CPU - Staff Design Engineer

As part of our continued growth, the CPU team are looking to hire talented engineers in the Bristol region. Based in an office in Bristol, you will be working on next generation CPU products in close collaboration with the Cambridge team.

Would you like to be in a creative, multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural environment, in a role with exciting responsibilities and an opportunity to make an impact on our industry? We would love to hear from you!

We are looking for all skill sets and all experience levels to be part of this cutting edge CPU team and look forward to speaking to you about the wide ranging opportunities available.

Job Overview:

For CPU Design Engineers, we are seeking a hardworking, versatile individual with curiosity about learning and good understanding across multiple aspects of CPU design. In this role you will commit to work on complex hardware RTL designs, write and review code and documentation, plan your work, provide tracking and reporting of status in order to ensure high-quality and timely delivery of CPU IP.

Responsibilities:

We are looking for dedicated, expert engineers who are capable of owning parts of CPU micro-architecture, contributing to all phases of the design flow. This includes:

• The definition and implementation of hardware designs
• Technically supporting other specialists
• Writing and reviewing design and verification documentation
• Planning and tracking design tasks to meet the targets at the planned time

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Hands-on working knowledge of System Verilog, Verilog or VHDL HDL for RTL design
• Experience in synthesizable design that achieve area, frequency and power targets
• Writing specifications and documentation describing complex designs
• Ability to contribute to different stages of a project work: concept, specification, implementation and testing, support
• Understanding of the fundamentals of computer architecture

'Nice to Have' Skills and Experience:

• Practical experience of working on microprocessor designs
• Use of SystemVerilog Assertions (SVA)
• Mentoring team members
• Knowledge of scripting eg Python, Perl or unix shell scripting
• Knowledge of assembly language (preferably ARM), C/C++ and/or hardware verification languages e.g. SystemVerilog
• Technical reviewing of others’ work
• Capacity for technical and/or team leadership

In return:

You will get to utilise your engineering skills to build support for the technologies and influence millions of devices for years to come.  You will be able to drive and bring your ideas to a wider group of our leading experts, build your technical leadership and influencing skills and build towards becoming an established and recognised expert within the existing team.   

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Equal Opportunities at Arm

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Hybrid Working at Arm

Arm’s hybrid approach to working is centred around flexibility, where we split our time between the office and other locations to get our work done. We empower groups/teams to determine their hybrid working pattern, with an expected minimum attendance in the office of 20% per month, depending on the work, level of experience and team’s needs. 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.