SoC Performance Analysis Engineer

Job Overview:

Want to work with a team of performance and software engineers building Server infrastructure and solving meaningful problems? You’ll need to have architecture and software development skills, in addition to being able to think creatively. Performance engineering is crucial to push the limits of Arm designs and ensuring both hardware and software are well optimized, and with our team, you will have the opportunity to work directly with other hard-working performance engineers.

Responsibilities:

As an expert performance engineer, you will be responsible for:

• Drive & investigate performance of real-world server use-cases and build workloads to model them
• Develop and enhance innovative tools for architectural/microarchitectural exploration and performance analysis
• Identify bottlenecks across software, micro-architecture, and architecture through workload characterization
• Investigate & resolve performance degradation incidents through root cause analysis
• Create and maintain performance test plans, strategies, and reports to validate the system’s ability to scale under expected user loads
• Collaborate with multiple design teams developing Server IP across the organization

Required Skills and Experience :

• 5+ years of experience with SOC pre-silicon & post-silicon performance analysis
• Deep understanding of general-purpose CPU microarchitecture, including processor pipelines, caches, memory hierarchy, & also system component interdependencies including memory and I/O systems
• Experience understanding workload performance bottlenecks across HW and SW stack
• Obtained a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical field
• Strong programming experience in C, C++ and scripting & comfortable with Linux and Linux tools

“Nice To Have” Skills and Experience :

• Experience with SOC bringup
• Background or experience in server applications and system and software debug
• Knowledge of systems impacting uncore performance like Interconnect, PCIe & GPU
• Experience in ML frameworks and optimizations

In Return:

At Arm, we are guided by our core beliefs that reflect our rare culture and guide our decisions, defining how we work together to surpass ordinary and shape extraordinary:

We not I

• Take daily responsibility to make the Global Arm community thrive
• No individual is responsible for the right answer. Brilliance is collective!
• Information is crucial, share it
• Realize that we win when we collaborate — and that everyone misses out when we don’t

Passion for progress

• Our differences are our strength. Widen and mix up your network of connections
• Difficult things can take unexpected directions. Stick with it
• Make feedback positive and expansive, not negative and narrow!
• The essence of progress is that it can’t stop. Grow with it and lead your own progress

Be your brilliant self

• Be quirky not egocentric
• Recognize the power in saying ‘I don’t know’

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 any characteristic.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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Accommodations at Arm

At Arm, we want our people to Do Great Things. If you need support or an accommodation to Be Your Brilliant Self 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 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.