Sr. Memory Designer - San Jose, CA, United States
$248,400 USD yearly
Originally posted 1 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As Sr. Memory Designer, you will lead the design and development of custom circuits for high-speed and low-power SRAM and low-power configuration RAM (CRAM).
What you'll do
- Lead the design and development of custom circuits for high-speed and low-power SRAM and low-power configuration RAM (CRAM).
- Develop memory architectures and implement them in FinFET and nanometer CMOS technologies.
- Perform schematic capture, simulation, and margin verification of major memory blocks.
- Oversee layout planning and ensure tight pitch-matched memory layout designs.
- Work closely with architecture and design teams to define memory PPA and yield targets.
- Manage the full embedded memory design flow, including architecture, circuit design, physical implementation, compiler usage, characterization, timing, and model generation.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, or a related field.
- Over 10 years of experience in memory design, verification, validation, and integration.
- Strong knowledge of custom memory design, high speed, low power, and custom memory design for configuration of FPGA.
- Expertise in high-performance and low-power design techniques.
- Familiarity with variation-aware design in advanced semiconductor technologies.
Nice to have
- Experience with large density memory cell design for high yield.
- Knowledge of semiconductor device fundamentals.
Skills: SoC Chip Lead, MCMs, 2.5D/3D advanced packaging, chiplet-based architectures, chip tapeout, system-level functional and performance modeling
This role has been open 33 days — well below the 75-day median for SoC/Chip Architecture roles.
SoC/Chip Architecture · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
442
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Median days open
75 d
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Median salary
$236k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Lattice Semiconductor | All employers we track in this specialty (442 roles · 64 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 442 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 16 | 3109 · 114 employers |
| Median days open | 33 d | 75 d (−42 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $236k |
Skills observed across this category: SoC Chip Lead, MCMs, 2.5D/3D advanced packaging, chiplet-based architectures, chip tapeout, system-level functional and performance modeling
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 71 open roles · median 82 d
- NVIDIA · 57 open roles · median 59 d
- AMD · 36 open roles · median 61 d
- Arm Holdings · 27 open roles · median 102 d
- Renesas Electronics · 22 open roles · median 59 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 20 open roles · median 104 d
How we counted: 442 open SoC/Chip Architecture (SOC Architecture) roles from 64 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 — it is counted in the wider Digital Design & Verification family row. Figures refresh nightly.