Staff VLSI Design Engineer, VLSI Design Engineering

Sandisk

$120K — $145K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • MS or BS in Electrical Engineering or equivalent with 3+ years of relevant experience
  • Strong knowledge in NAND flash memory design
  • Solid design & device background with experience evaluating new process technologies
  • Proven track record of achieving results in dynamic environments
  • Self-motivated with strong teamwork capabilities
  • Excellent troubleshooting and complex problem analysis skills
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Responsibilities

  • Design and evaluate chip architecture and circuit structures for advanced NAND flash
  • Conduct simulations using HSPICE, PRIMESIM, and VERILOG
  • Evaluate circuit designs through silicon testing upon arrival
  • Work on power integrity, signal integrity, and chip floorplanning
  • Modify existing designs to improve feasibility and performance

Benefits

  • Participation in Short-Term Incentive Plan based on performance
  • Access to Long-Term Incentive program including RSUs or cash equivalents
  • Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Paid vacation and sick leave, along with flexible spending accounts
  • Tuition reimbursement and transit assistance
  • Employee assistance programs and voluntary benefits like pet insurance
  • 401(k) savings plan and employee stock purchase plan
Full Job Description
Job Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Design, develop, modify and evaluate Chip architecture and Core/Analog/Data Path circuit structures for feasibility study of high performance NAND flash, including new, most advanced 3-dimentional NAND memories.
  • Evaluation of these circuits will be done through HSPICE, PRIMESIM and VERILOG simulations and through silicon evaluation when the silicon arrives.
  • Work extensively on Power integrity, signal integrity and chip floorplanning.


Qualifications

REQUIRED:
  • MS or BS degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent with 3+ years of relevant experience
  • Knowledge and/or experience in non-volatile memory design (NAND flash memory cell operation in particular) is a big advantage
  • A strong design & device background and experience with evaluating new process technologies for use in design is preferred.
  • 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.

PREFERRED:
  • PhD and 2+ years of experience is desired.


Additional Information

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.

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.

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