Micron
Principal Design Engineer
$176K–$298K
San Jose, CA · Principal · Full-time · Posted Jul 7, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of NAND design relevant proven experience required.
- Education
- MS in electrical engineering required; PhD preferred.
About the job
Leads NAND analog and mixed-signal circuit design and product development, while advancing AI-assisted design and verification workflows.
What you'll do
- Provide technical leadership for NAND design pathfinding, circuit architecture, and design methodology across teams.
- Design, simulate, optimize, floor-plan, and verify NAND circuits; assess feasibility and die-size costs and benefits.
- Develop AI/LLM-assisted circuit-design workflows and mentor engineers; coordinate with manufacturing and product groups.
What they ask for
- MS in electrical engineering; PhD preferred.
- 8+ years of relevant NAND design experience.
- Proficient in NAND Flash read, program, and erase algorithms; analog/mixed-signal design, circuit verification, and layout planning.
- Proficiency with Python, Cadence design and LVS/DRC tools, UNIX, and analog/digital simulators.
Nice to have
- PhD in electrical engineering.
- Bash or Tcl.
Pay
$176,000.00 - $298,000.00 a year USD (base salary)
Tools
HSPICE, Fast SPICE, Verilog, Python, Bash, Tcl, CSV, JSON
AI focus
Develop and productize agentic, AI/LLM-assisted circuit-design workflows for environment setup, simulation and debug, coverage planning, schematic/layout review, documentation retrieval, and analog/mixed-signal verification.
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