Senior Hardware Engineer

Job Overview:

We are looking for a hard-working, creative and motivated engineer to join our GPU development team! We need someone who can collaborate with hardware design teams, device driver teams and verification/testing teams, to work on top-level hardware and hardware/software debug. The role is based in Cambridge in the UK. The successful candidate will be an experienced hardware design engineer with a good understanding of software and device drivers, and a proven track record to deliver high quality results in ambitious timescales. You will work as part of a cross-site team and take ownership of a range of tasks that are required for successful bring-up and debug of complex tests, games and benchmarks for cutting-edge GPUs. You will work closely with the architecture, model, design, verification and device driver teams to ensure that Arm GPU products are delivered to our customers at the highest quality levels. You will be involved in GPU development from the early concept stages to the final delivery of the GPU to customers.

Responsibilities:

• Root-cause debugging of complex functional issues and HW/SW interactions.
• Close collaboration with a wide range of teams and disciplines to establish, drive and coordinate debug efforts.
• Tooling and script development to facilitate and optimise efficient debug.
• Reviewing new GPU technology, assessing it for debuggability and identifying new debug challenges.
• Interact with a wider team that is responsible for assembly, testing and delivery of GPU HW roadmap products.

Required Skills and Experience :

• Strong fundamental computer systems knowledge.
• Some experience in top-level hardware debug of CPU, GPU or other accelerator IP.
• Strong problem solving and debugging skills, and ability to closely collaborate with hardware and software teams.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with hardware description languages (System Verilog preferable).
• Experience using EDA simulators (Siemens, Synopsys, Cadence)
• Experience working with version control and code review systems such as Git and Gerrit
• Experience with scripting languages such as Python, Perl, JSON, Tcl, Make etc.
• Motivated, dedicated and able to work effectively both independently and within a team.

“Nice To Have” Skills and Experience :

• Understanding of GPU architecture and micro-architecture.
• Understanding of a general-purpose CPU architecture (preferably ARM) and an interconnect architecture (preferably AMBA).
• Experience of complex SoC design and host/accelerator integration (configuration and communication mechanisms, interrupts, memory management, memory coherency).
• Understanding of computer graphics techniques and APIs (e.g. OpenGL and Vulkan) or compute APIs (e.g. OpenCL).
• Understanding of HW and SW logging and tracing mechanisms and development of tools and methodologies for improving debug efficiency.
• Experience in SoC integration - low power techniques and UPF, multi clock (CDC) and multi power domain designs, DFT, LBIST/MBIST etc.

In Return:

In return you will get to influence the direction of our Mali and Immortalis GPU product lines, learn about the latest GPU and graphics technologies, 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.   The GPU product line provides a rich roadmap in different domains and allows you to experience the demands from diverse use cases.

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