Does Silicon Motion pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Silicon Motion employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Silicon Motion. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Silicon Motion?

64% of Silicon Motion employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Silicon Motion 3.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Silicon Motion?

Firmware Engineer (12) , Software Engineer (6) , Manager (4) , Senior Firmware Engineer (4) , Engineer (3) , Fw Engineer (3) , Project Manager (3) , Senior Engineer (3) , Staff Engineer (3) , Supervisor Engineer (3) , Intern (2) , Principal Engineer (2) , Staff Firmware Engineer (2) , Staff Software Engineer (2)

What are the pros of working at Silicon Motion according to real employee reviews?

"Pay is good, job is flexible" ((in 3 reviews)); "Could learn a lot about memory controller related issues and colleagues are friendly." ((in 3 reviews)); "Nice people here" ((in 3 reviews))

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Silicon Motion reviews

3.5

64% would recommend to a friend

(78 total reviews)

Wallace C. Kou

94% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.7

Culture & values

3.5

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Senior management

3.2

Career opportunities

3.1

Work/Life balance

Silicon Motion has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 78 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Silicon Motion employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

Reviews by job title

78 reviews

4.0

Apr 29, 2025

Comfortable Job

Senior firmware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Base Salary is higher than other top -tier IC companies in Taiwan.

Cons

The knowledge and skills learned are too specialized, making it difficult to build up valuable experience over the years for other company.

3.0

Apr 26, 2025

About for the SMI

Sr firmware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Working place is well and flexible work time

Cons

Product confined in SSD, FTL algorithm application is too small, maybe not easy jump to other company.

4.0

Feb 26, 2025

Work life balance, limited career path

Product manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good culture and beautiful office

Cons

Limited development opportunities and average salary

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Jobs at Silicon Motion

Director of Enterprise Sales

Sr. SSD Applications Engineer

Senior Firmware Engineer(BE)

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Senior Firmware Engineer(FTL)