Samsung
Staff Engineer, SRAM Circuit Design
$163K–$253K
San Jose, California, United States · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering with 10+ years of industry experience, or master's degree in electrical engineering with 8+ years of experience; strongly preferred.
- Education
- Bachelor's or master's degree in electrical engineering.
About the job
Lead end-to-end design and development of high-performance, low-power SRAM circuits for advanced semiconductor products, optimizing performance, power, area, and yield.
What you'll do
- Design SRAM arrays and circuits, including bit cells, sense amplifiers, decoders, and control circuits; optimize designs and develop custom layouts and verification.
- Develop design methodologies and automation; simulate and validate circuits, support test planning and silicon bring-up, and contribute to technical publications or patents.
- Mentor junior engineers and collaborate with product, test, layout, verification, and technology teams.
What they ask for
- Prior SRAM or memory circuit design experience with a record of delivering designs in advanced process nodes.
- Strong understanding of semiconductor device physics and process technology, SRAM architecture, and timing, power, and manufacturability analysis.
- Proficiency with circuit simulation and design tools, and scripting languages for automation.
- Cross-functional collaboration and communication skills.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of SRAM compiler development and low-power SRAM techniques.
- Background in silicon debug and root-cause analysis.
Pay
$163,000 — $253,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
HSPICE, finesim, cadence Spectre, Spectre, Cadence Virtuoso, Python, Perl, TCL
AI focus
The role designs SRAM circuits used in AI platforms. Samsung also uses AI as a support tool in recruiting, not as a final decision-maker.
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