Senior Staff Engineer, HPC & EDA Design Infrastructure

Samsung Semiconductor

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Work type
On-site
Location
San Jose, CA
Salary
$189,000–$301,000 / yr
Posted
81 days ago
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About Samsung Semiconductor

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 36 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Staff Engineer, HPC & EDA Design Infrastructure

The Senior Staff Engineer, HPC & EDA Design Infrastructure will join the team to build and optimize the EDA design environment and large-scale compute infrastructure supporting semiconductor design organizations. The role involves designing and standardizing shared design environments, defining processes for tool qualification and version control, and managing EDA license contracts and capacity optimization. Key responsibilities include building and operating large-scale compute farms, managing the user login environment, and overseeing enterprise R&D software portfolios. The successful candidate will utilize technical skills in IBM LSF, SLURM, or Grid Engine for job scheduling, alongside experience with Exceed TurboX, ETX, Jira, and Confluence. This position solves the technical challenge of driving engineering productivity and cost efficiency by establishing company-wide standards for complex semiconductor design infrastructure.

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What you'll do

  • Define standard processes for design flow onboarding, tool qualification, and version control.
  • Deploy and provide technical support for EDA tool environments used by design organizations.
  • Lead vendor relationship management, contract negotiations, and renewals for EDA licenses.
  • Monitor license utilization and demand forecasting to optimize costs and reallocate idle licenses.
  • Design cluster architecture and tune job scheduling for the LSF compute farm.
  • Build and operate the user login environment and establish its support model.
  • Own the governance, upgrades, and migrations for engineering collaboration and DevOps platforms.
  • Drive the consolidation and standardization of the enterprise R&D software portfolio.

What we're looking for

  • BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
  • 15+ years of experience in CAD/CAE, EDA infrastructure, design infrastructure, or HPC for semiconductor design.
  • Experience building and operating EDA design environments and providing technical support to design organizations.
  • Experience with EDA license contract management, license server operations, and utilization-based capacity optimization.
  • Experience building and operating large-scale compute farms with IBM LSF (or SLURM, Grid Engine) and tuning job scheduling.

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