CPU Performance & Power Benchmarking Engineer

ARM LIMITED; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Arm Limited in the United Kingdom seeks a CPU Performance Benchmarking Engineer to analyse and optimise CPU/IP performance across the full development cycle. You will work with designers and performance engineers to improve power, performance, and area (PPA) of IPs and build infrastructure using emulators, simulators, and FPGAs.

You will apply tests and benchmarks, provide actionable insights to customers, architects and marketing teams, and contribute to world-leading processor designs.

Qualifications

• Strong grasp of CPU micro-architecture concepts.
• Hands-on experience with low-level embedded C or assembly for coding, testing, optimisation and debugging.
• Proficiency in Linux environments with strong scripting skills (Shell, Python or Perl).
• Solid background in CPU performance analysis using industry benchmarks.
• Familiarity with HDL languages (Verilog/VHDL) and RTL simulator/emulator environments.
• Understanding of the Arm instruction set architecture and assembly language.
• Familiarity with compilers and code generation techniques.
• A strong academic background in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Analyse and report CPU/IP performance across the full development cycle.
• Collaborate with designers and performance engineers to improve power, performance, and area (PPA) of IPs.
• Develop and enhance infrastructure that employs emulators, simulators, and FPGAs to evaluate performance and power.
• Provide actionable insights to customers, architects, and marketing teams on how IPs perform across different scenarios and use cases.
• Understand Arm ISA and assembly language.
• Familiarity with compilers and code generation techniques.
• Broader knowledge of system architecture.

Skills

CPU micro-architecture concepts

Embedded C/assembly

Linux scripting

CPU performance analysis

HDL (Verilog/VHDL)

RTL simulators/emulators

ARM ISA

Compilers & code generation

System architecture

Academic background in CS/EE

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering or related field

Tools

Verilog

VHDL

RTL simulators

Emulators

FPGA

Job description

Arm Limited in the United Kingdom seeks a CPU Performance Benchmarking Engineer to analyse and optimise CPU/IP performance across the full development cycle. You will work with designers and performance engineers to improve power, performance, and area (PPA) of IPs and build infrastructure using emulators, simulators, and FPGAs.

You will apply tests and benchmarks, provide actionable insights to customers, architects and marketing teams, and contribute to world-leading processor designs.