Staff Engineer, Architecture & Performance Research Engineer for Data Center and Agentic AI CPU
Samsung Semiconductor
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This role pays less than 71% of similar roles. Most pay $163,500–$235,750 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $172k versus about $200k for comparable roles.
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Samsung Semiconductor is the global semiconductor business unit of Samsung Electronics, designing and manufacturing memory chips, logic semiconductors, and foundry solutions for a broad range of applications.
Samsung Semiconductor currently has 37 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $163,000–$253,000 across 37 roles with salary data.
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The Senior Engineer, Architecture & Performance Research Engineer for Data Center and Agentic AI CPU joins the Architecture Research Lab to develop next-generation RISC-V microarchitecture. This role involves researching emerging computing workloads, evaluating performance potential, and transforming concepts into designs for silicon validation. You will drive microarchitectural research and performance modeling, analyzing workloads to identify bottlenecks across the front-end, mid-end, and back-end. Key responsibilities include running architectural simulations, developing automation scripts, and utilizing AI-driven design methodologies to accelerate exploration. Required skills include proficiency in C/C++ and Python, experience with the gem5 simulator, and a deep understanding of out-of-order execution, branch prediction, and cache systems. The work focuses on solving performance and efficiency requirements for data center and agentic AI workloads while exploring CPU-memory co-design.
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