Senior Staff Engineer, Debug & Validation Engineer

Senior Staff Debug And Validation Engineer

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 Debug and Validation Engineer, you will join the Silicon Validation team at the forefront of validating Samsung's cutting-edge mobile GPU coherent interconnects, and memory controllers.

Your work will span silicon bring-up and diagnostic development to ensure our IPs achieve the highest standards of power, performance, and quality. You will own and drive post-silicon validation across GPU, complex coherent interconnects and memory controllers, with a strong focus on automating and simplifying validation techniques.

Responsibilities include:

• Driving silicon debug, Design-for-Debug (DfD) architecture, and diagnostic development across GPU, coherent interconnect, memory controller, and CPU subsystems.
• Leading board-level hardware/software bring-up of ARM-based SoCs including GPU, interconnect/fabric, and memory controllers, and conducting post-silicon power and performance analysis in Android-based and Firmware environments.
• Developing and automating SoC-level tests and IP-level validation plans to improve coverage, speed, and efficiency.
• Debugging complex SoC and IP-level issues by analyzing functional and parametric behavior, applying advanced power and performance analysis techniques, and developing scripts to improve validation efficiency.
• Building trust and alignment with cross-functional teams (design, verification, software) by modeling a collaborative culture, promoting data-driven communications, and fostering diverse perspectives to deliver productive resolutions.
• Leading by example to build a culture of innovation, growth, and accountability. Inspiring high performance by guiding team members through changes, building key stakeholder relationships while balancing priorities and representing shared goals, and providing technical mentorship to junior engineers.
• Staying current with emerging technologies and continuously sharpening your skills to drive innovation in debug and validation methodologies.

Skills and qualifications include:

• 15+ years of experience with a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering or comparable field, or 13+ years of experience with a Master's Degree, or 11+ year of experience with a Ph.D.
• Experience with Coherent Interconnect and GPU architectural knowledge and development
• Experience with SoC and board-level bring up
• Experience with driving debug effort across design, verification and software organization
• Experience with power and performance data collection and analysis in Firmware and Android-based test environments
• Experience with GPU and microprocessor debug using Logic Analyzer, Scopes, and other test equipment
• Familiarity with coherent interconnect, memory controllers, GPU, and microprocessor product and test engineering
• Experience with Android and Linux based driver development
• Experience with C/C++/Object Oriented programming, Python, Shell Scripting
• Availability to work on-site 5 days a week

Preferred experience includes:

• Familiarity with GPU post-silicon debug validation experience
• Hands-on experience with SOC bring up at board level
• Hands-on experience using debugger such as Lauterbach to debug software/SoC
• Familiarity with performance and power measurement techniques
• Familiarity with scanchain, array dump, HW debug techniques
• Familiarity with emulator signal extraction from waveform techniques
• Familiarity with IPXACT design documents and parser software development
• Familiarity with GPU and Microprocessor Product and Test engineering
• Programming skills:
  Linux, Android Kernel, BIOS, Firmware
• Experience with Verilog, GPU Driver

Our Team

The Silicon & Emulation (Si & Emulation) organization at SARC/ACL is instrumental in delivering high-performing GPU and SoC solutions for Samsung's premium mobile products. Our team spans the full silicon development lifecycle, combining expertise in validation, emulation, and debug to ensure our IP designs meet the highest commercial readiness standards for quality, power, and performance. The Silicon Validation team specifically focuses on post-silicon analysis in both Android and Firmware OS environments.

With a big charter ahead, we take on challenging work and solve unique problems in a highly collaborative and supportive environment. You will work alongside a diverse, global team of talented engineers to drive cross-functional impact, contribute to multiple stages of the technology development cycle, and see your work come to life in real-world products. Here, bold ideas are encouraged, learning is…