Senior Engineer, OPC (Optical Proximity Correction) Modeling Product Engineer - San Jose, California, United States
$138,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 4 September 2026 by the employer.
This role focuses on owning Samsung OPC modeling products.
About the role
This role involves owning Samsung OPC modeling products, taking responsibility for their specification, descriptions, and qualification. You will contribute to new product development by providing R&D with clear feature goals for product features.
What you'll do
- Own Samsung OPC modeling products, including product specification, descriptions, and qualification.
- Conduct new product development by defining clear feature goals for R&D.
- Interact with HQ Product Engineers to understand technical requirements and manage requests.
- Provide technical specifications and product descriptions for new development features to R&D.
- Conduct acceptance testing and provide best practices for new product features.
- Provide user guidance and manuals for new product features.
What you'll need
- BS, MS or Ph.D. in Electrical, Chemical, Optical, Computer Engineering, Physics, or Applied Math.
- 5+ years of working experience for OPC Modeling after BS/MS or 3+ years after Ph.D.
- Experience with Python.
- Prior experience with Unix and/or Linux.
- Debugging skills.
- Experience with Machine learning.
- Experience with Optical proximity correction, computational lithography, or lithography.
- Knowledge of Semiconductor process.
This role has been open 40 days — well below the 50-day median for Hardware Systems Engineering roles.
Hardware Systems Engineering · AI ML Hardware
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Open roles in category
964
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Median days open
50 d
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Median salary
$155k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Samsung Semiconductor | All employers we track in this specialty (964 roles · 103 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 2 | 964 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 13 | 6136 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 26 d | 50 d (−24 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $155k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Intel Corporation · 71 open roles · median 33 d
- KLA Corporation · 65 open roles · median 42 d
- Teradyne · 55 open roles · median 27 d
- NVIDIA · 52 open roles · median 67 d
- Applied Materials · 49 open roles · median 63 d
- AMD · 45 open roles · median 44 d
How we counted: 964 open Hardware Systems Engineering (AI ML Hardware) roles from 103 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 15 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.