Principal Engineer, AI System Architect (Hardware)
Samsung Semiconductor · San Jose, CA · Architecture Research Lab (ARL)
About this role
Samsung Semiconductor is hiring a principal-level Principal Engineer in the software engineering function based in San Jose, CA. The posting calls out experience with Python, PyTorch, LLMs, Performance Optimization. Compensation is listed at $219,000–$351,000 per year.
- Role
- Principal Engineer
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- principal
- Track
- Tech leadership
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- San Jose, CA
- Department
- Architecture Research Lab (ARL)
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Job Title: Principal Engineer, AI System Architect (Hardware)
The Architecture Research Lab (ARL) focuses on addressing fundamental system-level bottlenecks in modern AI, particularly in memory capacity/bandwidth and system-scale communication. By leveraging Samsung’s world-class memory technologies, ARL explores and defines next-generation AI system architectures that deliver step-function improvements in performance, efficiency, and scalability.
We are seeking a Principal AI System Architect who will play a Technical Lead role in bridging AI workloads, system architecture, and hardware design. In this role, you will develop system-level performance models, drive architecture-level design decisions, and propose forward-looking AI system architectures that shape Samsung’s long-term AI platform strategy.