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Senior Layout Designer - Pathfinding

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Richardson, TX
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Richardson, TX
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Develops and prepares semiconductor device layouts and detailed drawings from engineering schematics. Leads major block development, product revisions, floor-planning, signal-planning, and power-planning. Verifies layout data integrity, performs physical verification and root-cause debugging, assigns resources, schedules tasks, and collaborates globally with design, verification, technology development, and CAD teams. Improves layout efficiency through automation, new methodologies, and quality optimization.
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Develops and prepares multi-dimensional layouts and detailed drawings of semiconductor devices from schematics and related geometry provided by design engineering. Work may be completed using CAD or other computerized equipment. Checks dimensions, writes specifications, and verifies completed drawings, artwork, or digitized plots. May check design layouts and detailed drawings.
Position overview:
As a Senior Layout Designer, you will develop and prepare multi-dimensional layouts. You will provide detailed drawings of semiconductor devices from schematics and related geometry provided by design engineers, verify data integrity, and lead major block developments. You'll be expected to communicate effectively with other functional groups across global sites, e.g., TD, design, verification, and CAD. We're seeking a self-starter who can learn rapidly and adapt quickly to changing priorities.
Responsibilities:
  • Organize and prioritize logistics and resource allocations to meet scheduled deadlines and proactively develop methodologies for issue resolution
  • Contribute to group management and technical innovation
  • Assign resources, schedule tasks, provide direction, and deliver quality-controlled results
  • Contribute to projects in a globally distributed design/layout environment
  • Contribute to the improvement of layout efficiency through the development of automation and new methodologies; Lead, plan, and deliver major blocks and product revisions.
  • Skilled in developing and applying custom layout, floor-planning, signal-planning, and power-planning methodologies

Minimum qualifications:
  • AS or Bachelor's in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field plus 5 years of direct experience in semiconductor layout design
  • Deep working knowledge of EDA tools (i.e., Cadence Virtuoso, Synopsys, Calibre)
  • Demonstrate a strong ability to debug problems through root-cause analysis, find effective and efficient solutions, and collaborate with the engineering staff
  • In-depth understanding of design rules and delivering quality layouts
  • Strong physical verification analysis and debugging skills

Preferred qualifications:
  • Project leadership in quality optimization, die size shrinkage
  • IC layout design experience with NAND, DRAM, and/or SRAM
  • Programming skills and leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) to layout workflow

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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