Manchester, United Kingdom
Verification Model Development Engineer
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Category
Design Engineering -
Job ID
2023-7591 -
Date posted
07/24/2023
Piece Together The World’s Most Powerful Puzzle
This world has a design. It’s infinite yet discoverable. Small yet powerful. Our design engineers must all at once predict it and create it. From implementation of the most advanced CPU, GPU and HPC processors on the planet to dreaming up every eventuality that could put our SoC and system IP to the test, we puzzle over the biggest questions of our time. And microarchitect the future.
Work At The Very Edge
At Arm, you’re in a position to influence 95% of the world’s connected devices and all of their applications. Healthcare, infrastructure, virtual reality… you’ll affect hundreds, if not thousands of industries worldwide, racing towards new milestones in human endeavour.
Ground-Breaking Benefits
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Learning And Development
Whether you want to learn a new programming language, explore your management potential or witness the latest innovations at industry conferences, we promise you both the freedom and the support to develop when you want it.
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Sabbatical
We'll always encourage you to take plenty of annual leave, so you stay fresh and inspired. But you know what really does it? When we encourage you to take an extended, paid four-week sabbatical after 4 years of service.
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Progressive Leave
You're a human being, not a resource. So it's important to us that we're there for you at significant points in your life. Whether you're having kids, acting as a primary care giver or have lost a loved one, our flexible progressive leave allows you to put your family first without worrying about your career.
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Wellbeing
We create a safe space for you to look after your mental and physical health, with support ranging from medical insurance to the workplace mental health platform, Unmind. Alongside a growing number of onsite gyms, yoga, cycling and running clubs. All of which comes with a flexible working policy, so you can live life and be your brilliant self.
The Role
The Verification IP (VIP) team members develop a suite of Software tools and environments used for the verification of various Arm Hardware IP products. The VIP team has the responsibility for supplying reliable, correct, consistent and documented VIP to design teams spread across the world. We ensure compatibility between remotely designed components by focussing on the correctness of the interfaces between them!
Responsibilities:
Our verification IP engineers have responsibility for the architecting, authoring, and testing of our suite of VIP. We work closely with the Arm AMBA architects in the definition of new interface protocols, providing input on the verifiability of various proposals by providing a modelling environment for system level communication. The VIP team has responsibility for supplying reliable, correct, consistent and documented VIP to design teams in offices around the world. This means that we have an international internal customer base requiring support and enhancements!
Job Requirements
Essential Skills & Experience
- Must be able to demonstrate a good understanding and experience of object-oriented design and programming using languages such as SystemVerilog, C++, Java or Python
- Experience with Hardware verification methodologies such as OVM or UVM
- Experience in Test bench construction including TB component design and implementation
- Self-driven with the ability to work well individually and as part of a team
‘Nice to Have’ Skills & Experience
- Experience in using modern day software development techniques and workflows such as Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery
- Exposure to methodologies such as Unit Test, TDD and automated testing
- Exposure to AMBA, PCI-Express, CCIX, CXL or similar such industry standard protocols
- Perl, Python or other scripting language
- Good university degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or related subject.
In return -
You will get to utilise your engineering skills to enable verification of the next generation interface protocols and influence the future designs from Arm for years to come. You will be able to drive and bring your ideas to a wider group of verification experts, influencing methodology and efficiency improvements in teams adopting VIP across Arm. Being a part of the VIP Team will present you with the opportunity to build your technical leadership and influencing skills and become a recognised expert within the verification community across Arm.
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Accommodations at Arm
At Arm, we want our people to Do Great Things. If you need support or an accommodation to Be Your Brilliant Self during the recruitment process, please email accommodations@arm.com. To note, by sending us the requested information, you consent to its use by Arm to arrange for appropriate accommodations. All accommodation requests will be treated with confidentiality, and information concerning these requests will only be disclosed as necessary to provide the accommodation. Although this is not an exhaustive list, examples of support include breaks between interviews, having documents read aloud or office accessibility. Please email us about anything we can do to accommodate you during the recruitment process.
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.
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Life At Arm
Life in the office doesn't get any better. Especially when those offices are as sleek as ours. And the people are as creative and intuitive. Combine that with our popular ‘we, not I' mindset and you enjoy the kind of teamwork and togetherness rarely found elsewhere. We share so much in common, not least the same passion for progress, but we also welcome each other's diversity. Because, ultimately, we love to inspire and be inspired every day.