SoC Performance Architect

Samsung Electronics

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Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
San Jose, CA
Salary
$124,000–$208,400 / yr
Posted
21 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Dec 31, 2026

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Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $215k
This role $166k
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This role pays less than 88% of similar roles. Most pay $180,837–$248,800 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $166k versus about $215k for comparable roles.

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About Samsung Electronics

Samsung Electronics is a South Korean multinational corporation and a global leader in technology, specializing in consumer electronics, semiconductors, and home appliances.

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TL;DR · SoC Performance Architect

As a SoC Performance Architect on the System IP & SoC Architecture team, you will drive the modeling and analysis of new SoC architectures and features for next-generation mobile products. You will build complex performance models for CPU, GPU, ISP, and NPU components to evaluate feature use cases like gaming and computational photography. Your daily work involves analyzing system-level architectural trade-offs across memory subsystems and software, using a data-driven approach to reach consensus on proposals. The role requires proficiency in C/C++, Python, and cycle-accurate simulators or analytical models. You will utilize knowledge of Arm architecture, interconnects, and memory controllers while potentially utilizing gem5. This position focuses on the technical challenge of designing scalable, power-optimized IP solutions for mobile platforms, ensuring high performance across complex semiconductor products and diverse market segments through advanced system modeling.

What you'll do

  • Develop complex performance models for CPU, GPU, ISP, and NPU components on mobile platforms.
  • Model and analyze the impact of system-level architectural trade-offs including memory subsystems and software.
  • Perform high-level modeling of hardware features, applications, benchmarks, and complex use cases.
  • Use a data-driven approach to build consensus around complex architectural proposals.
  • Identify and optimize critical performance metrics for gaming and camera applications.
  • Integrate internal and external IP models into a full system-level framework.
  • Analyze end-to-end performance on specific workloads using tools like gem5.

What we're looking for

  • Must have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering with 4+ years of experience.
  • Must have a Master's degree with 2+ years of experience or a Ph.D.
  • Proficiency in architectural modeling and performance analysis using analytical models or cycle-accurate simulators is required.
  • Excellent software development skills in C/C++, Python, and similar programming languages are required.
  • Experience with CPU, GPU, accelerators, or memory systems microarchitecture is required.
  • Must have an understanding of Arm architecture and memory subsystem design including caches, interconnects, and memory controllers.
  • Ability to integrate internal and external IP models on a full system-level framework.
  • Applicants must be authorized to access information subject to U.S. export control laws.

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