Principal Engineer - HIG Component Validation

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JR112182 Principal Engineer - HIG Component Validation

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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.

As a Principal Engineer at Micron’s HBM New Product Validation team in Boise, ID you will be a senior technical guide responsible for validation strategy and readiness for future-generation High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) products.

You will apply deep expertise in complex RAM and high-bandwidth memory architecture and building to establish architecture validation strategies. You will impact decisions that improve validation observability and debug efficiency. You will lead investigations of complex architecture, building, and silicon issues from pre-silicon simulation through post-silicon characterization. You will partner across Design Engineering, Design Validation, Product Engineering, Systems teams, and will develop and promote AI-enabled validation methodologies that improve efficiency, quality, and scalability.

Responsibilities:

• Define architecture-aware validation strategies and coverage direction for future-generation HBM products.
• Drive validation readiness for next-generation products by preparing strategies, test environments, and execution plans before first silicon, reducing risk, accelerating issue resolution, and preventing late-stage surprises.
• Evaluate new DRAM/HBM architectural features and define validation requirements and testability needs before DBR.
• Develop validation strategies for new and high-risk product features and promote reuse of validation methodology across product generations.
• Leverage expert knowledge of DRAM and HBM architectures, including memory subsystem design, test infrastructure, protocol validation, timing characterization, and failure mechanisms, to define validation methodologies, identify risks early, and ensure robust product readiness.
• Challenge design assumptions using silicon data, simulation results, and structured risk analysis.
• Use Verilog/SystemVerilog simulation to identify validation gaps early and evaluate coverage and observability pre-silicon.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field, with 8+ years of semiconductor proven experience.
• Proven expertise in both pre-silicon and post-silicon debug of DRAM/HBM issues.
• Extensive experience analyzing schematics and performing timing-accurate (SPICE-level / transistor-level) simulations.
• Experience with Verilog/SystemVerilog, Python, Linux environments, and version control systems (git, svn, Perforce).
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, communication, and technical presentation skills, with a track record of technical influence.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience defining validation strategy or coverage methodology for HBM or advanced DRAM products.
• Experience influencing design-for-validation or testability decisions with Design Engineering or Design Validation teams.
• Experience with validation hardware pathfinding, including probe cards, sockets, and interface boards.
• Hands-on experience with lab equipment including oscilloscopes and logic analyzers, and with high-speed I/O and signal-integrity validation.
• Experience defining or applying AI/ML or generative-AI solutions to validation, test, or debug workflows.

Job Profile(s):

Product Development Engineer 5

Relocation Level: TBD

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