Senior Software Engineer, Simulator Development
samsung semiconductorSan Jose (CA)
Senior Software Engineer, Simulator Development
Posted 12 days ago
samsung semiconductorSan Jose (CA)
SENIORITY
Lead
About the role
Staff Engineer, Trace-Driven Simulator Development San Jose, California, United StatesThe 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. Daily onsite presence at our San Jose, CA office in alignment with our Flexible Work policy
Reports to: SVP, R&D (Power & Thermal Lab)
What You'll Do:
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.
What You Bring:
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.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with time-indexed and event-driven simulation.
Knowledge of numerical methods or reduced-order modeling.
Exposure to data-pipeline integration.
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