Staff Engineer: Trace-Driven Power & Thermal Simulator

Samsung Semiconductor Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 163,000 - 253,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO + holidays

Fertility/adoption stipend

Medical travel support

Onsite cafe & gym

Flexible work environment

Job summary

Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. in San Jose, CA, is seeking an experienced engineer to develop and extend a tracedriven power/thermal simulation engine.

You will integrate power macromodels, workload traces, and thermal solvers into a coherent, scalable simulation flow. The role requires a strong C++ software engineering background and experience in simulation frameworks, with onsite daily presence in our San Jose office under our Flexible Work policy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with extensive experience in software engineering or higher degrees with relevant experience.
• Strong C++ software engineering background required.
• Experience building or extending simulation frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Implement and optimize tracedriven power and thermal simulation engines.
• Integrate IP-level power macromodels into system-level simulation.
• Manage a timeindexed simulation flow across power and thermal domains.
• Generate transient power maps and perform spatiotemporal hotspot analysis.
• Interface with reducedorder thermal models and CFD calibrated solvers.
• Ensure simulation performance, scalability, and reproducibility.

Skills

C++

Simulation frameworks

Simulation architectures

Performance optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in related field

Job description

Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. in San Jose, CA, is seeking an experienced engineer to develop and extend a tracedriven power/thermal simulation engine.

You will integrate power macromodels, workload traces, and thermal solvers into a coherent, scalable simulation flow. The role requires a strong C++ software engineering background and experience in simulation frameworks, with onsite daily presence in our San Jose office under our Flexible Work policy.