Patrick Kim
Pincipal Engineer at Samsung Semiconductor
San Jose, California, United States
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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
23 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Metallurgical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Metallurgical Engineering at Inha UniversityUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Github Skills (38)
webbrowser10
rust-lang10
javascript10
servo10
browser10
duktape10
gecko10
webengine10
standard-library10
firefox10
javascript-engine10
tablet10
compiler10
git-mirror10
mercurial10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
ksh8281/walrus
Oct 2022 - Sep 2023
WebAssembly Lightweight RUntime
Contributions:188 pushes, 9 branches in 11 months
wasmerruntimewebassemblyassemblyscriptwasmtime
ksh8281/escargot
Mar 2019 - Apr 2025
Memory optimized JavaScript Engine for Lightweight Web Engine
Contributions:1987 pushes, 109 branches in 6 years 1 month
javascript-enginememoryjavascriptoptimizedduktape
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