Senior Staff Engineer, CAE Infrastructure & R&D Software at Samsung Semiconductor
San Jose, CA
$189,000–$301,000
Aug 7, 2026
San Jose, CA
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role at Samsung Semiconductor is responsible for building, operating, and standardizing the EDA design environment and large-scale compute infrastructure that supports semiconductor design teams. Day-to-day work spans EDA tool deployment and support, license server management and contract negotiation, IBM LSF compute farm administration, remote desktop environment operations, and driving company-wide standards for R&D software. It suits a deeply experienced infrastructure engineer with a semiconductor or CAD/EDA background.
Senior level · 15+ years · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA · Bachelor's required · Full-time
Pay in the description: $189,000–$301,000
Advertised as Staff, but the requirements read as Senior.
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 75 people in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (network and computer systems administrators). range 15–130
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $136,293 (middle half $104,938–$171,398). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 8, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (4)
The posting is a hybrid of two distinct roles: the primary body describes a Senior Staff EDA Infrastructure / CAD Engineer, while a separate paragraph mid-posting pivots to recruiting Machine Learning Engineers for an AI Innovation team. The skills and requirements extracted here reflect the EDA infrastructure role, which is the dominant and fully-specified position.
The title 'Senior Staff Engineer' maps to the Staff advertised level; however, the actual scope — owning infrastructure for multiple design organizations rather than setting org-wide technical direction — is consistent with a Senior individual contributor, so the assessed seniority is Senior.
Jira and Confluence appear under a 'What You'll Do' responsibility ('own governance, upgrades, and migrations') rather than in the requirements section, so they are marked as preferred.
The degree requirement states 'BS/MS,' meaning a Bachelor's is the minimum hard gate; a Master's is not required.
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