Engineer

Samsung; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 208,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Long term incentive plan

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Samsung is seeking a highly skilled semiconductor engineer to join the IP center at SARC/ACL, focusing on high-performance computing devices. You will research, design, and test components, and collaborate across hardware and software teams to advance GPU pipelines for mobile graphics and ML workloads.

The role emphasizes microarchitecture definition, simulator development, and evaluating performance through rigorous analysis, with opportunities to contribute to long-term incentive plans and

Qualifications

• Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a closely related field.
• Completion of a graduate level course, research project, or internship involving high-performance processors, pipelining, parallelism, and memory hierarchies.
• Machine learning approaches (Python programming).
• Logic synthesis and design methodology: Front and back-end design flows.

Responsibilities

• Perform semiconductor engineering research, design, development, and/or testing for firm products and/or devices for use in the electronic communication industry.
• Design and document major units in a GPU pipeline targeted at mobile graphics and machine learning.
• Drive and develop the functional and cycle simulators for GPU pipeline.
• Collect statistics to evaluate potential benefit of optimizations, prototype to test functional correctness and specify the scheme in detail for next level of implementation in hardware and/or software.
• Collaborate with implementation, modeling, and software teams to define and develop microarchitecture, software implementation, and/or a verification plan.
• Investigate alternate approaches for important GPU workloads, incremental optimizations, and rebalancing to maximize performance in future key workloads.
• Work with software developers to understand important trends in future graphics and AI applications, problems faced by application and middleware developers.
• Identify and implement applications to exercise novel algorithms in drivers/hardware.

Skills

Pipelining

Parallelism techniques

Memory hierarchies

Machine learning approaches

Logic synthesis

Education

Master's degree in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering

Job description

Position Summary

Samsung, a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, is founded on a simple philosophy - the endless pursuit of excellence will create a better world for all. At Samsung Austin Research and Development Center (SARC) and Advanced Computing Lab (ACL), we are building a center of excellence for Intellectual Property (IP) that is applied to high-performance computing devices (mobile, automotive, and other custom market segments) consumed by millions of people around the world. Come build with us!

Role and Responsibilities

• Perform semiconductor engineering research, design, development, and/or testing for firm products and/or devices for use in the electronic communication industry.
• Design and document major units in a GPU pipeline targeted at mobile graphics and machine learning.
• Drive and develop the functional and cycle simulators for GPU pipeline.
• Collect statistics to evaluate potential benefit of optimizations, prototype to test functional correctness and specify the scheme in detail for next level of implementation in hardware and/or software.
• Collaborate with implementation, modeling, and software teams to define and develop microarchitecture, software implementation, and/or a verification plan.
• Investigate alternate approaches for important GPU workloads, incremental optimizations, and rebalancing to maximize performance in future key workloads.
• Work with software developers to understand important trends in future graphics and AI applications, problems faced by application and middleware developers.
• Identify and implement applications to exercise novel algorithms in drivers/hardware.

Skills and Qualifications

• - Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a closely related field .
• Special Skills : Completion of a graduate level course, research project, or internship involving the following:

• 1. High performance processors: Pipelining, Parallelism techniques, memory hierarchies.
• 2. Techniques for Quantitative analysis and evaluation of computing systems and compare alternate design choices.
• 3. Machine learning Approaches (Python Programming).
• 4. Logic synthesis and design methodology: Front and back-end design flows.

Employer will accept skills gained in pursuit of university-level degree via coursework, projects, or internships.

Skills may be gained concurrently.

Total Rewards

At Samsung - SARC/ACL, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $160,197.00 - $208,440.00. Your actual base pay will depend on variables that may include your education skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. This is an exempt position, which is not eligible for overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

Samsung employees have access to benefits including: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k), free onsite lunch, employee purchase program, tuition assistance (after 6 months), paid time off, student loan program, wellness incentives, and many more. In addition, regular full-time employees (salaried or hourly) are eligible for MBO bonus compensation, based on company, division, and individual performance.

Additionally, this role might be eligible to participate in long term incentive plan and relocation.

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