Principal Systems Design Engineer, HBM

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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.

The High-Performance Integrated Group (HIG) is a division within the Technology and Products Group (TPG). We are dedicated to developing and optimizing High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) solutions for AI and ML applications! Our ultimate goal is to deliver the lowest power per bit solutions in the industry!

Position Overview:

We are searching for a Principal Systems Design Engineer to own the development of the PHY IO on the interface die in HBM products. In this position, you will be responsible for the development including defining design target, developing spec, architecting IO/clocking, being responsible for design, optimization, and verification. Use of both analog and digital CMOS design skills will be needed to work on the various circuits you would be responsible for. You will be part of a highly multi-functional team of technical domain experts collaborating closely with a distributed team of Design Engineering, Product Engineering, Process Development, Package Engineering & Business Units to implement a common goal of ensuring our future HBM roadmap is successful.

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• High-speed IO design architecture for HBM products
• Design and pathfinding of PLL and high-speed clock tree
• Work with Product Engineering to correlate silicon measurements and simulation performance for circuit level design analysis
• Contribute to cross group communication to work towards standardization and group success
• Proactively solicit input from Standards, CAD, modeling, and verification groups to ensure the design quality
• Drive innovation into the future Memory generation with multifaceted work environment

Successful candidates for this position will have:

• Prior industrial experience in high-speed clocking design at 16Gbps+ speed
• Good IO circuit design background with familiarity of both, analog and digital design and simulation experience required
• Proven knowledge of IO design principles for practical design tradeoffs on speed/area/power/complexity
• Experience with circuit verification and optimization including layout verification and parasitic extractions of the circuits
• Familiar with one or more off-chip protocols such as UCIe, HBM, DDR, PCIe, MIPI, etc
• Good understanding on FinFET device characteristics and hands-on design experience
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Strong communication skills with the ability to clearly convey sophisticated technical concepts to other design peers both verbally and written
• Understanding of device physics and basic CMOS processing techniques preferred
• Prior circuit debug experience through Product Engineering or equivalent preferred

Required Experience

• MS or PhD in EE
• 5+ years of relevant Engineering or Design Engineering experience on high-speed IO, PLL, Tx, Rx, Equalization, clock tree

Job title and level can scale depending on experience and qualifications

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