About The Role
We're seeking a senior engineer to lead performance verification and analysis for complex SoCs spanning CPU, PCIe/CXL, media, interconnect, and memory controllers. You will own simulation/emulation-based workload bring-up, root-cause performance bottlenecks, and partner with IP/perf teams to turn insights into measurable analysis/debugs.
What You'll Do (Responsibilities)
- Lead architectural investigations and performance-and-power (PnP) trade-off studies across SoC and platform components; articulate data-backed recommendations.
- Build and execute simulation and emulation flows for compute and I/O workloads; profile, triage, and root-cause throughput/latency bottlenecks end-to-end.
- Collaborate closely with IP owners and performance teams to validate hypotheses, align on fixes, and track improvements to closure.
- Design profiling/visualization frameworks with the right abstractions; develop automation that streamlines production workflows and confidence checks.
- Continuously track advances in workload characterization, application behavior, and verification/analysis techniques; fold best practices into the roadmap.
Required skills & experience
- 4+ years in SoC performance verification/analysis with demonstrable impact.
- Degree in EE/CE/CS with strong computer architecture & microarchitecture fundamentals.
- Working knowledge of CPU/GPU microarchitecture (pipelines, caches, memory hierarchy).
- Proficient in C/C++ for large-scale development; solid Python for scripting and data analysis.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder skills; able to explain complex trade-offs succinctly.
- Proven ability to own perf verification across diverse silicon platformsfrom plan to results.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with interconnect microarchitecture, PCIe/CXL, CHI protocols.
- Understanding of workload tuning under system constraints (e.g., TDP, power/thermal limits).
- Comfortable in fast-paced, evolving environments; strong prioritization instincts.
- Hands-on with Unix/Linux, scripting, and version control (Git/Subversion).
Accommodations at Arm
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Hybrid Working at Arm
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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.
