# Sr. Staff Physical Design PPA Engineer

Hiring organization: [Samsung Semiconductor](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/samsung-semiconductor)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/bd201dbb-0701-4022-bc4d-5bf6b1176cdd

Listed on Samsung Semiconductor's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Senior
- Location: Austin, TX
- Salary: 180200 – 270400 USD per year

## Summary

Samsung seeks a senior physical design engineer to lead power, performance, and area optimization initiatives across their GPU and custom semiconductor IP. This role suits experienced design implementation professionals who excel at problem-solving, understand chip design flows deeply, and can drive methodology improvements across synthesis, place-and-route, and signoff.

_Our summary, not Samsung Semiconductor's wording._

## Skills named

Clock Tree Synthesis, Perl, Python, Static Timing Analysis, Tcl

## Required

- 10+ years experience with Bachelor's in Computer Science/Computer Engineering or equivalent, OR 8+ years with Master's degree, OR 6+ years with PhD
- Understanding of SOC/ASIC design flow with tapeout experience
- Experience with synthesis, block, and full chip implementation using industry P&R and STA tools
- Block-level floor planning and power grid implementation
- Area and congestion optimization
- TCL, Perl, Shell, and/or Python scripting
- Electrical Engineering fundamentals knowledge
- Attention to detail and communication skills

## Nice to have

- 7nm FinFET or smaller process node experience
- Hands-on clock tree synthesis experience
- Sign-off experience with reliability, signal integrity, noise, timing, power, physical and DFM closure

Apply on Samsung Semiconductor's site: https://sec.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Samsung_Careers/job/3900-N-Capital-of-Texas-Hwy-Austin-TX-USA/Sr-Staff-Physical-Design-PPA-Engineer_R112889