Senior Physical Design Feasibility Engineer

Position Summary

Samsung, a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, is founded on a simple philosophy – the endless pursuit of excellence will create a better world for all. At Samsung Austin Research and Development Center (SARC) and Advanced Computing Lab (ACL), we are building a center of excellence for Intellectual Property (IP) that is applied to high-performance computing devices (mobile, automotive, and other custom market segments) consumed by millions of people around the world.

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As a Senior Staff Physical Design Feasibility Engineer, you will play a crucial role in driving the overall performance, power, and area (PPA) of complex ASIC and interposer designs, focusing on ensuring their feasibility and success from initial floor planning through to tape-out and sign-off. This senior-level position involves providing technical leadership, collaborating across teams, and optimizing and validating GPU design modifications to meet critical timing, power, area, and reliability targets, all of which present exciting technical challenges.

• You are highly skilled at testing various features and design modifications.
• You enjoy ensuring frequency, power, and area requirements meet or exceed expectations.
• You are a self‑motivated problem solver who excels at conducting physical design builds to validate design changes.
• You are a lifelong learner driven by boundless opportunities, with a keen understanding of the SoC/ASIC design flow using the latest industry‑standard placement and routing tools.
• You are an expert in block‑level floor planning and PPA optimization.

• 10+ years of experience with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Computer Engineering/relevant technical field, or 8+ years of experience with a Master’s degree, or 6+ years of experience with a PhD.
• Excellent scripting/programming skills in TCL, Perl, Shell, and/or Python.
• Skilled knowledge of logical equivalence checking, timing constraints, and Verilog.
• 10+ years of experience in digital or physical design, with a strong background in advanced node physical design methodologies.
• Proficiency with industry‑standard physical design tools, including Cadence Innovus, Synopsys IC Compiler, Mentor Graphics Calibre, Ansys Power Artist, Siemens EDA Xpedition for synthesis, P&R, STA, and physical verification.
• Strong understanding of static timing analysis (STA), signal integrity (SI), and power integrity (PI).
• Outstanding communication skills and the ability to think and communicate effectively at different levels of abstraction.

We’re strengthening our team of talented individuals with diverse skill sets to build a technology roadmap and deliver market‑leading GPU. Our Xclipse GPU is the first mobile GPU with ray tracing technology that enables console‑level graphics for Samsung Galaxy smartphones. With architecture scalability at the frontier of our design focus, our performance‑ and power‑optimized IP solution gets integrated into complex semiconductor products, aiming to reach multiple market segments.

Our Physical Design group is part of the larger Design Implementation team at SARC/ACL. The fast‑paced environment here provides opportunities to learn different areas of design implementation and diversify our technical expertise. We take pride in our highly collaborative team culture and feel supported by our leadership to explore new ideas and bring them to reality every day. We believe in connecting your area of expertise with the right level and functional discipline that can empower you to grow.

Base pay for this role ranges from $180,200 to $270,400, based on education, skills, experience, and location. Additionally, Samsung employees receive benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k), onsite lunch, employee purchase program, tuition assistance (after six months), paid time off, student loan program, wellness incentives, and more. Full‑time employees are eligible for MBO bonus compensation and may participate in long‑term incentive plans and relocation benefits.

This is an exempt position and is not eligible for overtime…