The Staff Design Verification Engineer will verify advanced DRAM chips, support design engineers, develop verification tools, and mentor junior engineers.
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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.
As a Staff Design Verification Engineer for Micron, you will work with a highly innovative and motivated design and verification team using groundbreaking memory technologies to develop the most advanced DRAM and Emerging memory products. You will be challenged by the complexity and difficulty of verifying high density memory chips (up to 32Gb) with huge scale of circuit capability (over 4M transistors), ultra-high speed designs, sophisticated functionality which includes next Generation DDR/LPDDR (ex: DDR5, LPDDR5) and advanced low power and power management technologies.
Responsibilities
Minimum Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
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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To learn more about Micron, please visit micron.com/careers
For US Sites Only: To request assistance with the application process and/or for reasonable accommodations, please contact Micron's People Organization at [email protected] or 1-800-336-8918 (select option #3)
Micron Prohibits the use of child labor and complies with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and other international and industry labor standards.
Micron does not charge candidates any recruitment fees or unlawfully collect any other payment from candidates as consideration for their employment with Micron.
AI alert: Candidates are encouraged to use AI tools to enhance their resume and/or application materials. However, all information provided must be accurate and reflect the candidate's true skills and experiences. Misuse of AI to fabricate or misrepresent qualifications will result in immediate disqualification.
Fraud alert: Micron advises job seekers to be cautious of unsolicited job offers and to verify the authenticity of any communication claiming to be from Micron by checking the official Micron careers website in the About Micron Technology, Inc.
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.
As a Staff Design Verification Engineer for Micron, you will work with a highly innovative and motivated design and verification team using groundbreaking memory technologies to develop the most advanced DRAM and Emerging memory products. You will be challenged by the complexity and difficulty of verifying high density memory chips (up to 32Gb) with huge scale of circuit capability (over 4M transistors), ultra-high speed designs, sophisticated functionality which includes next Generation DDR/LPDDR (ex: DDR5, LPDDR5) and advanced low power and power management technologies.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the development of new product opportunities through design, layout, and optimization of Memory/Logic/Analog circuits.
- Fully understand the design datasheet.
- Study and learn the circuit design in detail. Understand the functionality and timing requirements of the circuitry.
- Develop patterns and regressions to increase the function coverage for all DRAM architectures and features.
- Provide support to design engineers, debug failures, lead bug tracking, and close coverage.
- Co-work with international colleagues on developing new verification tools and flows to solve the verification difficulties.
- Own and lead design projects and mentor junior engineers
- Develop and maintain test benches and test vectors using digital and analog simulation tools.
- Create new methods and flows to guide DRAM chip design from verification view.
- Create verification plan from functionality specification and in coordination with architects.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or equivalent.
- Basic understanding of CMOS circuit design
- Experience in mixed signal verification
- Familiar with analog/digital simulation tools, ie. HSPICE, VerilogHDL, FINESIM
- Knowledge and experience in verification languages (System Verilog or equivalent) and methodologies (UVM or equivalent) and other scripting languages (python, perl, etc).
- Good debugging and problem-solving skills
- Strong communication skills with the ability to convey sophisticated technical concepts to other verification peers.
- Experience with SystemVerilog Assertion (SVA)
- Strong leadership skills and attitude
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering and 5+ years of related experience.
- Master's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering and 3+ years of related experience.
- Exposure to cross-functional collaboration in a semiconductor environment.
- Knowledge of memory product development and validation workflows.
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.
To learn about your right to work click here.
To learn more about Micron, please visit micron.com/careers
For US Sites Only: To request assistance with the application process and/or for reasonable accommodations, please contact Micron's People Organization at [email protected] or 1-800-336-8918 (select option #3)
Micron Prohibits the use of child labor and complies with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and other international and industry labor standards.
Micron does not charge candidates any recruitment fees or unlawfully collect any other payment from candidates as consideration for their employment with Micron.
AI alert: Candidates are encouraged to use AI tools to enhance their resume and/or application materials. However, all information provided must be accurate and reflect the candidate's true skills and experiences. Misuse of AI to fabricate or misrepresent qualifications will result in immediate disqualification.
Fraud alert: Micron advises job seekers to be cautious of unsolicited job offers and to verify the authenticity of any communication claiming to be from Micron by checking the official Micron careers website in the About Micron Technology, Inc.
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