Senior Staff Engineer, Debug & Validation Engineer

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

Senior technical leader responsible for post-silicon validation of Samsung's GPU and interconnect IP, ensuring performance and reliability across mobile SoCs. Ideal for an experienced debug engineer who enjoys mentoring others and solving complex hardware-software integration challenges.

Our summary, not Samsung Semiconductor’s wording. The full posting is on their site.

Skills this role names

What they ask for

Required

15+ years of experience (or 13+ with Master's degree, or 11+ with Ph.D.)
Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering or comparable field
Coherent interconnect and GPU architectural knowledge
SoC and board-level bring-up experience
Debug across design, verification, and software teams
Power and performance analysis in Firmware and Android environments
GPU and microprocessor debug with test equipment
Android and Linux driver development experience
On-site 5 days per week

Nice to have

GPU post-silicon debug validation experience
Board-level SoC bring-up hands-on experience
Lauterbach debugger experience
Power and performance measurement techniques
Scanchain and array dump techniques
Emulator signal extraction from waveforms
IPXACT design document experience
GPU and microprocessor product and test engineering
Linux, Android Kernel, BIOS, Firmware programming