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Staff Engineer - SoC Verification

Job ID 2024-10849 Date posted Oct. 24, 2024 Location Cambridge, United Kingdom Category Verification Apply

About The Team:

Join our dynamic FPGA Prototyping verification team, a key part of Arm's Solutions Engineering group! We are a dedicated group of engineers providing a robust platform to build and test software on Arm's cutting-edge subsystems and System-on-Chips (SoCs). Our mission is to accelerate the development process by offering a versatile and high-performance prototyping environment that enables seamless software integration and validation. These solutions target a wide range of market segments including mobile, server, IoT, automotive, and more.

Job Description:

As a member of this team your day-to-day work will consist primarily of driving verification of SoC RTL designs that are modified for FPGA implementation, developing and maintaining SoC verification testbench, integrating third party VIPs, writing Testcases in C, reusing C Testcases from internal IP/ SoC frontend team, creating test-plans, developing tools using scripting languages like Python, Perl, Shell for automation of tasks.

If you are looking for a role that combines hardware and software skills in an environment where you can make a meaningful contribution, we’d love to hear from you! Join our committed team that builds innovative FPGA solutions and collaborates closely to achieve great results.

Responsibilities:

  • Writing test plans, defining test methodologies, completing functional verification to the required quality levels and schedules.
  • Automating flows & methodology such that they can be deployed to the user community.
  • Collaborating with engineers from other teams including architecture, design, implementation, Verification and Software development to lead verification efforts of assigned project.
  • Mentoring and coaching junior members of the team.

Required Skills and Experience:

  • Worked on embedded C/C++ based SoC verification environments
  • Experience working with systems using AMBA bus standards e.g. AXI, AHB, APB.
  • Extensive experience of relevant verification experience including technical team leadership, mentoring or coaching junior engineer.
  • Understanding of computer architecture fundamentals
  • Experience with Tcl, Python or other scripting languages
  • Exposure to all stages of verification: requirements collection, creation of verification methodology plans, test plans, testbench implementation, test case development, documentation and support.

“Nice To Have” Skills and Experience:

  • Experience with ARM-based designs and/or ARM System Architectures.
  • Familiarity with ARM debugger and trace features e.g ARM DS, DSTREAM.
  • Experience with verification methodologies – UVM/OVM.

In Return:

You will expand your expertise, be challenged and work with advancing technologies. You will work alongside many other engineering teams including software, SoC implementation and verification. You will be involved in deep technical discussions, working with top class multifunctional engineering teams. You will apply your experience and skills to encourage collaboration with external ODMs, contractors, building relationships and partnerships.

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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.

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Every day the world invents something new to put our chips to the test. You can do the same. Because verification at Arm goes way, way beyond debugging – it’s solving the novel problems behind tech that barely exists yet. It’s working at the bleeding edge of machine learning, simulation software, model checking and hardware prototyping systems. It’s thinking the unthinkable and being sure we’re ready for it.

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