Foundry Silicon Tech Enablement Lead

Samsung Semiconductor Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 189,000 - 301,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Fertility/adoption support

Medical travel support

Wellness resources

Job summary

Samsung Semiconductor Inc. seeks a Senior Staff Engineer (Senior Manager) to spearhead customer engagements, define critical silicon platform requirements, and drive gaps to resolution.

You will coordinate with IP, Packaging, Design Enablement, ASIC, and account management teams to deliver customized silicon solutions across nodes. You will benchmark against competitors, set PPA targets, and influence roadmaps while supporting new business opportunities with cross‑functional teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering or related Physical Science with 15+ years of experience; or Master’s with 13+ years; or PhD with 10+ years of industry experience.
• Knowledge of CMOS fundamentals, device physics, advanced process technology, circuit design concepts, device‑technology interactions, scaling trends and forthcoming challenges.
• Experience in logic technology development and working with foundries is a plus.
• Broad understanding of systems and application requirements (e.g., product architecture, IPs, packaging, design services, ASIC).
• Experience with PPA analysis across libraries, memory compilers, block‑level PPA and benchmarking.
• Automotive segments requirements including reliability and functional safety; RF technologies a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead technical engagements to define silicon technology requirements with customers and ASIC partners.
• Map customer requirements to foundry offerings and drive internal teams to address gaps.
• Align with internal silicon development on trends and set competitive targets and differentiated roadmaps.
• Enable platform solutions with technology, ecosystem, enablement, design services and BD teams.
• Publish regular analysis and benchmarking reports at conferences.
• Support business growth with cross‑functional collaboration across engineering, sales and BD.
• Complete other responsibilities as assigned.

Skills

CMOS fundamentals

Device physics

Advanced process technology

Circuit design concepts

PPA analysis

Automotive reliability

Collaboration

Learning mindset

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering or related Physical Science

Master's with 13+ years

PhD with 10+ years

Tools

None

Job description

Samsung Semiconductor Inc. seeks a Senior Staff Engineer (Senior Manager) to spearhead customer engagements, define critical silicon platform requirements, and drive gaps to resolution.

You will coordinate with IP, Packaging, Design Enablement, ASIC, and account management teams to deliver customized silicon solutions across nodes. You will benchmark against competitors, set PPA targets, and influence roadmaps while supporting new business opportunities with cross‑functional teams.