impact to DRAM system and timing budget, and develop effective engineering solutions. ## ## **Responsibilities:** * Innovate, design, optimize and verify high-speed IO and clocking circuits used in new DRAM products. * Apply proven high-speed circuit design techniques and enhance critical performance evaluation of the IO data path and clocking path at circuit 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 in analog and mixed-signal circuit design. * Proficiency with UNIX and CADENCE design environment (simulation, schematic entry, SPF extraction). * Understanding of device physics and basic CMOS processing techniques. * Ability to supervise layout work and u

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