Senior Performance Validation / Verification Engineer - SMMU

This position is an excellent opportunity for an experienced and highly motivated performance verification engineer to join the hardworking System IP team.

This is a fast-paced technical role employing the latest hardware design and verification methodologies to model and analyse complex and highly configurable hardware IP that sit at the heart of Arm-based Systems.

Job Overview

This role is for the System MMU product team.

The SMMU team owns the development of next-generation Arm SMMU targeting high-end mobile, networking, and enterprise markets. The SMMU is a key component of the Arm Architecture that provides critical and complex functionalities that complement systems design with Arm processors and Multimedia IP.

Responsibilities:

You will specify and develop hardware performance verification tests for future generation hardware IP. You will work with the design and performance modelling teams to create test scenarios for key performance scenarios. You will also analyse and deliver performance statistics within the team and to other teams including marketing and partner enablement.

The responsibilities of a member of the Performance verification team are:

• Creation of test environments and tests to verify the performance requirements of the design
• Ownership of the performance verification environment from investigation to verification closure
• Investigating and scripting new performance verification flows and optimising existing ones
• Analysis and presentation of data from simulation runs using data science techniques
• There will be opportunities for improving our verification methodology and mentoring other members of the team
• Close collaboration with other Arm teams leading to high quality IP that works well in a complete system.

Essential skills and experience

• You can demonstrate experience in using software methodologies to verify hardware designs, including use of hardware models.
• You have experience of using Python or Perl
• You are familiar with SoC system level architectures and their performance requirements.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work well as part of a team with a dedicated, focused approach to problem analysis and solving.
• You are able to plan and estimate your own work

'Nice to Have' skills

• Team leadership and mentoring experience
• Knowledge of Verilog/System Verilog and hardware design
• Data analysis and presentation
• Knowledge of continuous integration tools
• You have experience of using C++
• Proven software engineering skills including understanding of object-oriented programming, data structures, and algorithms.

In Return

At Arm, you will enjoy working in a highly stimulating collaborative environment. Our team works closely with other software, hardware and system teams across the company.

You will have a chance to share ideas with and learn new skills from the best engineers in the world. We work in small teams, so your contributions will really make a difference.

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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 any characteristic.

Hybrid Working at Arm

Arm’s hybrid approach to working is centred around flexibility, where we split our time between the office and other locations to get our work done. We empower groups/teams to determine their hybrid working pattern, with an expected minimum attendance in the office of 20% per month, depending on the work, level of experience and team’s needs. 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.