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This role will drive physical design execution from RTL through tapeout, with a strong focus on timing closure, power integrity, EMIR analysis, and design reliability. The engineer will collaborate across architecture, RTL, implementation, CAD, and technology teams to develop scalable physical design solutions that achieve power, performance, area (PPA), and reliability targets for next-generation memory products. Additionally, this individual will lead methodology innovation, mentor engineers, and influence the future roadmap for physical design and power integrity across the organization.\nResponsibilities\nLead physical design implementation of complex DRAM digital designs, including floorplanning, place and route, clock tree synthesis, timing closure, and tapeout activities.\nDrive power integrity strategies and signoff methodologies, including PDN planning, IR drop analysis, electromigration (EM) verification, and EMIR signoff.\nCollaborate with multi-functional teams to resolve timing, congestion, power, signal integrity, and reliability challenges at both block and full-chip levels.\nDevelop and deploy methodology improvements, automation solutions, and guidelines to improve build quality, efficiency, and scalability.\nMentor engineers and provide technical leadership while influencing future memory products through innovation in physical design and signoff methodologies.\nMinimum Qualifications\nMaster's degree in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent) with 8+ years of experience, or Bachelor's degree with 10+ years of experience in ASIC physical design.\nStrong expertise in physical design implementation flows including floorplanning, place and route, clock tree synthesis, timing closure, and design signoff.\nHands-on experience with STA, signal integrity, power integrity, physical verification, and advanced process technologies.\nProficiency with industry-standard physical design and signoff tools such as Synopsys IC Compiler II (ICC2), Fusion Compiler, PrimeTime, PrimePower, and RedHawk (or equivalent).\nStrong scripting and automation skills using Python, Tcl, or similar languages\nDemonstrated ability to drive multi-functional technical initiatives and influence engineering organizations\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience developing physical design, power delivery network (PDN), or EMIR methodologies for large-scale ASIC, SoC, or memory products.\nExpertise in power integrity signoff, including static and dynamic IR drop analysis, electromigration verification, current profiling, and IDD modeling.\nExperience driving methodology transformation, tool deployment, and engineering process improvements across organizations.\nDemonstrated technical leadership, mentoring, and ownership of projects across multiple product generations.\nStrong communication, problem-solving, and collaboration skills, with experience bringing to bear AI-assisted technologies and Generative AI tools to improve engineering efficiency and innovation.\nAs a world leader in the semiconductor industry, Micron is dedicated to your personal wellbeing and professional growth. 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.\nMicron 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.\nTo learn about your right to work click here.\nTo learn more about Micron, please visitmicron.com/careers\nFor US Sites Only: To request assistance with the application process and/or for reasonable accommodations, please contact Micron’s People Organization at  or 1-800-336-8918 (select option #3)\nMicron Prohibits the use of child labor and complies with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and other international and industry labor standards.\nMicron does not charge candidates any recruitment fees or unlawfully collect any other payment from candidates as consideration for their employment with Micron.\nAI alert : Candidates are encouraged to use AI tools to enhance their resume and/or application materials. 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Misuse of AI to fabricate or misrepresent qualifications will result in immediate disqualification.\nFraud alert: Micron advises job seekers to be cautious of unsolicited job offers and to verify the authenticity of any communication claiming to be from Micron by checking the official Micron careers website in the About Micron Technology, Inc.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5809,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":10,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":true},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Parental leave"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Enterprise Storage Systems","Semiconductor Manufacturing","Memory & Storage Chips"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-08-14T00:00:00Z"},{"event":"close","at":"2026-08-19T15:05:19Z"},{"event":"reopen","at":"2026-08-29T21:36:52Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 535 · green card filings: 199","filings_12m":535,"filings_prev_12m":562,"green_card_filings_12m":199,"median_offered_wage_usd":127078,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-15T11:24:14+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)","US Department of Labor: PERM disclosure data (green cards)"],"filings_for_role_12m":216}],"liveness":{"score":19,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.533,"p_room":0.36,"age_days":68,"expected_fill_days":42,"reasons":["conf:0","stale_co","urgency","velocity","win:tail","crowd:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-21T05:46:15Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/micron-technology-principal-physical-design","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/micron-technology-principal-physical-design.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-21T14:03:23Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":19992,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-22T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":37},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=37"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fmicron-technology-principal-physical-design"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fmicron-technology-principal-physical-design"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fmicron-technology-principal-physical-design"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/micron-technology-principal-physical-design\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fmicron-technology-principal-physical-design"}]}