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
35 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $245k
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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 49 open roles on FindRole.

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

As a Senior Staff Engineer, HPC & EDA Design Infrastructure, you will join the team to build and optimize the EDA design environment and large-scale compute infrastructure supporting semiconductor design organizations. You will be responsible for establishing company-wide standards for EDA licensing and R&D software while designing shared environments to drive engineering productivity and cost efficiency. Your daily work involves managing license contracts, performing demand forecasting, and overseeing the architecture of license servers. Additionally, you will build and optimize LSF compute farms, manage user login environments like Exceed TurboX, and oversee DevOps platforms including Jira and Confluence. The role requires expertise in CAD/CAE, EDA infrastructure, and high-performance computing for semiconductor design. You will solve complex problems regarding tool qualification, version control, and large-scale job scheduling to streamline the technical workflows of multiple design teams.

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What you'll do

  • Define and implement standard processes for design flow onboarding, tool qualification, and version control.
  • Deploy and provide technical support for EDA tool environments used by design organizations.
  • Manage vendor relationships, contract negotiations, and renewals for EDA licenses.
  • Monitor license utilization to optimize costs and manage the architecture of license servers.
  • Develop and prioritize the roadmap for EDA design environments and infrastructure.
  • Design and optimize LSF compute farm architectures, including queue policies and job scheduling.
  • Build and operate user login environments such as Exceed TurboX or ETX.
  • Manage the governance, upgrades, and migrations of engineering collaboration platforms like Jira and Confluence.

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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