Senior Emulation Engineer
Samsung Semiconductor · San Jose, California, United States
Posted about 2 months ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 64 days Samsung Semiconductor's roles stay open a median of 80 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Samsung Semiconductor's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Samsung Semiconductor
- high 66 stale, 1 reposted of 69 open
- Hiring momentum
- 93 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-23
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About this role
As a Senior Emulation Engineer in the AGI Computing Lab, you will build and maintain large-scale hardware emulation and FPGA prototyping platforms for memory-centric computing SoCs. Your role involves optimizing complex designs for performance and debug visibility, developing interfaces for testing, and running AI/ML workloads to validate system performance. Collaboration with hardware and software teams is essential to address challenges and improve emulation processes.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
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What you need
- Bachelor’s with 5+ years, or Master’s with 3+ years, or PhD's with 0+ years of industry experience
- Strong background in pre-silicon verification, validation, and SoC bring-up
- 5+ years of experience in both FPGA prototyping and large-scale hardware emulation of complex ASIC/SoC designs
- Hands-on experience with large-scale emulation platforms such as Cadence Palladium, Synopsys ZeBu, or Siemens Veloce
- Hands-on experience with FPGA prototyping platforms such as Synopsys HAPS or Cadence Protium
- Experience with transactors, co-emulation (SCE-MI), speed bridges, and standard interface protocols such as PCIe, DDR/HBM, AXI/CHI, or Ethernet
Nice to have
- Familiarity with agentic AI tools and frameworks
What you get
- 4+ weeks of paid time off a year
- Medical/Dental/Vision/401k
- Charitable giving match
- Stipend for fertility care or adoption
- Medical travel support
- Virtual vet care
Worth weighing
- Daily onsite presence required in San Jose, CA
- No specific mention of career growth opportunities
- Base pay range provided but may vary by location and experience
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