Staff / Principal SoC Design Engineer

at  Arm

JOB OVERVIEW:

Arm is building a team to develop silicon demonstrators based on Arm’s IP targeting premium mobile, infrastructure and automotive markets. Using pioneering technology nodes and new SoC Arms Solution Engineering division develops SoCs for various application segments, using the latest IP products from Arm and other vendors. We are looking for a creative and hard-working SoC Design Engineer to join the team and help develop these systems. You will contribute to the specification, design and verification of various products. You will join a team of dedicated engineers in Manchester and Sheffield passionate about SoC Design, as well as collaborate with multiple other groups inside of Arm to design our SoC products.
If you are a self-motivated design engineer with expertise in micro-architecture, logic design and PCIe and looking to make a difference in an innovative and inclusive team, you’ve come to the right place!

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Experience in developing and integrating subsystems for PCIe, DDR/LPDDR, HBM, UCIe, Ethernet
• Experience in RTL design for sophisticated SoC development using Verilog and/or SystemVerilog.
• Proficiency in static design checks, synthesis, timing analysis, power management, and power/clock domain crossing.
• Exposure to all design stages: concept, specification, implementation, power/performance analysis, optimisation, testing, documentation, and support.
• Produce specifications and documentation for sophisticated designs.
• Knowledge of shell scripting (e.g., Tcl, Perl, Python, etc.).

“NICE TO HAVE” SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Experience with Arm-based designs and/or Arm System Architectures
• High level programming experience such as C/C++ and/or assembly language programming
• Experience in embedded operating systems, device drivers, microprocessor and embedded system hardware architectures.

• Use knowledge of I/O subsystems and SoCs to integrate PCIe, DDR, and other High-Speed IO IP for SoCs.
• Collaborate within a project team to review architecture and develop design specifications.
• Write micro-architecture specs, develop RTL, fix bugs, and run design checks.
• Work with the verification team to analyse test plans and debug design issues.
• Partner with the performance analysis team to evaluate and improve I/O performance.
• Support backend implementation by aiding floor planning, constraints, and timing closure.
• Contribute to enhancing design methodologies used by the team.
• Guide and support team members to ensure project success.
• Assist Project Management with activities, plans, and schedules.