Staff Engineer, ASIC Analog Design – AI/CAD

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JOB SUMMARY ‌

As an ASIC Analog Design Engineer on Micron’s ASIC design team, focused on supporting the AI and Virtuoso design environment, you will play a key role in shaping ASICs used in Micron's tester and controller IP. The ideal candidate will have a strong track record of success in the design and development of deep sub-micron and high-speed PHY design as well as a deep understanding of standard industry tools and interest in AI-Enabled automation and team enablement.

 

Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications will be considered across multiple experience levels.‌

 

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Be part of a highly skilled, high-speed PHY design team working on deep sub-micron technology nodes. 
• Flex between environment maintenance, flow development, and traditional schematic/layout designer roles as required by group needs.

• Support enhancements and resolve bugs in the analog environment for both front-end and back-end tools and flows.
• Maintain knowledge graph, graphRAG, or other information sources to improve effectiveness of AI agents.
• Explore new ways of working to improve efficiency and quality of designs.
• Propose circuit architectures, refine electrical specifications, draw schematics, verify designs through simulation, and present designs to the design team.
• Present complex engineering ideas to the design team and customers, explaining design choices and tradeoffs.
• Explore the design space and provide feedback on design tradeoffs, alternative circuit architectures, and specification and requirement tradeoffs.

 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

·         B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering.

• >6 years of ASIC analog design experience.

• Understanding of basic generative AI principles and interest in utilizing AI-Enabled automation to maximize design efficiency.
• Strong understanding of industry-standard tools and flows, including Cadence ADE, Spectre, front and back-end verification, Pegasus, Quantus, Field-solvers (EMX, Helic), EM/IR, LVS/ERC/DRC, PERC, Pathfinder, Fill, and advanced PDKs. 
• Strong fundamental knowledge of analog and mixed-signal (AMS) design, advanced CMOS, and FinFET technologies.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Deep understanding of analog and mixed-signal circuits.
• Understanding of mismatch analysis, Monte Carlo methods and simulations, transistor-level circuit noise analysis, device physics, and deep sub-micron issues. 

• Curiosity and a willingness to contribute, learn, and grow.

 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Extensive knowledge of generative AI principles.
• Extensive background in Virtuoso analog design tools, flows, pcells, and TSMC PDKs
• Experience with software basics
• Working knowledge of GIT repos
• Experience with scripting development in python and cadence’s SKILL language

• Knowledge of system-level modeling using VerilogA/Python.  

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

$150,000.00 - $256,000.00 a year

Additional compensation may include benefits, bonuses and equity.
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