Staff GPU Post-Silicon Debug & Validation Engineer

Samsung Semiconductor; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 151,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

401(k)

Onsite lunch

Employee purchase program

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Student loan program

Wellness incentives

Job summary

Samsung Austin Research and Development Center (SARC)/ACL seeks a Staff GPU Post-Silicon Debug and Validation Engineer to drive bring-up, debug, and validation of next-generation GPU IP across silicon and emulation platforms in Austin. You will collaborate with architecture, design, verification, and software teams to accelerate root-cause analysis and robust validation strategies.

The role entails hardware-software bring-up, test generation, and development of debugging tools to improve

Qualifications

• Minimum 6+ years of experience with a relevant degree or 4+ years with a Master or 2+ years with a Ph.D.

Responsibilities

• Debug and validation of GPU IP across silicon and emulation platforms.
• Collaborate with architecture, design, verification, and software teams for root-cause analysis.
• Develop tools/scripts to automate debugging and testing workflows, including AI/ML-assisted methods.
• Support SOC bring-up, board-level hardware/software bring-up, and IPC/system test generation.
• Contribute to IP-level functional validation test plans and SOC emulation activities.

Skills

C/C++

Python

Shell scripting

GPU APIs OpenGL OpenGL ES Vulkan

AI/ML debug tools

Logic Analyzers Scopes

Verilog/UVM

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering / Computer Engineering or related

MS in Electrical Engineering / Computer Engineering

Ph.D. (preferred for seniority)

Tools

Lauterbach

Emulation/Test benches

Open-source debugging tools

Job description

Samsung Austin Research and Development Center (SARC)/ACL seeks a Staff GPU Post-Silicon Debug and Validation Engineer to drive bring-up, debug, and validation of next-generation GPU IP across silicon and emulation platforms in Austin. You will collaborate with architecture, design, verification, and software teams to accelerate root-cause analysis and robust validation strategies.

The role entails hardware-software bring-up, test generation, and development of debugging tools to improve