Staff Engineer, AI Platform Enablement and Emerging Applications

The role

This role leads SSD enablement and qualification activities for next-generation AI and compute platforms from partners like NVIDIA and AMD. The engineer will manage end-to-end platform engagement, identify emerging AI storage applications, and coordinate with internal and customer engineering teams.

What you will do

• Lead SSD enablement and qualification for next-generation AI/compute platforms
• Own SSD sample planning, allocation, and launch readiness for NPI programs
• Serve as the primary technical interface for platform qualification and integration
• Coordinate system-level testing and drive resolution of SSD and interface issues
• Align internal product, firmware, hardware, and validation teams
• Capture and communicate platform-specific requirements and design constraints
• Identify and evaluate emerging AI storage workloads and applications
• Explore new storage opportunities related to AI inference and data-intensive workloads
• Monitor AI platform evolution and competitor activities
• Provide visibility into platform status and risks to internal leadership

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field with 10+ years experience
• Master’s degree with 8+ years experience
• PhD with 5+ years experience
• 5+ years of experience in enterprise SSD, server platform, storage system, semiconductor, or data center infrastructure engineering
• Experience supporting server, accelerator, or data center platform qualification and NPI programs
• Technical understanding of enterprise SSDs, PCIe, NVMe, server architecture, firmware, performance, power, thermal behavior, and system-level interoperability
• Working knowledge of modern AI and hyperscale infrastructure
• Ability to investigate and coordinate resolution of complex system-level issues
• Experience working across engineering, product planning, validation, quality, operations, sales, FAE, and customer organizations
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills
• Ability to travel as needed

Benefits

• Incentive opportunities
• Medical/Dental/Vision
• 401k
• Charitable giving match
• 4+ weeks of paid time off per year
• 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

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 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.