Senior GPU Core Performance Verification Engineer

Samsung Electronics Perú; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 139,000 - 208,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

401(k)

Onsite lunch

Employee purchase program

Tuition assistance (after 6 months)

Paid time off

Student loan program

Wellness incentives

Job summary

Samsung Electronics America, Inc. is seeking a Senior Engineer to lead pre-silicon GPU performance verification and workload analysis.

You will develop test environments, profiling tools, and scalable verification flows across simulation, emulation, and silicon, partnering with architecture, RTL, and software teams to ensure architectural alignment and performance targets. You will mentor engineers, advance verification methodologies, and contribute to a culture of ownership and continuous

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in GPU performance verification, architectural validation, workload analysis, or performance modeling for GPU/CPU/SoC designs.
• Strong understanding of GPU architecture, graphics pipelines, compute workloads, and microarchitecture performance behavior.
• Hands-on programming experience in C++ and Python within Linux development environments.
• Experience developing performance tests, profiling infrastructure, automation frameworks, and workload characterization methodologies.
• Familiarity with graphics APIs such as OpenGL, Vulkan, OpenCL, or related GPU software stacks.

Responsibilities

• Lead pre-silicon performance verification and correlation for next-generation GPU and system-level IP.
• Develop scalable test infrastructure, workloads, and profiling tools for performance characterization.
• Analyze performance across architectural models, RTL, emulation, and silicon; identify bottlenecks and guide optimizations.
• Collaborate with GPU architecture, modeling, RTL, verification, and software teams to align workloads with architectural intent.

Skills

GPU performance verification

architectural validation

C++

Python

Linux

OpenGL/Vulkan/OpenCL

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

SystemC

RTL verification

Job description

Samsung Electronics America, Inc. is seeking a Senior Engineer to lead pre-silicon GPU performance verification and workload analysis.

You will develop test environments, profiling tools, and scalable verification flows across simulation, emulation, and silicon, partnering with architecture, RTL, and software teams to ensure architectural alignment and performance targets. You will mentor engineers, advance verification methodologies, and contribute to a culture of ownership and continuous