Staff Design Engineer, DRAM - Boise, ID - Main Site, United States
Originally posted 10 July 2026 by the employer.
Design, lay out, and optimize Memory, Logic, and Analog circuits.
About the role
This role involves shaping circuits for future memory generations, owning design decisions affecting cost, quality, reliability, and time-to-market. You will work on Memory, Logic, and Analog circuits for new memory products.
What you'll do
- Design, lay out, and optimize Memory, Logic, and Analog circuits for new memory products
- Handle parasitic modeling and support design validation, reticle experiments, and tape-out revisions
- Oversee the layout process, including floor-planning, placement, and routing
- Run verification through modeling and simulation using industry-standard simulators
- Partner with various engineering teams to ensure manufacturability and use Generative AI tools to speed up design, analysis, and documentation
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
- 5 years of experience in CMOS and VLSI circuit design across digital and analog domains
- Hands-on mixed-signal design experience, including schematic design, layout, and circuit simulation using industry-standard tools
- Experience with power distribution design, parasitic modeling, and tape-out flows
Nice to have
- Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering or a related field
- DRAM or memory circuit design experience, including arrays, periphery, or datapath
- Familiarity with PEX and PVT corner analysis
- Experience using Generative AI tools (Copilot, Claude, or internal flows) for design, documentation, or debug
Skills: DRAM, Memory, Logic, and Analog circuits, reticle experiments, tape-out flows, mixed-signal design
This role has been open 86 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 | 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, Logic, and Analog circuits, reticle experiments, tape-out flows, mixed-signal design
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.