Intern, Power-Thermal Simulation Software Engineer
Samsung Semiconductor1 day ago
San Jose, CA, USAIntern
Responsibilities
- Build automation pipelines for simulation runs, regression testing, and result tracking.
- Implement and optimize trace-driven power-thermal simulation engines.
- Generate transient power maps, perform spatiotemporal hotspot analysis, and interface with reduced-order and CFD-calibrated thermal solvers.
- Develop high-fidelity RTL-, SystemC-, and C-based power macromodels for AI memory component IPs using analytical models, lookup tables, finite-state machines, neural networks, and hybrid approaches.
- Extract activity-, value-, and state-dependent power features from C, SystemC, and RTL simulations.
- Define power-relevant functional states using transaction- and state-based abstraction.
- Calibrate models using synthesis-assisted anchors and validate them against RTL, gate-level, and silicon data.
- Integrate IP-level power macromodels into system-level simulations and manage time-indexed flows across power and thermal domains.
- Support research and product teams across multiple projects, including end-to-end simulation, regression testing, and data-pipeline management.
Requirements
- Pursuing a master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- Must have at least one academic quarter or semester remaining.
- Experience with C++, Python or Bash scripting workflows, and SystemC and/or transaction-level modeling.
- Systems-level software-engineering skills.
- RTL design, synthesis, and analysis research or experience with Verilog, SystemVerilog, or SystemC is preferred.
- Experience with large-scale simulation or EDA/CFD-adjacent tooling environments is preferred.
- Familiarity with discrete-event or time-stepped simulation architecture is preferred.
- Experience with GPUs, computer architecture, AI memory, memory controllers, PHYs, or high-speed I/O is preferred.
- Ability to collaborate inclusively, learn independently, adapt to diverse working styles, and approach problems with curiosity and resilience.
Benefits
- Daily onsite work at Samsung’s San Jose headquarters under its Flexible Work policy.
- Relocation stipend for employees living 50 or more miles from the office.
- Monthly housing stipend for a new lease during the summer internship.
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits with an inclusive rewards plan.
- Charitable giving match and community involvement opportunities.
- On-demand emotional-wellness applications and paid therapy sessions.
- Onsite café, gym, and virtual fitness classes.
- Flexible work environment and additional employee wellbeing benefits.