Staff Implementation Engineer - Power Intent Microarchitecture Lead

Sheffield
1 week ago
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We are bringing together excellent talent and expertise from across the semiconductor industry to drive how the next generation of leading AI compute on Arm devices are built. Thus opening up significant and exciting future potential!

 

Arm is rapidly growing the Central Engineering Systems team to develop best in class solutions based on Arm's IP, addressing AI challenges in secure compute, large screen compute, infrastructure and automotive markets. We offer the outstanding opportunity for an experienced implementation engineer with expert knowledge in UPF power intent microarchitecture. You'll be leading the initiative in driving Arm solutions development to optimize the power and performance. You will innovate, evolve and deliver optimal tape-out quality implementations.

Responsibilities:

Leading the power intent for high performing complex implementations.

Work collaboratively with design teams influencing system micro architecture to achieve the highest standards.

Required skills and experience:

Writing and validating UPF

Experience with low power design techniques - clock and power gating, voltage/frequency scaling, retention

Algorithmic thinking, with some programming experience in Tcl, Make and Linux shell

The ability to analyse problems, reason logically about solutions and chart the appropriate course to take

Team work with good communication able to present ideas, results and conclusions in a proficient and organised way

'Nice to have' skills and experience:

Knowledge of sophisticated low power techniques, control of power delivery LDO and external regulators & use on chip instrumentation.

Knowledge of systems architecture, Arm IP and Arm-based SoCs

A curiosity about AI hardware technology

Good understanding of the concepts related to Synthesis, Place & Route, Clock tree synthesis, constraint development, timing closure and knowledge of hardware languages: Verilog/System Verilog

Understanding of power delivery and experience of static and dynamic IR-drop analysis

Power and physical architecture

A curiosity about embracing new silicon implementation techniques and methodologies

A STEM degree in a relevant field, such as electronics engineering or computer science

In return:

You will get to develop and utilise your engineering leadership skills to build support for the technologies and influence millions of devices for years to come. Driving and bringing your ideas to a wider group of our leading authorities, develop your technical leadership and influencing skills and build towards becoming an established and recognised authority within the existing team.

 

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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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