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Principal Engineer, SoC NPU Architect
Samsung Research America INC · 🇺🇸 665 Clyde Avenue, Mountain View, CA, USA
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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 55 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 18 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 Research America INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles14 certified filings for “Staff Engineer, Software” (Software Developers) in CA: $169k–$217k, median $192k. Most were filed at wage level III (60%) — 3 lottery entries, ≈46% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
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The US Department of Labor certified 55 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 18 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Lab Summary: The Samsung SoC Architecture Lab explores innovative SoC architecture, key IP blocks (CPU, GPU, NPU), bus / memory subsystem and multimedia subsystems for future Samsung Galaxy products (Smartphones, IoT and future devices) echoing Samsung’s AI for All strategy. We are defining the high-performance SoC architecture development for various Galaxy device lineups. This lab collaborates with Samsung MX headquarter team, key R&D teams around the globe and Samsung's strategic SoC partners to innovate and reinvent technology that will positively impact hundred-millions of people around the world via the Galaxy flagship products. Position Summary: We are looking for a NPU Architect for next generation SOCs. This is a highly visible hands-on role leading individual and team contributions to NPU sub-system architecture, interface, performance and power tradeoffs. Responsible for anywhere from early-stage architectural exploration, research work focusing on machine learning, defining new features, performance modeling, Hardware-Software co optimization. Position Responsibilities: • Propose innovative NPU Architectural and micro-architectural features to boost PPA (Performance, Power and Area) on various targeted workloads in next generation SOCs • Perform high-level performance modeling/simulation and analysis of NPU features, applications, benchmarks, and complex uses case • Develop cycle accurate and analytical NPU performance model and correlate with Silicon • Deliver architecture/microarchitecture proposals and specifications to the design team and articulate them effectively across audiences ranging from hardware & software engineers to architecture community peers, and to technology leadership • Analyzing benchmarks, application workloads, and performance simulation results for architecture and microarchitecture optimizations • Map AI use cases to NPU. • Optimize and co-design of SW and HW to develop new architectures for low power and high performance • Collaborate across teams to bring architecture proposals to fruition across the SOC, Driver, OS and System through detailed documentation Required Skills: • Bachelor’s, Masters or PhD degree in Electrical, Computer Science, related Science or equivalent combination of education, training and experience • 16+ years of experience in NPU architecture & development • Hands on experience in developing cycle accurate performance and functional models • Good knowledge and hands on experience in in CNN and LLM models • Proficient programming skills in Python, System C and/or C++ • Experience in ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, ONNX) • Experience in micro architecture of SoC, interface subsystems, logic modules • Self-motivated problem-solver with an ability to work well in a team Special Attributes: • Experience in performance/power modeling using Platform Architect • Experience in mapping AI use cases to IPs • Experience with hardware memory managements units, prefetching or memory subsystems • Experience with multi-core systems and memory coherency • Experience in ML model optimization on GPU Architecture • Highly motivated with good verbal and written communication skills Our total rewards programs are designed to motivate and engage exceptional talent. The base pay range for roles at this level is listed below, but may be higher or lower in other states due to geographic differentials in the labor market. Within the base pay range, individual rates depend on a number of factors—including the role’s function and location as well as the individual’s knowledge, skills, experience, education and training. This is part of our comprehensive compensation package with annual bonus eligibility and generous benefits to help you live life well. Base Pay Ra