Senior Layout Designer - Pathfinding - Richardson, TX, United States
Originally posted 16 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a Senior Layout Designer, you will develop and prepare multi-dimensional layouts and detailed drawings of semiconductor devices from schematics and related geometry provided by design engineering. You will lead major block developments.
What you'll do
- Organize and prioritize logistics and resource allocations to meet scheduled deadlines.
- Assign resources, schedule tasks, and deliver quality-controlled results.
- Contribute to projects in a globally distributed design/layout environment.
- Improve layout efficiency through the development of automation and new methodologies.
- Lead, plan, and deliver major blocks and product revisions.
- Develop and apply custom layout, floor-planning, signal-planning, and power-planning methodologies.
What you'll need
- 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).
- Strong ability to debug problems through root-cause analysis.
- In-depth understanding of design rules and delivering quality layouts.
- Strong physical verification analysis and debugging skills.
Nice to have
- 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.
Skills: semiconductor layout design, Cadence Virtuoso, Synopsys, Calibre, NAND, DRAM, and/or SRAM
This role has been open 19 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: semiconductor layout design, Cadence Virtuoso, Synopsys, Calibre, NAND, DRAM, and/or SRAM
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.