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

Aug 23, 2025

SW

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

company location private block not bad salary flexible working time

Cons

Low salary growth Narrow field

3.0

Jun 8, 2025

Mid-level salary but hardest-level work loading

Staff firmware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

dynamic working hours no fixed on/off work time

Cons

projects loading is really heavy. Sometime you need to be a FAE for directly customer support

2.0

Jun 2, 2025

Low Salary

Staff software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

WLB, no need to work overtime

Cons

It’s hard for me to switch to other fields because my knowledge is mostly limited to storage

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