Staff Software Engineer — Power & Thermal Simulator

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

Benefits offered by this job

Charitable giving match

Paid time off (4+ weeks)

Fertility/adoption support

Medical travel support

Virtual vet care

Onsite café and gym

Job summary

Samsung Semiconductor seeks an engineer to develop and optimize a trace-driven power and thermal simulation engine, integrating macromodels into full-system simulations. You will oversee a time-indexed workflow across power and thermal domains, generating transient maps and hotspots while interfacing with CFD-calibrated solvers.

The role requires a strong C++ background, experience with simulation frameworks, and solid software design, debugging, and performance optimization skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 10+ years of experience, or Master's with 8+ years, or PhD with 5+ years in a relevant field.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

C++

Simulation frameworks

Discrete-event/time-stepped sims

Software design/debugging/perf

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Job description

Samsung Semiconductor seeks an engineer to develop and optimize a trace-driven power and thermal simulation engine, integrating macromodels into full-system simulations. You will oversee a time-indexed workflow across power and thermal domains, generating transient maps and hotspots while interfacing with CFD-calibrated solvers.

The role requires a strong C++ background, experience with simulation frameworks, and solid software design, debugging, and performance optimization skills.