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Samsung Semiconductor · 1 week ago

Design Technology Co-Optimization (DTCO) Engineer, Design flow and Methodology

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$180K/yr - $270K/yr

13+ years exp

Samsung is a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, and they are seeking a highly experienced Design Technology Co-Optimization (DTCO) Engineer to join their Global Advanced Technology Enablement team. The role involves driving technology development for next-generation SoC products, building efficient design and analysis flows, and collaborating with IP development teams to meet product performance indicators.

Semiconductor

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

You will join our growing Global Advanced Technology Enablement team that is specialized in driving technology development across Samsung System LSI business

As a highly experienced DTCO engineer, you will help propel Samsung SARC/ACL’s innovation forward by building highly efficient design and analysis flows and methodologies for DTCO

You are an innovator

You are skilled at developing CAD flows for custom design with a mindset to continuously push the PPA (power/performance/area) envelope on aggressive designs with a high level of automation for DTCO needs

You have a curious mindset and thrive on navigating the unknown through innovation and continuous learning

You will explore a methodology to achieve low-power and high-performance goals for Samsung-specific SOC design styles

You have expertise in one or many technical areas, including concepts of logic/physical synthesis, automated place and route, power estimation, and standard cell design

You are a problem solver

You enjoy solving CAD and design methodology-related challenges and creating analysis methodologies and metrics most relevant to removing bottlenecks for improvement

You thrive in a production and result-oriented environment, working on high-impact, large-scale projects that have a global impact

You are skilled at working effectively with various stakeholders by using clear and precise communication skills for technical requirements and specifications, while proactively driving collaboration with cross-functional teams

You are detail oriented

You can provide and maintain thorough documentation, publish results, and fulfill other project management-related needs

You are a self-starter and driver

You enjoy seeking new problems and owning solutions to drive toward production

Qualification

Custom design toolsDesign methodology developmentCadence InnovusSynopsys Fusion CompilerPPA analysisCMOS fundamentalsScripting languagesData analysisProblem solvingCollaborationDetail orientedSelf-starter

Required

15+ years of experience with a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/Engineering, or 13+ years of experience with a Master's Degree, or 11+ years of experience with a Ph.D

10+ years of custom design tools and methodology development experience

10+ years of experience with industry standard automated design tools for synthesis, place and route, EM/IR analysis, static timing analysis and/or physical verification

10+ years of experience working with Cadence Innovus and/or Synopsys Fusion Compiler and reference flows

Experience with PPA analysis across standard cell library, memory compiler, interconnect stack options and block-level PPA evaluation

Strong knowledge of CMOS fundamentals, device physics, device-technology interactions, scaling trends, and design and implementation challenges at advanced technology nodes

Experience working with batch run oriented environments for design space exploration and high throughput

Strong skills with scripting/programming languages like Tcl, Perl, Python

Strong data analysis skills to analyze and deduce information from large data sets and apply the learnings to other scenarios

Preferred

Experience working with foundries is a plus

Experience in improving productivity, efficiency and/or quality of results through machine-learning (ML) practices

Benefits

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

401(k)

Free onsite lunch

Employee purchase program

Tuition assistance (after 6 months)

Paid time off

Student loan program

Wellness incentives

MBO bonus compensation

Long term incentive plan

Relocation

Company

Samsung Semiconductor

Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. (SSI) is a multi-billion dollar wide range of industry-leading semiconductor solutions.

Founded in 1974

San Jose, California, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.samsung.com/us/samsungsemiconductor

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