Staff GPU System Engineer – Pre-Silicon Workloads

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

Job summary

Samsung Electronics America, Inc. is seeking a Staff GPU System Engineer to lead pre-silicon workload enablement and build verification infrastructure for next-generation GPU and system IP.

You will collaborate with architecture, modeling, SW and validation teams to ensure performance targets are met across architectural models, emulation, and silicon environments, while driving scalable testing frameworks and automation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a relevant field with several years of GPU experience.
• Strong knowledge of graphics pipelines, compute workloads, and microarchitecture behavior.
• Experience with Android, Vulkan, Linux kernel, and driver/debug tooling.

Responsibilities

• Lead pre-silicon workload enablement for GPU and system IP.
• Develop verification infrastructure, automation, and workload content.
• Collaborate with architecture, modeling, SW, and validation teams.

Skills

GPU architecture

C++

Python

Android

Vulkan

Linux kernel

OpenGL/Vulkan/OpenCL

Education

Bachelor’s in CS/CE or related

Master’s degree

PhD

Tools

Vulkan tooling

Job description

Samsung Electronics America, Inc. is seeking a Staff GPU System Engineer to lead pre-silicon workload enablement and build verification infrastructure for next-generation GPU and system IP.

You will collaborate with architecture, modeling, SW and validation teams to ensure performance targets are met across architectural models, emulation, and silicon environments, while driving scalable testing frameworks and automation.