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Micron Technology · 1 day ago

Principal CAD Engineer

Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions. In this role, you will collaborate with various design and verification teams to support the development, optimization, and implementation of design verification flows while enhancing productivity in the design of CMOS integrated circuits.

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H1B Sponsor Likelynote
Hiring Manager
Eric Yaeger
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Responsibilities

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

Qualification

UnixCMOS circuitsLayout flowsDesign simulation toolsRTL-to-GDS flowsCadence Virtuoso DFIIPythonCommunication skillsProblem-solving skills

Required

Strong programming fundamentals with required experience in Unix and shell scripting
Good knowledge of CMOS circuits, deep‑submicron physical design, CMOS manufacturing, and layout design rules
Experience with layout flows such as Calibre DRC/LVS, floorplanning, automated P&R, and SPF extraction
Experience with design simulation tools and languages including Verilog, Verilog‑A, ncverilog, VCS, Spice/FastSpice, FineSim/PrimeSim, and HSPICE
Strong communication and problem‑solving skills; fluent in English for effective collaboration with global teams
Experience with RTL‑to‑GDS flows

Preferred

Experience with Cadence Virtuoso DFII and SKILL programming
Proficiency with Python and Python Qt frameworks
Bachelor's or Master's degree in CE/EE/EECS with 5+ years industry experience

Company

Micron Technology

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Micron Technology is a semiconductor company that produces DRAM, SDRAM, flash memory, SSD and CMOS image sensing chips.

H1B Sponsorship

Micron Technology has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2023 (299)
2022 (626)
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Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$8.9B
Key Investors
U.S. Department of Commerce
2025-04-24Post Ipo Debt· $1.75B
2025-01-16Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2024-04-18Grant· $6.1B

Leadership Team

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Sanjay Mehrotra
Chairman, President & CEO
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Gursharan Singh
Senior Vice President BE Operations
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