Senior Staff Engineer – Physical Implementation CAD Lead

About this role

Samsung Electronics is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer – Physical Implementation CAD Lead to join their Silicon & Chip Design team. This role involves cutting-edge work in AI acceleration and semiconductor technologies. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in their area of specialization and a passion for pushing the boundaries of hardware and software co-design.

What you’ll do

• Define micro-architecture and implement RTL for high-performance blocks
• Partner with verification, DFT and physical design to close timing, power and area
• Drive designs from specification through tape-out and post-silicon bring-up

Required silicon / compute stack

• SystemVerilog
• RTL
• UVM
• Synthesis / STA
• DFT
• Physical Design

Requirements

• BS/MS in Electrical or Computer Engineering (or equivalent experience)
• Strong SystemVerilog/Verilog and industry-standard EDA tool experience
• Solid understanding of digital design, timing closure and low-power techniques

Typical for this role category. See the employer’s official posting for the exact requirements.

About Samsung Electronics

Samsung Electronics is one of the world’s largest semiconductor companies, spanning memory (including HBM for AI accelerators), foundry services and System LSI chip design.