Design Engineering Architect — Memory Modeling Portfolio

orms. This is not a background support role. You are a go-to expert who can fluently read a room, debug an emulation DUT, and translate between the two.

The Team
The MMP R&D team develops and sustains a world-class memory model IP library spanning UFS/Unipro/MPHY/RMMI, SDRAM families (DDRx, LPDDRx, HBMx), NAND Flash, DFI PHY, and hybrid memory technologies. We are a globally distributed, deeply collaborative group - technically rigorous and genuinely invested in each other's growth. The culture is one of mutual support, cross-training, and shared ownership of quality. Engineers here become true experts: in protocols, in verification methodology, and in the art of building trust with colleagues and customers. This candidate joins that team as a senior technical anchor in Korea, with visibility across the full global operation.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary Korea-based customer interface for protocol integration, system-level debugging, and solutions consulting across the UFS/Unipro/MPHY/RMMI stack. Be present and effective on customer sites when the situation calls for it

• Help customers debug, characterize, and articulate the root problem they are trying to solve - even when they don't yet have the language for it - and translate those findings into clear, actionable problem definitions for the R&D team

• Triage and analyze incoming field issues. Scope, disposition, and schedule repair of model defects in close coordination with R&D. Track issues through to resolution with accountability to both the customer and the team

• Analyze customer requirements and map them to MMP product capabilities or feature gaps. Present proposed solutions with clarity to both technical and managerial audiences

• Mentor and guide less experienced design engineers in protocol understanding, RTL code, and verification methodology. Serve as a reliable senior resource for peers as well as engineers at earlier career stages navigating the emulation and protocol terrain

• Actively participate in the team's development lifecycle - reviews, cross-verification, cross-training, quality processes - as a trusted technical contributor, not merely an observer

• Review RTL implementation approaches developed by team members; provide technically grounded feedback that raises quality without stalling momentum

• Partner with internal account and field teams globally to ensure customer success on complex memory model deployments. Build and sustain long-term, trust-based relationships with key customer contacts

• Bring consistent energy, stability, and a genuinely collaborative spirit to a team that depends on those qualities as much as on raw technical skill

Job Qualifications:

Required:

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent with 10+ years of relevant industry experience, or PhD with 8+ years

• Deep, demonstrable expertise in the full UFS/Unipro/MPHY/RMMI protocol stack - knowledge broad enough to debug across layers and precise enough to pinpoint root cause efficiently; this is a hard requirement, not a nice-to-have

• Fluent in SystemVerilog/Verilog RTL design and verification. Able to write, review, and rigorously debug RTL constructs as used in hardware emulation environments

• Advanced English written and verbal fluency - essential for a globally integrated team whose communication runs through English at every level

• Proven debugging skill and the discipline to stay methodical, patient, and precise under customer pressure

• Emotionally intelligent; a natural collaborator who brings steadiness, genuine curiosity, and a real interest in the people across the table - customers and teammates alike

Strongly Preferred:

• Hands-on experience with Cadence Palladium and/or Protium emulation platforms
• Familiarity with scripting environments (Perl, TCL, C-shell)
• Breadth of protocol exposure beyond UFS - SDRAM families, NAND Flash, or other complex communication protocols - enough to consult credibly across our wider MMP team
• Experience navigating diverse customer behavioral styles across cultures and building trusted, long-term technical relationships

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