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Samsung Semiconductor

Sr. Staff Physical Design PPA Engineer

Samsung Semiconductor

Austin, TX · full time · Senior

$180,200 – $270,400

Listed on Samsung Semiconductor’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.

What this role is

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.

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What they ask for

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

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