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Experienced Power and Performance Engineer

Job ID 2024-13133 Date posted Dec. 16, 2024 Location Lund, Sweden; Cambridge, United Kingdom Category Hardware Engineering Apply

Job Description:

Are you passionate about optimizing hardware design performance per watt? This is a fantastic opportunity to move into Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, key technologies for the future of computing. Working on the cutting edge of Arm IP, you will take part in crafting technology that powers the next generation of mobile apps, portable devices, home automation, smart cities, self-driving cars, and much more!

This position can be offered in Lund, Sweden or Cambridge, UK.

Responsibilities:

As part of our growing and versatile team, you’ll contribute to the development and verification of groundbreaking ML and Neural Network hardware. Collaborating with experts across global design centers, you’ll drive impactful projects and help deliver Arm’s next-generation IP using the most sophisticated tools and methodologies.

As a hardware Power and Performance Engineer, you will make a difference by analyzing and optimizing performance and power for our next generation IP, using innovative technologies, methodologies and tools. Performing detailed workload characterization to identify performance bottlenecks and propose architectural solutions. You will also collaborate across Arm wide teams and forums for Power and Performance Analysis and Modelling. The ideal candidate have past experience in power analysis or modelling, with design, implementation, or verification backgrounds.

You have experience in planning and making realistic effort and timescale estimates and excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Required Skills and Experience :

  • Understanding of low power design features and techniques, including clock and power gating, voltage/frequency scaling, memory/logic retention.
  • Ability to balance trade-offs between power, performance, and area.
  • Knowledge of digital hardware and some hardware description language.
  • Knowledge of Physical Implementation flow from RTL through Synthesis, Place & Route to STA.

Additional Qualities That Will Help Your Application Stand Out:

  • Experience in RTL simulation and verification.
  • Proficient using scripting languages such as Python, Bash, Perl, Groovy.
  • Knowledge of machine learning / AI fundamentals.

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 part time from home and part time from the 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! These behaviours are assessed as part of the recruitment process: We not I, Do great things, and Be your brilliant self.

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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.

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You know us. With 125 Arm-powered products shipped every second, more than 70% of the world’s population touches Arm technology. Our hardware engineers are a dynamic force driving innovation across various domains. Whether it’s powering your smartphone, delivering award-winning VR gaming, or developing the foundation for the world's fastest supercomputer – our engineers are designing the advanced core processors leading the race toward a connected, autonomous, hyper-performance future.

From advancing core implementation to developing full custom physical IP, Arm hardware engineering pushes the limits in vital areas, such as memory, IO, and logic, to shape the future of technology.

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At Arm, you'll influence 95% of the world's connected devices and all their applications. From healthcare and infrastructure to virtual reality, you'll affect nearly all industries worldwide, racing toward new milestones and achievements together.

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