Staff CAD Design Automation Engineer at Micron Technology in Boise, Idaho, United States of America
- Company: Micron Technology
- Location: Boise, Idaho, United States of America
- Posted: Sep 22, 2026
- Type: Full-time
- Experience: 2+ years
- Visa sponsorship available
Overview
As a CAD Engineer, you will play a critical role in keeping our AI enabled design ecosystem running efficiently and reliably. You’ll develop, improve, and support both in-house and commercial EDA tools while partnering closely with engineers across the design flow. This is a hands-on role for someon…
Job description
- As a CAD Engineer, you will play a critical role in keeping our AI enabled design ecosystem running efficiently and reliably. You’ll develop, improve, and support both in-house and commercial EDA tools while partnering closely with engineers across the design flow. This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys debugging, innovating, and enabling others to do their best work.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and support AI assisted CAD software, EDA tools, flows, and methodologies for CMOS design and verification
- Debug, evaluate, and support in-house and commercial AI enabled EDA solutions in a production environment
- Develop P-cells, scripts, and automation for physical design, verification, optimization, and tapeout
- Collaborate closely with design, PI, and process teams to solve workflow and tool challenges, and to implement scalable layout methodologies aligned with PDK requirements
- Document processes and provide training and support for end users
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
- 2+ years of experience in CAD, VLSI, or a related semiconductor engineering role
- Experience programming in SKILL/Skill++ (Cadence), Python, and/or Perl
- Experience with PDK development and/or validation and familiarity with Cadence EDA tools and flows
- Experience with Linux/Unix environments, shell scripting, databases, and version control
- Effective communication skills in a collaborative engineering environment
- Understanding of CMOS process fundamentals and layout design rules
- Understanding of photo/metrology marks and layout design
- Prior work supporting or developing AI enabled EDA design tools, flows, and methodologies
- Experience supporting automation for physical design, verification, or tapeout flows
Skills
Required
- SKILL/Skill++ (Cadence)
- Python
- Perl
- PDK development and/or validation
- Cadence EDA tools and flows
- Linux/Unix environments
- Shell scripting
- Databases
- Version control
Benefits
- As 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.
About Micron Technology
Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all. 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. Our EDA and Design Enablement team sits at the heart of Micron’s memory development. We build and support the tools and flows that enable world-class CMOS design at scale. We work closely with design, layout, and process teams, and we thrive on solving hard technical problems that directly impact product success.