Principal CAD Engineer, Central Engineering

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.

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

As Memory Design Group CAD Engineer at Micron Technology, Inc., you will be working in a collaborative, production support role evaluating, developing enhancing and debugging both in-house and commercial Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools and flows for the physical layout and design of CMOS integrated circuits. You will work closely with the Design, Layout teams, supporting their use of electronic design automation tools and methodologies to increase design and layout productivity and work efficiency.

• Developing tools, flows, and methodologies to increase the productivity and reliability of our Memory designs

• Integrate commercial EDA (Electronic Design Automation) tools into design flows

• Providing training, documentation, and support to end users on new tools and methods

• Working closely with design, layout, verification and process teams

• Track and solve issues

• Undertake Independent Research and Development of Next-Generation CAD Software to Meet Product Development Needs

• Identify deficiencies of current tools and flows

• Understand EDA industry product offerings and trends, and opportunities for gaining performance and efficiency

• Evaluate tools with internal customers

• Define possible flows for improvement of efficiency and cost

• Develop, maintain and support the engineering infrastructure

• Maintain all aspects of design infrastructure at optimum level

• Provide support and training of the design environment

• Excellent programming fundamentals are required

• Experience with Unix and shell scripting is required

• Good knowledge of CMOS circuit and deep submicron physical design, as well as CMOS process manufacturing and layout rules preferred

• In depth experience in the Cadence Virtuoso df2 design environment and SKILL programming preferred

• In depth experience with Python and Python QT language is preferred

• Experience in layout flows preferred - Calibre DRC & LVS flows, Floor planning, Automated Place and Route, SPF extraction

• Experience in design simulation areas preferred - Verilog, Verilog-A, ncverilog, VCS, Spice/Fast Spice, fineSim/primesim, hspice

• Good communication and problem-solving skills are required

• Fluent in English and able to communicate effectively with a global team

• Experience in RTL2GDS flows

• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Electronics Engineering. 5+ years of industry experience is preferred.

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

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