Performance Analysis Engineer (CPU)

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

• 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.,
  Strong grasp of CPU micro-architecture concepts (pipelines, caches, predictors, MMUs).
• 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.
• Exposure to hardware design and/or CPU performance modelling.
• Understanding of the Arm instruction set architecture and assembly language.
• Familiarity with compilers and code generation techniques.
• Broader knowledge of system architecture.
• A strong academic background with a degree in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, or a related field.
  The Future of AI is Built on Arm. Are you fascinated by how cutting-edge CPUs are engineered to power every corner of the technology world? Do you want to contribute to the momentum that's transforming how people work, play, and connect? At Arm, your work will impact billions of lives. If you're passionate about building technology that powers everything from smartphones to supercomputers, we'd love to meet you. This is an excellent opportunity to grow your skills in CPU performance engineering, be a part of an established CPU performance optimisation team and contribute to world-leading processor designs. As a CPU Performance Benchmarking Engineer, you'll be at the heart of designing Arm's power-efficient CPUs for the next generation of workloads. You'll define and deliver critical performance and power metrics, apply innovative analysis techniques, and uncover opportunities to push processor and cache performance even further., You'll join forces with CPU engineering teams across the UK to evaluate and enhance the performance features of world-class micro-architectures. Working with workloads that mirror what future CPUs will run, you'll continuously evolve our methodologies to ensure they remain best-in-class. If you're excited by the idea of peering under the hood of CPUs, understanding their inner workings, and pushing their limits, this role is for you. It's an exceptional opportunity to be part of a world-leading CPU performance optimisation team., Arm is committed to global talent acquisition, offering an attractive relocation package. With offices around the world, Arm is a diverse organisation of dedicated, creative and talented engineers. By enabling a dynamic, inclusive, meritocratic, and open workplace, where all our people can grow and succeed, we encourage our people to share their unrivaled contributions to Arm's success in the global marketplace. Our 10x mindset guides how we engineer, collaborate, and grow. Understand what it means and how to reflect 10x in your work: en/10x-mindset