Principal Design Engineer

About the role

Micron Technology is seeking a Principal Design Engineer in NVEG to lead the development, layout, and optimization of innovative datapath circuits for next-generation NAND flash memory, with AI utilization as a central pillar of how you work.

Responsibilities

• Apply AI tools every day to accelerate design exploration, layout iteration, verification, and multi-functional communication.
• Redesign existing engineering workflows so that AI is a first-class participant, not a bolt-on.
• Manage, design, and verify major IO/datapath blocks to rigorously meet performance specifications, employing AI-assisted exploration, sizing, and verification wherever it accelerates convergence.
• Collaborate closely with project integration and other functional design teams to define and negotiate block interface specifications.
• Liaise with Applications Engineering (Apps) to evaluate new specifications, balancing customer needs against design and physical constraints.
• Document AI-augmented methodologies, present final results to expert panels and team members, and mentor new engineers on how to think and work in an AI-first environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field with 8+ years of relevant IC design experience.
• Demonstrated, hands-on use of AI tools (LLM-based assistants, coding copilots, agentic workflows, or ML-based EDA aids) as a routine part of daily engineering work.
• Proven track record to redesign or create engineering workflows around AI capabilities.
• Good knowledge and deep intuitive understanding of high-speed IO circuit performance, power/area optimization, and top-level chip architecture/floorplanning.
• Proven track record in physical design flows, layout optimization, and parasitic extraction.
• Growth mindset toward AI — willingness to continuously learn new tools, retire old habits, and rethink established workflows as AI capability evolves.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building or deploying custom AI agents, LLM pipelines, or ML models targeted at IC design, verification, layout, or silicon debug problems.
• Familiarity with prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), fine-tuning, or agentic frameworks applied to engineering workflows.
• Experience quantifying the productivity or quality impact of AI driven workflow changes (cycle-time reduction, defect escape reduction, coverage improvement, etc.).
• Experience with DRAM interfaces (e.g., DDR4/5, LPDDR5/6, HBM3/3E/4) or other high-speed industry-standard interfaces.
• Comprehensive understanding of sophisticated CMOS device physics, device reliability mechanisms, BSIM modeling, and CMOS targets for high-speed IO operation.

Benefits

Additional Compensation May Include Benefits, Bonuses And Equity. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The US base salary range that Micron Technology estimates it could pay for this full-time position is: $176,000.00 - $298,000.00 a year. Micron benefits are designed to help you stay well, provide peace of mind and help you prepare for the future. We offer a choice of medical, dental and vision plans in all locations enabling team members to select the plans that best meet their family healthcare needs and budget. Micron also provides benefit programs that help protect your income if you are unable to work due to illness or injury, and paid family leave. Additionally, Micron benefits include a robust paid time-off program and paid holidays. For additional information regarding the Benefit programs available, please see the Benefits Guide posted on micron.com/careers/benefits. Micron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. To learn about your right to work click here. To learn more about Micron, please visit micron.com/careers