Staff Engineer, Trace-Driven Simulator Development

Samsung Semiconductor • San Jose, CA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The engineer develops and extends the trace‑driven power/thermal simulation engine, integrating power macromodels, workload traces, and thermal solvers into a coherent, scalable simulation flow. Location: Daily onsite presence at our San Jose, CA office in alignment with our Flexible Work policy Reports to: SVP, R&D (Power & Thermal Lab)

Requirements

• Bachelors degree 10+ years of experience or Masters degree 8+ years of experience or PhD Degree 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.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with time‑indexed and event‑driven simulation.
• Knowledge of numerical methods or reduced‑order modeling.
• Exposure to data‑pipeline integration.

Responsibilities

• Implement and optimize trace‑driven power and thermal simulation engines.
• Integrate IP‑level power macromodels into system‑level simulation.
• Manage a time‑indexed simulation flow across power and thermal domains.
• Generate transient power maps and perform spatiotemporal hotspot analysis.
• Interface with reduced‑order thermal models and CFD‑calibrated solvers.
• Ensure simulation performance, scalability, and reproducibility.

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision/401k
• Charitable giving match
• 4+ weeks of paid time off a year, plus holidays and sick leave
• Stipend for fertility care or adoption
• Medical travel support
• Virtual vet care
• On-demand apps and free confidential therapy sessions
• Onsite Café and gym, plus virtual classes
• Flexible environment

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior