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Senior Design Engineer

Job ID 2025-14393 Date posted Jun. 30, 2025 Location Cambridge, United Kingdom Category Hardware Engineering, Design Engineering Apply

Are you looking for an exciting and challenging role, with the chance to work on the cutting edge of mobile GPU technology?

Arm is seeking highly skilled and motivated engineers to join our team producing key components for next generation Mali GPU.

Responsibilities:

Design engineers in the GPU Group are responsible for the development of next-generation GPU IP for graphics and compute. They are required to have in-depth understanding across all the elements that contribute to the products’ successful delivery, including: low-power design techniques, awareness of the impact of design decisions on system performance, ability to produce designs that are area efficient, and the verification techniques that are employed to ensure high-quality robust designs.

We are looking for dedicated, hard-working engineers who are capable of owning parts of GPU micro-architecture, contributing to all phases of the design flow:

  • 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

Required Skills and Experience :

  • Hands-on experience using System Verilog, Verilog or VHDL HDL for design
  • Experience in complex designs that achieve performance, area, frequency and power targets
  • Ability to make judgements on functionality, performance, and physical implementation trade-offs
  • Experience of producing specifications and documentation describing complex designs
  • Ability to own all stages of a project from start to completion: concept, specification, implementation and testing, support

“Nice To Have” Skills and Experience :

  • Practical experience of working on GPU/microprocessor designs
  • Knowledge of 3d Graphics - OpenGL, Vulkan, DirectX
  • Working knowledge of SystemVerilog Assertions (SVA)
  • Knowledge of scripting eg Python, Perl or UNIX shell scripting

In Return:

With offices around the world, Arm is a diverse organisation of dedicated, innovative and highly proficient engineers. As well as a friendly and high-performance working environment, Arm offers a competitive benefits package. We have a hybrid working approach where we offer people the flexibility to work from home and office.

We are proud to have a set of behaviours that reflect our DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) culture and guide our decisions, defining how we work together to shape extraordinary!

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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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