Custom silicon design partner connecting fabless companies to Samsung foundry
SEMIFIVE bridges fabless design teams and Samsung's manufacturing capacity, focusing on design-for-testability (DFT) and physical implementation for complex SoCs. The hiring profile—concentrated in senior and lead engineering roles across DFT, timing closure, and verification—reflects a company scaling specialized chip-design expertise rather than broad headcount, while active projects on automation and multi-corner signoff suggest internal tooling maturity to handle the cost and complexity pain points their customers face.
SEMIFIVE is a semiconductor design services firm headquartered in Bundang, South Korea. The company acts as a design-solution partner, helping fabless customers navigate custom silicon development and route their designs through Samsung's foundry. The engineering organization focuses on design-for-testability architecture, physical implementation strategy, timing closure automation, and verification of high-performance SoCs. The technical stack centers on industry-standard hardware-description languages (SystemVerilog, UVM), scripting (Python, Perl, Bash), and SoC interfaces (PCIe, LPDDR, GDPR, AXI). Current hiring is concentrated in India and targets senior-level individual contributors and technical leads.
SEMIFIVE's core tools include SystemVerilog and UVM for verification, Python and Perl for scripting and automation, JTAG for debugging, and interface standards like PCIe, LPDDR, GDDR, and AXI for SoC design.
SEMIFIVE focuses on DFT architecture, RTL integration, timing closure automation, multi-corner signoff, and verification of complex high-performance SoCs—addressing cost and design-complexity challenges in custom silicon development.
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