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Senior Manager, Foundry Silicon Technology Enablement
Samsung Semiconductor INC · 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States
Sponsorship verdict
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One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 123 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 52 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Samsung Semiconductor INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles2 certified filings for “Senior Manager, Foundry Sales & Business Development” (Sales Engineers) in CA: $169k–$199k, median $184k. Most were filed at wage level III (50%) — 3 lottery entries, ≈46% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
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Sponsor Radar — Samsung Semiconductor INC
The US Department of Labor certified 123 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 52 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Please Note: To provide the best candidate experience amidst our high application volumes, each candidate is limited to 10 applications across all open jobs within a 6-month period. Advancing the World’s Technology Together Our technology solutions power the tools you use every day--including smartphones, electric vehicles, hyperscale data centers, IoT devices, and so much more. Here, you’ll have an opportunity to be part of a global leader whose innovative designs are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible and powering the future. We believe innovation and growth are driven by an inclusive culture and a diverse workforce. We’re dedicated to empowering people to be their true selves. Together, we’re building a better tomorrow for our employees, customers, partners, and communities. What You’ll Do In this role as Senior Staff Engineer (Senior Manager), Foundry Silicon Technical Enablement, you will spearhead technical engagements with customers and ASIC partners to define critical product and platform technology requirements, identify and quantify technology gaps, and drive solutions to address these gaps. Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, including IP, Packaging, Customer Engineering, Design Enablement, ASIC design, and account management, you will foster early technical engagement to enable customized silicon solutions across various technology nodes, ensuring successful delivery of customer-focused outcomes. You will also drive benchmarking activities to understand the Competitive landscape, set/refine PPA scaling targets, drive necessary recommendations and influence roadmaps to ensure Samsung Foundry continues to stay in leadership position. Additionally, you will support Business Development activities for new customers in conjunction with account management teams with the goal of securing new business and also exploring differentiated Technology solutions through strategic collaboration. Location: Daily onsite presence in San Jose HQ location in alignment with our Flexible Work policy with an average of 10% travel per month Reports to: VP, Technical Marketing Req: 42975 Develop and build deep trust-based relationships with customers’ teams to understand their Si technology needs, application requirements and jointly define the best technology/platform solutions to enable customer’s products • Work with customer teams to map their requirements to existing foundry offerings, identify potential gaps, and champion their cause by driving internal development teams to address technology needs and deliver technology solutions • Work with the internal Silicon development teams to align on upcoming technology/ scaling trends and set competitive technology targets and differentiated roadmaps • Enable platform solutions (Process, IP, advanced packaging, ASIC etc) with Technology, Ecosystem, Enablement, Design Services and Business development teams. This includes any new potential partnerships with both Internal and External teams • Attend conferences with the goal of publishing regular analysis and benchmarking reports. • Support the Technology engagement and Business growth activities by working with cross-functional teams across Engineering, Sales and Business Development teams to secure customer engagements. • Complete other responsibilities as assigned. What You Bring • Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering or related Physical Science with 15+ years of experience or Master’s in Electrical Engineering or related Physical Science with 13+ Years of Industry Experience or PhD in Electrical Engineer or related Physical Science with 10+ years of Industry Experience. • Knowledge of CMOS fundamentals, Device Physics, Advanced Process technology, circuit design concepts, device-technology interaction