Samsung
Intern, Power-Thermal Simulation Software Engineer
San Jose, California, United States · Internship · Posted Oct 27, 2026
- Education
- Pursuing a Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, or a related major; at least 1 academic quarter/semester remaining.
About the job
Develop and improve a simulation tool that models power consumption and heat in AI memory systems, supporting research and product teams.
What you'll do
- Build automation pipelines for simulation runs, regression testing, and result tracking; manage simulation data flows.
- Implement and optimize trace-driven power-thermal simulation engines, including hotspot analysis and thermal-solver interfaces.
- Develop, calibrate, validate, and integrate power macromodels for AI memory components into system-level simulations.
What they ask for
- Pursuing a Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, or a related major.
- Must have at least 1 academic quarter/semester remaining.
- C++, scripting workflows in Python or Bash, and SystemC and/or transaction-level modeling.
- Systems-level software-engineering skills.
Nice to have
- RTL design, synthesis and analysis research and/or experience (Verilog/SystemVerilog/SystemC).
- Experience with large-scale simulation or EDA/CFD-adjacent tooling environments; discrete event or time-stepped simulation; or GPU, computer architecture, AI memory, memory controllers, PHYs, or high-speed I/O.
Pay
$28 — $68 USD hourly base pay rate
Tools
C++, Python, Bash, SystemC, Verilog, SystemVerilog, RTL, CFD
AI focus
Develop power and thermal simulation tools and macromodels for AI memory systems; analyze power and heat to support memory architecture and packaging design.
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