Sr. GPU Performance Engineer

Position Summary

Samsung, a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, is founded on a simple philosophy – the endless pursuit of excellence will create a better world for all. At Samsung Austin Research and Development Center (SARC) and Advanced Computing Lab (ACL), we are building a center of excellence for Intellectual Property (IP) that is applied to high-performance computing devices (mobile, automotive, and other custom market segments) consumed by millions of people around the world. Come build with us!

Role and Responsibilities

As a Senior Staff GPU Software Performance Engineer, you will apply your broad expertise and unique knowledge in software design to develop GPU IP from the early Architectural planning process until we productize and ship millions of devices to consumers.

You will be responsible for optimizing and fine-tuning the performance of our GPU-based systems and applications. You will work closely with our engineering and development teams to analyze, identify, and resolve performance bottlenecks, ensuring that our products deliver the highest level of performance and efficiency.

 

• You are passionate about proactively collaborating with hardware and software teams to optimize GPU performance across a range of applications and platforms.

• You enjoy conducting performance analysis and profiling to identify bottlenecks and areas for optimization. You are good at identifying and distilling complex problems or situations by seeking the root causes, engaging others to brainstorm, and coming up with the best solution based on comprehensive data sources and sound judgment.
• You are skilled at developing and implementing performance improvement strategies, including algorithm optimization, code refactoring, and system tuning. You bring fresh ideas to challenge past practices, approaches, and old ways of thinking to unlock new opportunities.

• You will lead efforts in designing and executing performance testing plans to validate improvements and ensure adherence to performance targets. You pride yourself on continuously focusing on excellence in your work deliverables, service to others, or quality in product or customer/user experience, whether the customers are internal or external.

• Through effective communication, you always seek opportunities to create synergy with cross-functional teams to integrate performance optimizations into the technology development life cycle.
• You are a lifelong learner who seeks to stay up-to-date with the latest GPU architectures, technologies, and performance optimization techniques. You ensure that your competencies and knowledge continuously being sharpened through both learning and experimenting with new ideas while contributing to ongoing deliverables.

Skills and Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Computer Engineering/relevant technical field, or 8+ years of experience with a Master’s degree, or 6+ years of experience with a PhD
• 10+ years of experience with programing skills (C, C++, Python)
• 10+ years of object-oriented and component-based design experience
• Experience with delivering at least one GPU graphics/compute API or Game Engine subsystems for graphics (e.g., Vulkan, OpenGL, OpenCL, Metal, Direct X, ANGLE)
• Advanced experience implementing 3D graphics features such as lighting, effects, shaders and other low-level systems
• Strong understanding of GPU hardware
• Experience with firmware development
• Knowledge of ray tracing, rasterization, and linear algebra
• Experience with low level performance profiling and optimization
• Effective problem solving and communications skills
• Game engine experience (e.g., Unreal/Unity) is nice to have

Our Team

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