Staff Engineer-IP Design

The Role

This position is an excellent opportunity for a hard-working RTL design engineer looking for a fast-paced role employing the latest hardware design and verification methodologies to develop complex and highly configurable hardware IP that sit at the heart of Arm-based Systems.

Working as the System IP team and engaging with the world’s most famous technology companies, we are driving innovation into all areas that compute is possible to help us build better solutions for the billions of people using our technology worldwide. The team owns the creation of a range of popular Arm IP, like Interconnects/NoCs, MMUs and ISPs used in multiple innovative products targeting high-end networking and enterprise markets.

Our Interconnect team develops the Arm Corelink Interconnect IP. This highly scalable IP is designed for intelligently connected AMBA-compliant SoC connectivity and can be customized for multiple performance points.

Role Overview

The candidate will work on the RTL development of a next-generation PCI Express host bridge IP for the Infrastructure line of business. They are required to have an understanding across all the elements that enable a products’ successful delivery. This includes low-power design techniques and the awareness of the impact of design decisions on system performance. In addition, they will also have the ability to produce designs that are area efficient, and the verification techniques that are employed to ensure high-quality innovative designs.

Responsibilities

Involvement in micro-architecture and logic implementation using SystemVerilog RTL coding. The planning, tracking, and coordinating of individual tasks to meet high quality goals at the planned time. Working closely with the design and verification teams to share the responsibility of delivering high qualify hardware designs, including debugging functional or performance issues with the RTL using simulation and debug tools. Collaborating with other involved teams including software and 3rd party. Improving design methodology across the System IP group and wider Arm design community. Providing direction and mentoring to other junior members of your team.

Preferred Experience

• Micro-architecture experience in PCI Express Transaction Layer and strong familiarity with Data Link Layer and Physical Layer
• Experience with 8+ Years
• Solid understanding of topics including transaction ordering, virtualization, MMUs, cache coherence, and host bridge functions
• History of high quality, low power, high performance complex micro-architecture and RTL implementations in reasonable timescales
• Experience with synthesis, static timing, and DFT
• Experience with physical design methods
• Knowledge of other high-speed interfaces such as AMBA CHI and/or AXI, CXL, Ethernet, DDR
• Experience with scripting languages including Perl, Unix, and Makefiles
• Strong communication, collaboration, and presentation skills
  
  

Education Level

Bachelors or Master’s degree or equivalent experience in Electronics and Communications Engineering/Computer Science Engineering

In return

We offer a driven reward package including annual bonus, RSUs, healthcare and wellness support. As well as other benefits such as a supplementary pension, and 25 days annual leave (with option to buy an additional 5 days per year).

Accommodations at Arm

At Arm, we want to build extraordinary teams. If you need an adjustment or an accommodation during the recruitment process, please email accommodations@arm.com . To note, by sending us the requested information, you consent to its use by Arm to arrange for appropriate accommodations. All accommodation or adjustment requests will be treated with confidentiality, and information concerning these requests will only be disclosed as necessary to provide the accommodation. Although this is not an exhaustive list, examples of support include breaks between interviews, having documents read aloud, or office accessibility. Please email us about anything we can do to accommodate you during the recruitment process.

Hybrid Working at Arm

Arm’s approach to hybrid working is designed to create a working environment that supports both high performance and personal wellbeing. We believe in bringing people together face to face to enable us to work at pace, whilst recognizing the value of flexibility. Within that framework, we empower groups/teams to determine their own hybrid working patterns, depending on the work and the team’s needs. Details of what this means for each role will be shared upon application. In some cases, the flexibility we can offer is limited by local legal, regulatory, tax, or other considerations, and where this is the case, we will collaborate with you to find the best solution. Please talk to us to find out more about what this could look like for you.

Equal Opportunities at Arm

Arm is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal opportunities are available to all applicants and colleagues. We are a diverse organization of dedicated and innovative individuals, and don’t discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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