Job Description
The Arm Performance Studio team develop performance tools for mobile games developers. We are working to enable mobile developers to create faster, efficient content that will run across a range of devices. This is the chance for a highly capable software engineer to join us in the diverse world of mobile and embedded development tools, primarily focusing on testing and automation-related tasks to help improve software quality within the Arm Performance Studio team
The Develop platform groups mission is to help our customers craft creative and energy efficient Arm-Powered products, using powerful and easy to use development tools. Our mission is to build or enable tools that improve Arm system performance, productivity or time to market. We are looking for someone with excellent technical and programming skills, a good understanding of software quality principles and methodologies, and familiarity with test automation and CI.
The team is split across our Manchester and Cambridge offices, you will have the option to be based at either location, and hybrid home working is available.
Responsibilities:
As a quality engineer you are responsible for delivering a high quality performance tool that will help Android game developers reach the widest target audience by efficiently optimising their application rendering workloads.
You will be working on a variety of tasks, such as designing and automating tests for our backend framework in C++ and Python, creating test input data to verify graphical rendering capture functionality in OpenGL ES and Vulkan, and helping to shape the test and quality strategy for our products.
Required Skills and Experience
- Modern C++ skills
- Python, shell script or other scripting languages
- Experience writing quality code; understands importance of testing, code reviews, static analysis etc.
- Git or similar version control systems
"Nice to have" Skills and Experience
- Experience automating the testing of front and back end technologies
- Experience testing desktop-based software products on Linux, Windows and/or MacOS
- Familiarity with Linux / Android development, or low-level systems programming.
- Experience writing games directly to the graphics API or using a game engine is highly desirable
- Software profiling and performance analysis.
- OpenGL ES and/or Vulkan graphics API programming.
- Degree level or have similar proven experience.
In Return
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.
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Accommodations at Arm
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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.