DMTS Design Engineer - United States
$208,000 - $416,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 7 August 2026 by the employer.
About the role
What you'll do
- Analyze DDR4, DDR5, LPDDR, and emerging memory technologies across electrical, thermal, power, and performance dimensions.
- Identify performance gaps and evaluate tradeoffs in cost, latency, bandwidth, and efficiency.
- Partner with architecture and product teams to translate analysis into actionable design guidance.
- Drive multi-functional alignment with firmware, validation, hardware, and business partners.
- Deliver clear technical assessments and recommendations to guide future memory strategy.
- Use Artificial Intelligence tools to build models to find design gaps and summarize collected data for distribution and analysis.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
- Strong understanding of DDR memory architecture including timing, signaling, and system behavior.
- Experience analyzing memory systems at device and system levels.
- Knowledge of high-speed I/O, electrical margins, and memory power and thermal characteristics.
- Proven ability to evaluate tradeoffs and communicate data-driven recommendations.
Nice to have
- Experience with DDR4/5, LPDDR5/5X/5T, or advanced DRAM technologies.
- Background in memory controller architecture, firmware, or training algorithms.
- Familiarity with DRAM physical layout, packaging, and topology impacts.
- Experience in benchmarking, competitive analysis, or product architecture strategy.
- Exposure to memory modeling, workload analysis, or system-level simulation.
Skills: DRAM Memory, DDR5, LPDDR, HBM, GDDR, memory technologies, high-speed I/O, memory controller architecture
This role has been open 58 days — well below the 69-day median for Memory Design roles.
Memory Design · Memory Design
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Open roles in category
287
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Median days open
69 d
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Median salary
$205k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Micron Technology | All employers we track in this specialty (287 roles · 29 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 153 | 287 |
| Median days open | 86 d | 69 d (+17 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $205k |
Skills observed across this category: DRAM Memory, DDR5, LPDDR, HBM, GDDR, memory technologies, high-speed I/O, memory controller architecture
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology (this employer) · 151 open roles · median 86 d
- Synopsys · 27 open roles · median 49 d
- SanDisk · 17 open roles · median 32 d
- Broadcom · 16 open roles · median 50 d
- Qualcomm · 12 open roles · median 149 d
- NVIDIA · 7 open roles · median 59 d
How we counted: 287 open Memory Design (Memory Design) roles from 29 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 5 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.