Samsung Semiconductor Salary

💰 $172K–$245K salary range

Median: $208K  ·  Based on 63 public Samsung Semiconductor job postings  ·  Updated October 8, 2026

This Samsung Semiconductor salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect base salary only (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Highest-paying open roles at Samsung Semiconductor

• Principal Engineer, Architecture & Performance Research for Data Center and Agentic AI CPU — $219K–$351K · Architecture Research Lab (ARL)
• Principal Engineer, SOC Integration — $219K–$351K · DRAM Design Lab (DDL)
• Principal Engineer, SOC Design — $219K–$351K · DRAM Design Lab (DDL)
• Principal Engineer, Serdes Analog Design — $219K–$351K · Advanced Circuit and Systems (ACAS)
• Principal Engineer, ASIC Design Verification — $219K–$351K · DRAM Design Lab (DDL)
• Technical Director, Large-Scale AI Model Inferencing — $219K–$351K · Memory Solutions Lab (MSL)
• Director, Design Verification — $219K–$351K · DRAM Design Lab (DDL)
• Director, Foundry Customer Engineering — $219K–$351K · Foundry
• Principal Engineer, Storage Product Standards — $219K–$351K · Memory Marketing/PP
• Director, Memory Sales - SMB — $210K–$336K · Memory Sales & Operations

Samsung Semiconductor salary by department

• dram design lab (ddl): $285K median · $351K top base — Principal Engineer, SOC Integration (view JD) (5 roles)
• foundry: $228K median · $351K top base — Director, Foundry Customer Engineering (view JD) (7 roles)
• memory marketing/pp: $208K median · $351K top base — Principal Engineer, Storage Product Standards (view JD) (10 roles)
• technology enabling & development (ted): $208K median · $301K top base — Senior Staff Engineer - AI Workloads & Storage (view JD) (5 roles)
• agi computing lab: $172K median · $301K top base — Senior Staff Performance Engineer (view JD) (9 roles)

Samsung Semiconductor engineering & product salary by seniority

• Senior: $172K median · $206K top base — Senior Engineer, DRAM Applications (view JD) (15)
• Staff: $208K median · $351K top base — Principal Engineer, Architecture & Performance Research for Data Center and Agentic AI CPU (view JD) (25)

Remote work at Samsung Semiconductor

0% of Samsung Semiconductor's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Samsung Semiconductor looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (18) · PyTorch (5) · Team Leadership (3) · AWS (3) · GCP (3) · Azure (3) · R (1) · KPIs (1) · Node.js (1) · Go (1).

Benefits & perks at Samsung Semiconductor

Commonly listed: dental (63) · 401k (63) · pto (63) · gym (3).

About Samsung Semiconductor

Samsung Semiconductor is 10,001+ employees · founded 1974 · HQ San Jose, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Samsung Semiconductor

Roles typically ask for around 10 years of experience (up to 20+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 36 that do, Bachelor's and PhD and Master's are most common.

Posted pay vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are the midpoint of each posting's advertised salary range (which, for commission roles, includes on-target earnings). Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 17% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Samsung Semiconductor hiring activity

Samsung Semiconductor has 63 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 63 public job postings with disclosed pay. 20 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (50 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Samsung Semiconductor pay?
The median pay is $208K, with a typical range of $172K–$245K, based on 63 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Samsung Semiconductor?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Principal Engineer, Architecture & Performance Research for Data Center and Agentic AI CPU, at $219K–$351K base.

Which team pays the most at Samsung Semiconductor?
The dram design lab (ddl) team, at a $285K median.

Where does this data come from?
Public job postings on company career pages and public job boards — no private placement or client data.

Methodology

Posted-range midpoints (USD) aggregated from 63 public Samsung Semiconductor job postings (2025–2026). Range = 25th–75th percentile; median = 50th percentile. Roles, departments, skills, and experience are parsed from the postings. Base salary only — equity excluded. Last refreshed October 8, 2026.

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