Contractual Asic Rtl Design Engineer Jobs in Galt, CA

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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.

Join Micron’s AI-Optimized Memory Architecture team, where we are shaping the future of artificial intelligence workloads through next-generation memory solutions. We partner closely with customers to architect and deliver high-performance memory systems that enable emerging AI platforms and applications. Our team values innovation, technical excellence, and collaboration as we bring advanced memory technologies from concept to silicon.

As a Member of Technical Staff, you will play a key role in translating architectural vision into efficient, silicon-proven hardware implementations. This position offers the opportunity to work on tightly coupled, high-performance memory architectures for AI, balancing performance, power, area, and reliability while influencing critical design decisions across the development lifecycle.

• Translate architecture requirements into scalable microarchitectures and drive implementation from concept through silicon
• Design, implement, and review SystemVerilog RTL for advanced memory system architectures
• Perform synthesis and early PPA analysis to optimize area, power, and timing
• Develop and maintain microarchitecture documentation that aligns design intent across teams
• Evaluate architectural and implementation tradeoffs to support technical decision-making

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field
• Strong experience in digital design and microarchitecture development with ownership of hardware blocks from specification through implementation
• Solid understanding of computer architecture and memory systems, including SoC-level behaviors and tradeoffs
• Experience with synthesis flows and early PPA estimation and optimization
• Proficiency in SystemVerilog and at least one programming language such as C, C++, or Python

• Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of industry experience delivering silicon-proven memory systems or SoC hardware designs on modern process nodes
• Familiarity with memory interfaces, reliability features, and media management concepts
• Experience influencing architecture features with a strong understanding of RTL implementation cost and feasibility
• Experience working with Agentic AI tools to assist with design and verification

$175,000.00 - $309,000.00 a year

Additional compensation may include benefits, bonuses and equity.

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