Staff VLSI Design Engineer

The Memory Technology Group is at the core of Sandisk's engineering organization. We are building a cutting edge 3D memory in our multi-billion dollars lab. Our memory provides performance, power, and endurance at a lower cost without forgoing quality. The Memory Technology organization is a strategic entity for the company and we are constantly growing. Our group functions as a start-up within Sandisk, and offers a creative, fast paced, entrepreneurial work environment where you’ll be at the center of innovation.

We are looking for an experienced Staff Engineer to lead and deliver projects for our Memory Design team. This is a great opportunity for a results-oriented, entrepreneurial individual who knows how to work with non-volatile memory world-class engineers and has a great track record for delivering innovative results.
You will need to think creatively about the memory as we do take pride in our craftsmanship. We do work together with all engineering teams to identify and execute on the most disciplined way. Your success will be measured by your ability to build great designs that deliver innovation that unlock revenue opportunities for the company.

Join the Memory Technology Design Team and become a leader of this highly motivated, cooperative, and focused team!

In this position, the individual will be responsible for all aspects of digital design in NAND Flash memory, focusing on micro architecture, RTL design, verification, logic synthesis, and timing analysis to deliver a design meeting target power, performance and area goals.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• RTL design and verification in Verilog, RTL linting, clock domain crossing (CDC) analysis, design integration, synthesis, DFT, timing analysis and closure
• Balance design trade-offs with modularity, scalability, power, area, and performance.
• Interface with internal and external teams/customers to drive necessary technical specifications and features based on individual requirements
• Participating in Post-Si evaluation and debug
• Drive cross function support for productization
• Technical guidance and mentoring of junior engineers

REQUIRED:

• Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering or related field, plus 6-8 years of relevant experience
• Experience with chip level integration, chip lead, and full product life cycle (requirements, design, implementation, test) of Logic design
• Working knowledge of the entire Logic design flow from RTL to GDSII (RTL coding, simulation, synthesis, static timing analysis, logic equivalence, DFT insertion, place-and-route, clock tree synthesis, extraction, static timing analysis, physical verification)
• Working knowledge of NAND flash memory cell device operations, algorithms for program/read/erase
• Excellent communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills

PREFERRED:

• Experience developing digital circuit designs for low power operating conditions
• Working knowledge of device physics and process
• Working knowledge of NAND Flash memory design including Analog, Core, Datapath and IO circuits
• Proficiency with following Digital design tools
  • Synthesis - Synopsys Design Compiler, Cadence Genus or Cadence RTL Compiler
  • Static Timing - Synopsys Primetime or Cadence Tempus
  • Place and Route - Synopsys ICC or Cadence Encounter or Innovus
• Familiarity with revision control tool and EDA standard formats used in cell/library development and modeling - Liberty (timing model), SDC (Synopsys Design Constraints)
• Programming experience in C, C++, Python or Perl

The ideal individual must have proven ability to achieve results in a fast moving, dynamic environment. Self-motivated and self-directed, however, must have demonstrated ability to work well with people. A proven desire to work as a team member, both on the same team and outside of the team. Ability to troubleshoot and analyze complex problems. Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines. Excellent communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills.

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Based on our experience, we anticipate that the application deadline will be 12/02/2026 (3 months from posting), although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the application deadline. If we are not able to hire someone from this role before the application deadline, we will update this posting with a new anticipated application deadline.

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Compensation & Benefits Details

• An employee’s pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to (1) relevant education; qualifications; certifications; and experience; (2) skills, ability, knowledge of the job; (3) performance, contribution and results; (4) geographic location; (5) shift; (6) internal and external equity; and (7) business and organizational needs.
• The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California, Colorado, New York or remote jobs that can be performed in California, Colorado and New York. This range may be modified in the future.
• You will be eligible to participate in Sandisk's Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan, which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance. Depending on your role and your performance, you may be eligible to participate in our annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents, pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan. Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program, and not all roles are eligible for equity under the LTI plan. RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires, subject to Sandisk's Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid vacation time; paid sick leave; medical/dental/vision insurance; life, accident and disability insurance; tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts; employee assistance program; other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity; tuition reimbursement; transit; the Applause Program, employee stock purchase plan, and the Sandisk's Savings 401(k) Plan.
• Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.