Senior Staff Engineer, HPC & EDA Design Infrastructure

The role

This role builds and optimizes the EDA design environment and large-scale compute infrastructure for semiconductor design organizations. You will establish company-wide standards for EDA licensing and R&D software while driving engineering productivity and cost efficiency.

What you will do

• Define standard processes and guidelines for design flow onboarding, tool qualification, and version control
• Set up, deploy, operate, and provide technical support for EDA tool environments
• Lead vendor relationship management, contract negotiations, and renewals for EDA license contracts
• Determine license quantities through utilization monitoring and demand forecasting
• Optimize cost by identifying and reallocating idle licenses
• Own the architecture and operation of license servers
• Define the roadmap and prioritize requirements for the EDA design environment and infrastructure
• Design cluster architecture, define queue and resource policies, and tune job scheduling for LSF compute farms
• Build, operate, and establish the user support model for Exceed TurboX (ETX)
• Own governance, upgrades, and migrations for Jira and Confluence

Required qualifications

• BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
• 15+ years in CAD/CAE, EDA infrastructure, design infrastructure, or HPC for semiconductor design
• Experience building and operating EDA design environments and providing technical support to design organizations
• Experience with EDA license contract management, license server operations, and utilization-based capacity optimization
• Experience building and operating large-scale compute farms with IBM LSF (or SLURM, Grid Engine) and tuning job scheduling

Benefits

• Incentive opportunities based on individual and company performance
• Medical/Dental/Vision
• 401k
• Charitable giving match
• 4+ weeks of paid time off a year, plus holidays and sick leave
• Stipend for fertility care or adoption
• Caregiver support
• Medical travel support
• On-demand apps and free confidential therapy sessions
• Onsite Café and gym
• Virtual classes
• Flexible environment

Before you apply

• Each candidate is limited to 10 applications across all open jobs within a 6-month period
• AI tools should not be used to generate or assist with submitted content or live interview responses
• By submitting an application, you agree not to disclose any confidential or proprietary information belonging to a current or former employer

About the company

Samsung Semiconductor is a global leader whose technology solutions power smartphones, electric vehicles, hyperscale data centers, and IoT devices.