Senior GPU Systems Engineer - Pre-Silicon Workloads

Samsung Semiconductor; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

401(k)

Onsite lunch

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Student loan program

Wellness incentives

Relocation

Job summary

Samsung is seeking a Staff GPU System Engineer to lead pre-silicon workload enablement, design and build verification infrastructure, and automation framework for our next-generation GPU and IP. This role directly impacts architectural validation, performance predictability, and pre-silicon SW verification across models, emulation, and silicon environments.

In this high-impact role, you will collaborate with GPU architecture, modeling, SW and validation teams to provide enriched workloads, debug

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or 4+ years with a Master's or 2+ years with a PhD.
• Strong understanding of GPU architecture, graphics pipelines, compute workloads and microarchitecture performance.
• Strong hands-on programming in C++ and Python within Linux environments.
• Experience developing Vulkan tests, profiling infrastructure, automation frameworks and workload characterization.

Responsibilities

• Lead pre-silicon workload enablement and infrastructure for GPU and IP verification.
• Develop workload capture/replay infrastructure and scalable testing framework.
• Analyze and debug issues across Android SW, Vulkan driver, Linux kernel, and architecture specs.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with GPU architecture, modeling, design, emulation, and software teams to define critical workloads.
• Mentor engineers and advance pre-silicon driver and compiler verification methodologies.

Skills

GPU architecture

C++

Python

Vulkan tests

Android driver

OpenGL/OpenCL

Debugging & profiling

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE

Master's degree in CS/CE

PhD

Tools

Linux development

Emulation tooling

RTL verification

Job description

Samsung is seeking a Staff GPU System Engineer to lead pre-silicon workload enablement, design and build verification infrastructure, and automation framework for our next-generation GPU and IP. This role directly impacts architectural validation, performance predictability, and pre-silicon SW verification across models, emulation, and silicon environments.

In this high-impact role, you will collaborate with GPU architecture, modeling, SW and validation teams to provide enriched workloads, debug