Senior | Principal HBM DFT Design Engineer

Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all.

Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate and advance faster than ever.

Our Opportunity Summary:

As an HBM DFT Design Engineer you will work in an innovative and dynamic team and will be responsible for crafting and analyzing analog & mixed-signal circuits for DRAM & Interface die. This includes simulating, optimizing and floor planning circuits. In this position, you will collaborate with Micron’s world-wide design and verification teams and support the efforts of multi-functional teams such as Product Engineering, Test, Probe, Process Integration, Assembly and Marketing to proactively craft HBM products that optimize all manufacturing functions and assure the best performance, power, cost, quality, reliability, time-to-market, and customer happiness 

Our team vision is a continuing desire to develop your skills working in an inclusive diverse environment of multicultural Teams across worldwide geographies! Enabling the creative career path you deserve with a collaborative environment and groundbreaking technology and growing upon your imagination and creativity.

(Disclaimer): While you may not exhibit all of the characteristics/skills listed below today, we are highly interested in a teammate motivated to grow in technical breadth and depth. Suppose you are open to learning while being a valued member of a team of world-class engineers. In that case, we are determined to help build upon your existing foundation, while rapidly growing your individual and collaborative skills in this exciting and outstanding opportunity.

*This will be a hybrid position located in Atlanta, GA – Folsom, CA – Allen, TX

*The seniority level offered will be based on a combination of experience and education.

What’s Encouraged Daily:

Contribute to the development of new HBM products by assisting with the overall design, layout.

• Interpret product specifications and design circuits to meet required functionality. 

• Design analog/mixed signal CMOS circuits in deep sub-micron technologies (5 – 40 nm)

• Design and develop custom DFT circuits such as Instrumentation Amp, ADC, oscillators, synchronous design, clock tree, critical internal analog and digital voltage readouts.

• Design and develop circuits to meet the IEEE1500 and the Direct Access (DA) Test Port interfaces of the HBM JEDEC protocol.

• Architect and develop control test bits and Anti-fuse circuits of the Interface die.

• Pair with high-speed interface PHY and Analog designers to ensure smooth interface between the DFT circuits and other Interface die circuits

• Work closely with Product Engineering to understand testing needs and translate into circuit design solutions.

• Work closely with the DRAM design team to implement Cube testing capabilities.

• Participate in new circuit conception and design as needed.

• Active involvement in problem solving and implementing opportunities for improvement.

• Participate in new circuit conception and design as needed. 

• Perform circuit simulations using standard industry simulators such as FINESIM, HSPICE and VERILOG 

• Responsible for reliability verification 

• Assist in design validation, reticle experiments and required tape-out revisions. 

• Contributes expert technical knowledge to advance innovative technical solutions.

• Provides advice and counsel to senior management on significant technical issues. 

Lead all aspects of and manage the layout process 

• Lead floor-planning process, including placement and routing optimization. 

• Optimize design rules for cost, performance and functionality. 

• Import layout parasitic information into circuit simulation environment. 

Maintain Technical Expertise and Provide Training 

• Contribute to cross group communication to work towards standardization and group success. 

• Aid in design documentation and communicating best known practices to entire department. 

• Participate in continuing education and competitor analysis. 

• Proactively solicit feedback from Standards, CAD, modeling, and verification groups to ensure the design quality.