Memory Circuit Design Engineer-MN Rochester

Location: Rochester, Minnesota, USA

Annual base salary: USD 109,700–175,500, plus discretionary annual bonus and equity awards.

Company

Employer for a memory circuit design role within the Central Engineering Group.

What you will do

• Analyze memory architectures and evaluate design tradeoffs.
• Design and build memory and circuit blocks at gate and transistor level.
• Run transistor-level simulations, extract layouts, and perform post-layout verification.
• Floorplan physical implementations and integrate leaf-cell layouts into physical macros.
• Develop characterization, simulation, and verification automation scripts.
• Specify memory models and silicon test plans, correlate silicon results with simulations, and debug silicon issues.

Requirements

• BS degree in Electrical Engineering and 8+ years of related experience.
• Strong knowledge of memory compilers or custom digital circuits, including SRAMs, register files, multi-ports, and ROMs.
• Deep understanding of transistor-level circuit behavior and device physics.
• Understanding of signal integrity, EM/IR, reliability analysis, memory models, DFT schemes, and chip-level integration.
• Proficiency with circuit simulators, automation scripting, and design tools.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, leadership, multitasking, and self-management skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with test setups, silicon testing, and silicon debug.
• Proficiency in Python.

Culture & Benefits

• Participation in medical, dental, and vision plans.
• 401(k) participation with company matching.
• Employee Stock Purchase Program and Employee Assistance Program.
• Company-paid holidays, paid sick leave, vacation time, and applicable paid family leave.
• Annual bonus, competitive new-hire equity grants, and annual equity awards.