Staff Software Engineer, Simulator Development

Samsung Semiconductor

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Location
San Jose, CA
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$163,000–$253,000 / yr
Posted
74 days ago
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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.

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TL;DR · Staff Software Engineer, Simulator Development

Staff Software Engineer, Simulator Development joins the Power & Thermal Lab team to develop and extend a trace-driven power and thermal simulation engine. The role involves integrating IP-level power macromodels into system-level flows, managing time-indexed simulations across both domains, and generating transient power maps for spatiotemporal hotspot analysis. The engineer will interface with reduced-order thermal models and CFD-calibrated solvers while ensuring overall simulation performance, scalability, and reproducibility. Candidates must possess a strong C++ software engineering background and experience building or extending simulation frameworks. Required skills include expertise in discrete-event or time-stepped architectures, software design, debugging, and performance optimization. Preferred qualifications include knowledge of numerical methods, reduced-order modeling, and data-pipeline integration. This role focuses on solving complex power and thermal challenges within the semiconductor domain by creating coherent, scalable simulation flows for hardware systems.

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What you'll do

  • Implement and optimize trace-driven power and thermal simulation engines.
  • Integrate IP-level power macromodels into system-level simulations.
  • Manage time-indexed simulation flows across both power and thermal domains.
  • Generate transient power maps and perform spatiotemporal hotspot analysis.
  • Interface with reduced-order thermal models and CFD-calibrated solvers.
  • Ensure the performance, scalability, and reproducibility of all simulation results.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree with 10+ years of experience, Master's degree with 8+ years of experience, or PhD with 5+ years of experience.
  • Strong C++ software engineering background.
  • Experience building or extending simulation frameworks.
  • Familiarity with discrete-event or time-stepped simulation architectures.
  • Solid software design, debugging, and performance optimization skills.
  • Experience with time-indexed and event-driven simulation (preferred).
  • Knowledge of numerical methods or reduced-order modeling (preferred).
  • Exposure to data-pipeline integration (preferred).

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