Principal Analog Circuit Designer

Micron Technology • San Jose, CA

10d

About The Position

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.
Micron’s Interface Pathfinding team serves as a link between corporate strategy and engineering execution through forward-looking investigation and development of energy-efficient bandwidth solutions that support sustained technology leadership. As such, team members are expected to proactively identify, evaluate, and drive performance-scaling opportunities through innovative circuit, signaling, packaging and interconnect solutions with a 3-5 year outlook, and to develop a robust intellectual property portfolio around these efforts. These objectives are achieved within a culture of diligent, continuous learning.
The candidate is encouraged to support Micron’s performance scaling strategies through:
Evaluating both novel and literature-inspired advanced I/O circuit functionality, and preparing promising solutions for future product adoption
Realizing return on investment through diligent handshaking of new concepts with product teams
Exploring opportunities to fully exploit future CMOS nodes
Co-developing new Design-for-Test and in-situ characterization capabilities
Deriving / incorporating new circuit analysis supporting enhanced performance characterization
Driving circuit preparation to take advantage of test-chip opportunities
Supporting advancements in time-domain proficiency, including jitter decomposition, BER, etc.
The candidate is motivated to engage across multiple fields and organizations including Signal Integrity, Circuit and Chip Build, Packaging R&D and System Integration.

Requirements

• PhD or equivalent experience accompanied by 10 years in the industry or MSEE paired with 15 years of professional experience
• Deep knowledge of CMOS device and circuit theory and familiarity with process integration
• Comprehensive experience with end-to-end memory design flow and demonstrated success taking circuits from conception through layout / tape-out and into high-volume manufacturing
• Deep understanding of existing memory I/O, clocking and data-path architectures
• Solid understanding of signal and power integrity principles and sensitivities
• Solid understanding of channel equalization theory and basic circuit embodiments
• Pro-active – Candidate will be encouraged to identify gaps and opportunities and address them with minimal direction.
• Visionary – Candidate will be expected to think “outside-the-box” and yet offer innovative solutions within a set of practical constraints.
• Communicator – Candidate should be able to clearly convey vital details of sophisticated issues and corresponding solutions in both written and verbal formats.
• Collaborator – Candidate should be able to work collaboratively within the larger pathfinding team.

Responsibilities

• Evaluating both novel and literature-inspired advanced I/O circuit functionality, and preparing promising solutions for future product adoption
• Realizing return on investment through diligent handshaking of new concepts with product teams
• Exploring opportunities to fully exploit future CMOS nodes
• Co-developing new Design-for-Test and in-situ characterization capabilities
• Deriving / incorporating new circuit analysis supporting enhanced performance characterization
• Driving circuit preparation to take advantage of test-chip opportunities
• Supporting advancements in time-domain proficiency, including jitter decomposition, BER, etc.
• Engage across multiple fields and organizations including Signal Integrity, Circuit and Chip Build, Packaging R&D and System Integration.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree