Patrick Kim
Pincipal Engineer at Samsung Semiconductor
San Jose, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPatrick Kim is a principal engineer specializing in advanced electronic packaging with 12+ years of focused industry experience and a Ph.D. in Materials Science from UCLA. He has led package development, qualification, and cross-functional customer engagements across flip chip, WLCSP, wafer bumping, 2.5D/3D and MEMS sensor packages at top-tier companies including Samsung, AMD, Micron and TDK InvenSense. His work spans hands-on failure analysis, metallurgy and Pb‑free solder research through to product management, technology marketing and roadmap strategy, resulting in numerous patents and publications. Known for closing complex reliability issues by pairing simulation-driven mechanical/thermal/SI analysis with manufacturing root-cause work, he consistently translates materials science insights into production-ready solutions. Based in San Jose, he brings rare depth in wafer-level processes and TSV/HMC integration that shortens qualification cycles and de‑risks new package launches.
12 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Metallurgical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Metallurgical Engineering at Inha University 인하대학교University of California, Los Angeles
Github Skills (32)
webbrowser10
javascript10
servo10
browser10
webengine10
firefox10
javascript-engine10
compiler10
mercurial10
rust10
garbage-collector9
rust-lang9
mozilla-firefox9
crate9
allocator9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Samsung/escargot
Nov 2016 - Jan 2023
Escargot is a lightweight JavaScript engine designed specifically for resource-constrained environments.
Contributions:1 release, 621 reviews, 639 commits in 6 years 3 months
javascript-engine
ksh8281/gcutil
Sep 2020 - Feb 2026
Garbage collector for Escargot
Contributions:14 pushes, 8 branches in 5 years 5 months
garbagecollectorgarbage-collector
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