Samsung Semiconductor
Senior Emulation Engineer
San Jose, California, United States · Senior
Sponsorship not specified$138k-$206kDetected 3 days ago
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About the role
- Please Note: To provide the best candidate experience amidst our high application volumes, each candidate is limited to 10 applications across all open jobs within a 6-month period.
- Advancing the World's Technology Together Our technology solutions power the tools you use every day--including smartphones, electric vehicles, hyperscale data centers, IoT devices, and so much more.
- We believe innovation and growth are driven by an inclusive culture and a diverse workforce.
Responsibilities
- Build, bring up, and maintain large-scale hardware emulation and FPGA prototyping platforms for memory-centric computing SoCs, enabling pre-silicon hardware and software validation.
- Partition and map complex multi-million-gate designs onto emulation systems and multi-FPGA prototypes, optimizing for capacity, run-time performance, and debug visibility.
- Develop transactors, speed bridges, and co-emulation (SCE-MI) environments that connect the design under test to host software and virtual or physical interfaces.
- Run AI/ML workloads and performance benchmarks pre-silicon to validate functionality and system-level performance.
- Develop and automate emulation and prototyping flows (compile, partitioning, and build) using scripting and agentic AI tools and frameworks to improve turnaround time and quality of results.
- Communicate effectively with stakeholders, including users, partners, and management, to ensure that designs are delivered on time and within budget.
- An avid learner, you approach challenges with curiosity and resilience, seeking data to help build understanding.
- You're collaborative, building relationships, humbly offering support and openly welcoming approaches.
Requirements
- Bachelor's with 5+ years, or Master's with 3+ years, or PhD's with 0+ years of industry experience.
- 5+ years of experience in both FPGA prototyping and large-scale hardware emulation of complex ASIC/SoC designs.
- Hands-on experience with large-scale emulation platforms such as Cadence Palladium, Synopsys ZeBu, or Siemens Veloce.
- Hands-on experience with FPGA prototyping platforms such as Synopsys HAPS or Cadence Protium, including multi-FPGA design partitioning and timing closure.
- Experience with transactors, co-emulation (SCE-MI), speed bridges, and standard interface protocols such as PCIe, DDR/HBM, AXI/CHI, or Ethernet.
- Proficiency in Verilog/SystemVerilog and in design bring-up, clocking, reset, and memory modeling for emulation and prototyping.
- Experience running AI/ML workloads or system-level software pre-silicon.
- Strong background in pre-silicon verification, validation, and SoC bring-up.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- You're inclusive, adapting your style to the situation and diverse global norms of our people.
Nice to have
- Proficiency in scripting (Tcl, Python, or Perl) for emulation and prototyping flow automation
- familiarity with agentic AI tools and frameworks is a plus.
Skills
- Advancing the World's Technology Together
- Join us in our passion to shape the future of computing!
- Daily onsite presence at our San Jose, CA office / U.S. headquarters in alignment with our Flexible Work policy.
Compensation
- $138,000 - $206,000 USD
Benefits
- This is in addition to our diverse package of benefits centered around the wellbeing of our employees and their loved ones.
- In addition to the usual Medical/Dental/Vision/401k, our inclusive rewards plan empowers our people to care for their whole selves.
- Enjoy Time Away You'll start with 4+ weeks of paid time off a year, plus holidays and sick leave, to rest and recharge.
- Care for Family Whatever family means to you, we want to support you along the way-including a stipend for fertility care or adoption, medical travel support, and virtual vet care for your fur babies.
- Prioritize Emotional Wellness With on-demand apps and free confidential therapy sessions, you'll have support no matter where you are.
- Embrace Flexibility Benefits are best when you have the space to use them.
- That's why we facilitate a flexible environment so you can find the right balance for you.
- Debug complex hardware and software issues using waveform capture, assertions, and coverage, driving root-cause analysis together with design, verification, and software teams.
- Our onsite Café and gym, plus virtual classes, make it easier.
Company info
- Our Commitment to Innovation and Fairness At Samsung Semiconductor, we use Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools in the recruitment process to enhance efficiency.
Equal opportunity
- Employment Policy
- Samsung Semiconductor takes pride in being an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to fostering an environment where all individuals feel valued and empowered to excel, regardless of race, religion, color, age, disability, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, ancestry, genetic information, marital status, national origin, political affiliation, or veteran status.
- When selecting team members, we prioritize talent and qualities such as humility, kindness, and dedication.
- We extend comprehensive accommodations throughout our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long-term conditions, neurodivergent individuals, or those requiring pregnancy-related support.
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