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Staff Design and Verification Engineer, Pathfinding

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In-Office
San Jose, CA, USA
116K-246K Annually
Mid level
In-Office
San Jose, CA, USA
116K-246K Annually
Mid level
Perform full-chip functional verification for advanced memory designs; develop verification plans and SystemVerilog testbenches; apply assertions and verification techniques; collaborate with digital teams to debug; contribute to analog-digital circuit composition, circuit simulation, optimization, and floor planning across DRAM and emerging memory technologies.
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Job Description:
As a Design and Verification Engineer on Micron's Pathfinding Design Team, you will play a key role in shaping next-generation memory technologies. In this role, you will contribute to the verification and development of advanced memory solutions, beginning with full-chip functional verification and expanding into array architecture definition, analysis, and mixed-signal circuit development.
Your work will span the full design path, from the memory array to the interface block, across technologies such as DRAM and emerging memories. You will also contribute to novel concept development, circuit simulation, optimization, and floor planning to help enable breakthrough memory solutions!
Responsibilities:
  • Perform comprehensive chip-wide functional verification on Micron memory development projects.
  • Develop verification plans by thoroughly understanding composition specifications.
  • Build SystemVerilog testbenches to achieve complete functional coverage.
  • Apply SystemVerilog assertions and verification techniques detailed in testing.
  • Collaborate with digital design teams to debug test cases and ensure functional accuracy.
  • Analog-digital circuit compose and develop.

Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's, Master's, Ph.D., or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, or a related field.
  • 4+ years of verification engineering experience in digital, analog, or mixed-signal verification, including expertise in Verilog, FastSpice, co-simulation, and real-number modeling.
  • Experience in custom design (schematic-based) and RTL verification flows, with exposure to mixed-signal circuit design.
  • Strong knowledge of semiconductor physics, electronic circuits, and circuit-level verification using SPICE, analog, and Verilog-based design tools.
  • Proficiency with UNIX and Cadence design environments, including simulation, schematic entry, and SPF extraction, coupled with strong problem-solving, communication, and independent decision-making skills.

Preffered Qualifications
  • Experience with design-for-test (DFT) methodologies for memory products.
  • Exposure to RTL verification, static timing analysis (STA), or timing-accurate Verilog.
  • Programming skills and Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to verification/design workflow

The US base salary range that Micron Technology estimates it could pay for this full-time position is:
$116,000.00 - $246,000.00 a year
Additional compensation may include benefits, bonuses and equity.
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Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits.
As a world leader in the semiconductor industry, Micron is dedicated to your personal wellbeing and professional growth. Micron benefits are designed to help you stay well, provide peace of mind and help you prepare for the future. 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 .
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.
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