Senior Hardware Engineer

Job Description

Req. ID: 143664

Micron Technology’s vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life and our commitment to people, innovation, tenacity, collaboration, and customer focus allows us to fulfill our mission to be a global leader in memory and storage solutions. This means conducting business with integrity, accountability, and professionalism while supporting our global community.

We are seeking a team oriented, proactive board design engineer to develop Micron’s next generation Solid State Drive (SSD) products. This position requires experience in hardware architecture, high-speed digital design and signal integrity design and simulation. To succeed in this role, you should have a good working knowledge of PCIe Gen 3&4, ONFI and implementation techniques required for high-speed interfaces. Experience with PCB design tools (Cadence PCB design and analysis). Expertise in hands-on lab experience is a must.

Responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Interface in cross functional teams to ensure the design meets all firmware, diagnostic and system level requirements.
• Participate in architecture definition, design reviews, requirements generation of SSD products.
• Perform basic Signal and power integrity measurements
• Document and communicate results with cross functional counterparts.
• Simulate and analyze design proposals, review results and provide recommendations on optimal design practices to other design engineers.
• Experienced in designing hardware for large scale manufacture, including DFx and low-cost considerations
• Hardware design, worst-case analysis, simulations, capture schematic, de-rating and assumes complete ownership of the SSD hardware thru the product lifecycle.
• PCB back-end process: defining stack-up and via technologies, part placement, setting design constraints, signal integrity and power integrity analysis
• Works proactively with cross functional team members during design, verification as well as on RMAs
• In addition to design, a successful candidate will mentor and provide technical guidance to other hardware team members

Minimum Qualifications:

• Strong in transmission line fundamentals. Understand the fundamentals of time-domain vs. frequency-domain.
• Good PCB design experience on high speed signals routing guideline and review, power copper routing and review, design for EMI/ESD protection.
• Design for signal integrity, including SerDes, power and interconnect.
• Analog design using simulation e.g. SPICE (or equivalent).
• Practical lab SI analysis experience for measuring high-bandwidth signals (20-35 GHz).
• Familiarity with PCIe Compliance equipment and measurement techniques.
• Design with schematic capture and design constraints utilizing Cadence PCB design tools (Cadence Sigrity, Allegro Power-Aware SI).
• BS in Electrical Engineering
• 5 - 7+ years of meaningful design experience.
• Able to lead a project with a small team to completion.

Preferred Skills:

• MS in Electrical Engineering
• You are self-motivated with a desire to take on challenges.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Strong interpersonal skills and maintain positive relationships
• Ambitious, goal-oriented, and a dedicated colleague
• Collaborate effectively in a dynamic team environment

About Us

As the leader in innovative memory solutions, Micron is helping the world make sense of data by delivering technology that is transforming how the world uses information. Through our global brands — Micron, Crucial and Ballistix — we offer the industry’s broadest portfolio. We are the only company manufacturing today’s major memory and storage technologies: DRAM, NAND, NOR and 3D XPointTM memory. Our solutions are purpose built to leverage the value of data to unlock financial insights, accelerate scientific breakthroughs and enhance communication around the world.

Micron Benefits

Employee Rewards Program, Healthcare, Paid time off (Combined Sick and Vacation Time), Retirement savings plans, Paid maternity/paternity leave, Employee Assistance Program, Professional development training, Workplace wellness programs, Micron Health Clinic (Boise only), Fitness Center / Activity rooms (Boise only), Tuition Reimbursement, Micron Corporate Discounts, Casual Dress attire.

We recruit, hire, train, promote, discipline and provide other conditions of employment without regard to a person's race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, pregnancy, veteran’s status, or other classifications protected under law. This includes providing reasonable accommodation for team members' disabilities or religious beliefs and practices.

Each manager, supervisor and team member is responsible for carrying out this policy. The EEO Administrator in Human Resources is responsible for administration of this policy. The administrator will monitor compliance and is available to answer any questions on EEO matters.

To request assistance with the application process, please contact Micron’s Human Resources Department at 1-800-336-8918 (or 208-368-4748).

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