Senior/Staff Circuit Design Engineer
Originally posted 16 June 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves designing and developing CMOS special memory circuits, including TCAM, BCAM, and multi-port SRAM, for advanced process nodes.
What you'll do
- Design and develop CMOS special memory circuits including TCAM, BCAM, and multi-port SRAM for advanced process nodes.
- Own architecture definition and circuit implementation for ultra-high speed, ultra-low power, or high-density memory portfolios.
- Drive schematic entry, circuit simulation, layout planning, and design verification from bitcell to full array.
- Collaborate with CAD and frontend engineers to integrate designs into memory compiler flows and generate EDA models.
- Develop and verify bitcells, supervise physical layout design, and debug parasitic extraction results to meet performance targets.
- Support silicon bring-up and failure analysis, translating test data into design improvements for future releases.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Microelectronics, or a related technical field.
- 3+ years of hands-on experience designing embedded CMOS memory circuits at 28nm or more advanced technology nodes.
- Proven experience with embedded memory design flow: architecture, circuit design, layout implementation, compiler integration, and timing model generation.
- Strong proficiency in bitcell design, circuit simulation tools like HSPICE or Spectre, and layout parasitic extraction.
- Deep understanding of SRAM, TCAM, BCAM, or multi-port memory architectures, with experience in failure analysis and memory test methodology.
- Experience with layout verification tools such as Calibre or ICV, and ability to debug DRC, LVS, and ERC issues.
Skills: memory circuits, TCAM, SRAM, bitcell, circuit simulation
This role has been open 109 days — well above 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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| Metric | Synopsys | All employers we track in this specialty (287 roles · 29 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 27 | 287 |
| Median days open | 49 d | 69 d (−20 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $205k |
Skills observed across this category: memory circuits, TCAM, SRAM, bitcell, circuit simulation
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 151 open roles · median 86 d
- Synopsys (this employer) · 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.