Jobs at Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.

Supports import/export compliance and daily logistics operations, including customs documentation, HTS code maintenance, audits, shipment tracking, broker issue resolution, vendor invoice review, carrier reconciliation, incident management, and RMA handling. Analyzes supply-chain risks, supports corrective actions, and educates stakeholders on trade compliance requirements. The role is fully onsite in San Jose, California, and requires familiarity with logistics management, transportation, import/export compliance, classification processes, and advanced Excel functions.

Leads storage industry standardization across NVMe, NVMe-oF, OCP, and SNIA; influences committees, drafts specifications, develops patents, and aligns hyperscaler requirements with Samsung SSD controller and firmware roadmaps. The role collaborates with cloud providers and internal R&D, monitors competitive standards activity, supports compliance testing, and produces customer-facing technical education materials.

Lead Samsung’s enterprise and datacenter storage technology roadmap by influencing NVMe, OCP, and SNIA standards. Draft technical specifications, represent Samsung in industry committees, secure patents, translate hyperscaler requirements into SSD controller and firmware features, and align internal R&D with compliance and product goals. Collaborate with major cloud providers on next-generation storage architectures, monitor competitors, and develop technical marketing and customer education materials.

Leads foundry sales growth by generating new accounts, managing customer relationships through onboarding, developing semiconductor solutions, coordinating technical pitches and RFI/RFQ responses, negotiating contracts, and overseeing sales operations. The role requires deep logic foundry and semiconductor industry expertise, complex deal-closing experience, executive relationship management, and cross-functional leadership across global teams.

Drive SSD business growth in AI infrastructure, NeoCloud, and software-defined storage markets. Build technical relationships with customers, analyze storage architectures, translate workloads into SSD requirements, and lead technical discussions, proofs of concept, evaluations, qualification, and design-ins. Collaborate with R&D, product marketing, sales, and application engineering to shape product roadmaps, develop business cases, monitor market trends, and identify strategic opportunities.

Own Samsung’s OPC modeling products by defining product specifications, descriptions, qualification criteria, and feature goals. Partner with R&D and headquarters product engineers on new development, technical requirements, support, acceptance testing, best practices, user guidance, and manuals. The role requires semiconductor and lithography expertise, programming and debugging skills, and daily onsite work in San Jose.

Develop and optimize trace-driven power and thermal simulation engines, integrate IP-level power macromodels into system-level flows, manage time-indexed simulations across power and thermal domains, generate transient power maps and spatiotemporal hotspot analysis, interface with reduced-order thermal models and CFD-calibrated solvers, and ensure simulation performance, scalability, and reproducibility.

Manage customer design-in, qualification, technical enablement, and relationship development for Samsung DRAM products, including DDR, LPDDR, and HBM. Support SI/PI and timing analysis, self-qualification, PCN management, technical reviews, roadmap alignment, and customer debugging. Coordinate with Samsung headquarters and internal business teams to resolve technical and operational issues, influence supplier selection, and drive customer programs to closure. The role requires extensive semiconductor and DRAM experience, customer-facing technical expertise, Korean and English fluency, and occasional domestic and international travel.

Manage customer quality for advanced DRAM products supporting Tier 1 customers. Coordinate failure analysis, 8D responses, change notifications, performance reporting, issue tracking, and technical communications across customers and global engineering teams. Align quality requirements, manage response expectations, escalate issues, and drive sustainable solutions. The role requires semiconductor memory expertise, strong technical communication, customer-facing experience, and daily onsite work in San Jose with 20–30% travel.

Develops, acquires, and grows semiconductor foundry accounts from initial contact through onboarding. Leads account management, customer solutions, marketing pitches, RFQs, design awards, contract negotiations, and sales operations. Partners with Marketing, Finance, Legal, and global headquarters teams while translating semiconductor process capabilities into customer solutions. Requires extensive semiconductor industry experience, a strong executive network, and a proven record closing complex business development and sales deals.

Leads SoC architecture, microarchitecture, top-level integration, RTL implementation, and quality checks through ASIC tape-out. Reviews and integrates commercial IP including ARM, DDR, and UCIe components; collaborates with architects, verification, and physical design teams on synthesis, timing constraints, DFT, and static timing analysis. Supports ATE vector generation, testing, and silicon bring-up while balancing performance, power, and area.

Design and optimize ML compilers for high-performance deep learning applications across varied hardware platforms. Build staged lowering infrastructure, improve data locality and energy efficiency, integrate compiler features with hardware architectures, and collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams. Troubleshoot compiler issues, support customers, document solutions, and research emerging ML compiler and hardware technologies.

Develop black-box functional test coverage and methodologies for NVMe SSDs, debug and triage firmware failures, reproduce issues with firmware teams, design experiments, analyze customer field issues, and improve test coverage. The role requires strong scripting and Linux skills, storage technology expertise, and collaboration across firmware and engineering teams.

Lead product marketing for Samsung DRAM memory products by analyzing markets, customer demand, competitive positioning, market share, pricing, and TAM/SAM. Develop data-supported strategies, influence allocation and production decisions, equip sales teams, create customer presentations, represent Samsung at meetings and industry events, and evangelize DRAM products. The role requires cross-functional collaboration with technical and headquarters teams, including teams in Korea, plus approximately 5% domestic travel.

Develop machine learning and generative AI methods to optimize chip layout for performance, power, and area. Automate physical design, verification, and exploratory PDK generation; build benchmarking, modeling, and QA systems; and evaluate advanced device architectures and process technologies for sub-2nm nodes. Collaborate with global R&D organizations and research consortia, transfer technology to Samsung’s Korea-based development teams, and guide cross-functional technical initiatives.

Conduct independent and collaborative quantum computing research, develop novel quantum algorithms, perform theoretical and computational analyses, validate results, publish findings, prepare research reports, and contribute to strategic programs and academic collaborations. The role also involves supporting team development and fostering collaborative research partnerships.

Leads next-generation DRAM and HBM architecture development, including floorplanning, performance analysis, test planning, DFT methodology, power reduction, power delivery optimization, and full-chip simulation verification. Analyzes silicon electrical data, validates core designs, defines device requirements, and collaborates with customers and cross-functional engineering teams to optimize products for mass production.

Leads semiconductor demand planning for DRAM products by analyzing market, customer, sales, supply, inventory, and forecast trends. Influences allocation and production build plans, balances quarterly demand with supply, develops pricing and competitive strategies, monitors forecast variances, and provides recommendations to marketing, sales, and headquarters. The role requires cross-functional collaboration with global teams and regular reporting on forecast, allocation, inventory, capacity, and supply changes.

Lead corporate tax accounting and compliance, including ASC 740 provisions, federal and state filings, APA and transfer pricing compliance, Pillar II and CbCR reporting, tax audits, financial modeling, and internal controls. Prepare tax disclosures, workpapers, reconciliations, audit responses, and executive materials while partnering with global tax, accounting, economists, and external advisors. Drive process improvements, automate workpapers, and maintain the tax compliance calendar.

Supports sales representatives, headquarters, and customers by managing orders, verifying pricing, expediting shipments, resolving credit issues, processing returns and samples, entering demand forecasts, invoicing through SAP, and preparing management reports. The role also handles customer inquiries, accounts receivable monitoring, and month-end standby support. Daily onsite presence in San Jose, California is required.