Principal Engineer
Micron · San Jose, CA
About this role
Micron is hiring a principal-level Principal Engineer in the software engineering function based in San Jose, CA. The posting calls out experience with Design Systems, Embedded Systems. Compensation is listed at $216,091–$336,000 per year.
- Role
- Principal Engineer
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- principal
- Track
- Tech leadership
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- San Jose, CA
- Posted
- Apr 24, 2026
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Job description
from Micron careersOur 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.
Perform Synopsys HAPs pre-silicon ASIC prototyping flow - expert implementation and debugging. Support Micron Solid State Drive (SSD) Enterprise ASIC development, bring up and validation with domain expertise on PCIe Gen5 & Gen6, LPDDR4/5, ARC HS/EM CPU. Perform pre and post silicon ASIC Validation flow automation - to reduce time for validating functionality before the handoff to firmware. Provide support for LPDDR4/5 interface bring up - working with Cadence Design Systems to develop application driver to work with ASIC for address/data levelling to get to maximum design speed as per specification. Work with Synopsys for ARC CPU bring up in ASIC along with US team and debug issues encountered.
Employer will accept a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering or related field and 5 years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in job offered or in an Engineering-related occupation.
Position requires:
1. Synopsys HAPs prototyping platform;
2. Xilinx/Altera FPGAs;
3. System level debug;
4. Hardware and Software interaction;
5. Software development; and
6. Using Oscilloscope and Logic Analyzer.