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Staff STA Engineer

Job ID 2025-16007 Date posted Oct. 22, 2025 Location San Diego, California Category Hardware Engineering Apply

Arm has formed a new group to develop outstanding silicon demonstrators based on Arm’s IP compute sub-system solutions and addressing markets such as premium mobile, infrastructure and automotive. Using the latest nodes, e.g. 3nm today, and applying the latest SoC 2.5D and 3D technology, Arm’s ambition is to demonstrate industry outstanding performance by architecting, crafting, implementing, and fabricating innovative silicon chips

We are currently hiring across three locations: San Jose, Austin, and San Diego.

Responsibilities:

  • Full-chip and block-level timing closure ownership throughout the entire project cycle
  • Good understanding of budgeting, hierarchal correlation variations and other non-linearities to model in timing analysis
  • Develop and maintain methodology and flows related to timing constraints generation, verification, and closure
  • Should be able to handle STA tools and flows for both block-level and top-level constraint generation and validation
  • Generate timing ECOs and exposure to Primeclosure or related tool.
  • Work closely with various multi-functional teams on resolving complex timing issues for complex SoCs
  • Understand and improve existing methodologies and flows

Required Skills and Experience :

  • Good understanding of timing analysis and exposure to handing complex block and top level SOCs.
  • Experience with high-speed SOC (2GHz+) interface timing closure
  • Shown experience in handling timing constraints for functional and test modes, block-level and SoC-level static timing analysis
  • Understanding of various test modes, constraints debugging and timing closure
  • Well-versed with STA tools in handling constraint generation and validation flows for block-level and SoC-level designs
  • Good understanding of timing corners and modes, process variations, and signal integrity–related challenges
  • Timing closure experience with designs having multiple power/voltage domains
  • Understanding of various chip level interface protocols (SPI, QSPI, I2C, etc), timing requirements and physical guidelines,
  • Good skills in automation (Perl / Tcl / Python)
  • Solid understanding of constraint analysis and debug using industry-standard tools.
  • Good exposure to power-aware synthesis for block and top-level designs
  • Familiarity with synthesis, logic equivalence, DFT, CLP, and backend-related methodologies and tools
  • Self-starter and highly motivated to work with different multi-functional teams
  • Strong communication and problem-solving skills

In Return:

  • Able to learn and grow with the organization
  • A great opportunity to work in best in class industry standard flagship product
  • Able to work with multiple different multi-functional and product team gives an opportunity to learn more

Our 10x mindset guides how we engineer, collaborate, and grow. Understand what it means and how to reflect 10x in your work:https://careers.arm.com/en/10x-mindset

Salary Range:

$191,100-$258,500 per year

We value people as individuals and our dedication is to reward people competitively and equitably for the work they do and the skills and experience they bring to Arm. Salary is only one component of Arm's offering. The total reward package will be shared with candidates during the recruitment and selection process.

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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.

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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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