Senior Engineer, GPU Graphic Core Performance Verification

Samsung Electronics

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Work type
On-site
Location
San Jose, CA
Salary
$124,000–$208,400 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
18 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Jun 30, 2027

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TL;DR · Senior Engineer, GPU Graphic Core Performance Verification

JOB TITLE: Senior Engineer, GPU Graphic Core Performance Verification As a Senior Engineer, GPU Graphic Core Performance Verification, you will join the GPU Architect team to lead pre-silicon performance verification and correlation for next-generation GPU and system-level IP. You will develop scalable test infrastructure, workloads, and profiling tools to characterize performance across simulation, emulation, and silicon environments. Your daily work involves analyzing performance behavior, identifying bottlenecks, and driving data-driven optimization strategies for graphics and compute workloads. You will utilize C++, Python, and Linux development environments while working with APIs like OpenGL, Vulkan, and OpenCL. The role focuses on architectural validation and performance predictability for mobile and automotive segments, ensuring that GPU designs meet targeted expectations across complex graphics pipelines and emerging AI/ML compute trends within a high-performance computing context.

What you'll do

  • Lead pre-silicon performance verification and correlation for next-generation GPU and system-level IP.
  • Architect and drive performance verification strategies, methodologies, and execution flows for graphics core validation.
  • Develop and maintain performance verification infrastructure, including test environments, workloads, and profiling tools.
  • Analyze and correlate performance behavior across architectural models, RTL, emulation, and silicon environments.
  • Identify performance bottlenecks and drive data-driven optimization strategies for graphics and compute workloads.
  • Debug performance issues and guide performance tuning from early architectural exploration through silicon bring-up.
  • Define performance targets and align workload behavior with architectural intent in collaboration with cross-functional teams.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a relevant technical field, or a Master's degree.
  • 2+ years of experience in the field.
  • Strong experience in GPU performance verification, architectural validation, workload analysis, or performance modeling for GPU, CPU, or complex SoC designs.
  • Strong understanding of GPU architecture, graphics pipelines, compute workloads, and microarchitecture performance behavior.
  • Strong hands-on programming experience in C++ and Python within Linux development environments.
  • Experience developing performance tests, profiling infrastructure, automation frameworks, and workload characterization methodologies.
  • Experience analyzing and correlating performance behavior across architectural models, RTL simulation, emulation, and/or silicon environments.
  • Familiarity with graphics and compute APIs such as OpenGL, Vulkan, OpenCL, or related GPU software stacks.
  • Experience with SystemC, performance simulators, or cycle-approximate GPU modeling environments (preferred).
  • Experience with RTL verification, emulation, or post-silicon performance analysis (preferred).
  • Familiarity with AI/ML, graphics rendering, or heterogeneous compute workloads (preferred).
  • Experience with Sparta or other hardware/system modeling frameworks (preferred).
  • Authorization to access information subject to U.S. export control laws.

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