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System Performance Analysis Engineer

Job ID 2025-13763 Date posted Oct. 23, 2025 Location Sophia Antipolis, France Category Hardware Engineering Apply

System Performance Analysis Engineer

Would you love to investigate performance issues and suggest product improvements across the various components of a Cloud Server’s System-on-a-Chip?

Would you like to analyse the performance of Arm’s future CPUs and Interconnect IPs when they operate together?

Arm’s Infrastructure Performance Analysis team is a group of highly motivated engineers dedicated to maintaining Arm’s leadership in server/cloud computing. We achieve this by helping our partners build outstanding products through:

  • Detailed competitive analysis
  • Sophisticated workload characterisation
  • Advanced software modelling

Our work regularly influences both Arm’s internal engineering teams and its external partners.

Responsibilities

As a System Performance Analysis Engineer, you will join the Solutions Performance Analysis team within Central Technology. Your key responsibilities include:

  • Running experiments on pre-silicon SoC environments
  • Analysing the performance of various Arm components (CPU, Interconnect, etc.) using real-world server and networking use-cases
  • Assisting in the bring-up and behavioural understanding of these use-cases on future platforms
  • Identifying performance bottlenecks and contributing to viable solutions

You’ll be encouraged to share your insights widely across the company, promoting Arm’s core beliefs and behaviours while embracing the opportunity to learn and grow within this impactful and highly collaborative space.

Required Skills and Experience

  • In-depth understanding of Computer and System Architecture
  • Experience conducting deep technical studies
  • Hands-on expertise in software and hardware performance analysis
  • Solid base in statistics
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with multi-functional teams across multiple sites
  • Familiarity with Unix, scripting, and source control systems

If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!

Nice to Have Skills and Experience

  • Familiarity with one or more CPU instruction sets
  • Understanding of Arm architectures
  • Experience with compilers and/or device drivers
  • Flair for lateral thinking and creative problem-solving
  • Familiarity with Verilog/SystemVerilog and front-end design
  • Experience with Ruby, Assembly language (preferably Arm assembly), and programming languages such as C or C++

Accommodations at Arm

At Arm, we want to build extraordinary teams. If you need an adjustment or an accommodation 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 or adjustment 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.

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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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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