Sr Design Automation Engineer, Simulation

Micron Technology • Boise, ID

11d

About The Position

In this position, you will be joining a brilliant team to collaborate with Micron’s various design and verification teams all over the world, support the efforts of design verification flow development, optimization, and implementation and work with cross-functional team to assure the best cost, quality, reliability, time-to-market, and customer satisfaction. We are seeking a talented CAD senior engineer specialized in analog and digital simulations to join our high-achieving engineering team. As a CAD senior engineer, you will play a pivotal role in optimizing and simulating complex analog and digital circuits, contributing to the development of state-of-the-art products that shape our industry. You will get a chance to develop the industry's first and unique flows to enhance productivity and reduce pre-silicon failures.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field with 5+ years industry experience.
• Experience in analog circuit simulation flows.
• Expert in circuit simulation debugging with required knowledge of leading-edge circuit design and simulation methodologies.
• Hands on experience with one of the circuit simulators (Finesim/Primesim/XA/Spectre/VCS/Xcelium etc.)
• Hands-on experience with Cadence custom IC Virtuoso platform, Virtuoso-L, and Virtuoso-XL, schematic capture, or Synopsys custom compiler or equivalent.

Nice To Haves

• Develop and deploy AI‑enabled methodologies for circuit simulation flows
• Hands on with Python/Perl Object Oriented Programming.
• Good understanding of CMOS concepts and electronic fundamentals.
• Knowledge of Linux, LSF, shell scripting, TCL scripting, SKILL(Cadence) language.
• Knowledge of parasitic extraction tools like StarRC/Quantus will be an added advantage.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex circuit issues effectively.
• Proficiency in working effectively with global teams and stakeholders.
• Experience in EM/IR & STA (Static Timing Analysis) will be an added advantage.
• Experience in AI/ML will be an added advantage.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with memory design teams and solve their daily challenges and provide complete solutions for the future.
• Proactively identify problem areas for improvement, propose, and develop innovative solutions.
• Develop highly scalable, and clean software systems.
• Continuously evaluate and implement new tools and technologies to improve the current software flows.
• Work with EDA vendors to evaluate and integrate EDA tools in CAD flows.
• Lead agentic flow implementation using AI‑assisted and automated workflows, applying copilot‑based assistants, agentic AI flows, and rule‑aware automation to circuit simulation & verification.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to junior engineers, fostering their professional growth and development.

Benefits

• choice of medical, dental and vision plans
• benefit programs that help protect your income if you are unable to work due to illness or injury
• paid family leave
• robust paid time-off program
• paid holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior