Principal Applications Engineer

Arm Limited; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Cambridge is seeking an Applications Engineer to help partners use Arm technology. This role involves collaborating with customers to analyze their needs, providing technical support and solutions, mentoring others, and contributing to product improvements. The ideal candidate should have a BSc degree in Electronic Engineering, 7+ years of ASIC industry experience, and be proficient in HDLs like Verilog. This position offers hybrid working options and a commitment to equal opportunities.

Qualifications

• 7+ years experience in the ASIC industry.
• Excellent understanding of HDLs such as Verilog, System-Verilog or VHDL.
• Good knowledge of CPU architecture principles.

Responsibilities

• Work with Arm IP design and product teams.
• Provide fast and accurate answers to customer questions.
• Develop and deliver customer training courses both on site and remotely.

Skills

Electronic Engineering

ASIC experience

HDLs (Verilog, System-Verilog, VHDL)

CPU architecture principles

SoC design principles

Hardware verification methodologies

Debugging RTL issues

Remote teamwork

Fluent English

Education

BSc Degree in Electronic Engineering

Job description

Domain: Hardware

Introduction

Do you want to help Arm's partners build real world solutions based on Arm technology? This is an excellent opportunity to join Arm's Sales and Partner Enablement group as an Applications Engineer! Our partners scale from big semiconductor houses to small start-ups, all of them are building new exiting products. This role gives the possibility to be on the forefront of technological evolution and accelerate innovation.

Job Role

Applications Engineering is a varied, deeply technical role, where you will use your expertise and interpersonal skills to support our partners through their technical challenges. This role is mostly focusing on Arm CPU IP and Subsystem products.

Working with customers means that you will need to understand what they want to achieve, analyze their requests and issues and provide a solution that moves them forward. As the experience grows, you will develop and present training courses on our products to customer development teams, whilst also providing reviews and advice on their system designs. You may be required to mentor and guide other team members, passing on your deep experience and expertise and assisting with the development of the best working practice within the group.

You will collaborate with engineering teams, acting as the voice of the customer to motivate changes which improve our products and help our partners embrace new technology! You will also raise defects against products, review documentation and periodically write application notes, example source code and knowledge base articles.

Key Technical Skills & Expertise

• BSc Degree or higher qualification in Electronic Engineering or equivalent
• 7+ years experience in the ASIC industry
• Excellent understanding of HDLs such as Verilog, System-Verilog or VHDL
• Good knowledge of CPU architecture principles and SoC design principles.
• Knowledge of ASIC/SoC design processes.
• Knowledge of hardware verification methodologies.
• Very good ability to recreate and debug RTL issues.
• Ability to work with remote teams.
• Excellent written and spoken English language skills

Desirable Skills & Expertise

• Knowledge of one or more AMBA bus protocols
• Knowledge of the Arm Architecture
• Knowledge of STA and SoC implementation principles
• Knowledge of scripting languages (Perl/python).

Job Requirements:

• Work with Arm IP design and product management teams to improve partners experience and influence IP feature development
• Provide fast and accurate answers to customer questions about ARM CPU & system hardware IP
• Develop and deliver customer training courses on CPU & System IP, both on site and remotely.
• Test IP deliverables and provide feedback to design team prior to release to customers.
• Perform customer SOC design reviews using ARM IP and provide functionality and optimisation recommendations.
• Create and modify web-based knowledgebase articles and application notes.
• Review documentation for hardware IP deliverables and provide improvement recommendations to the technical authors.
• Mentor more junior members of the team.
• Ability to quickly develop debug systems/testbenches to aid in recreating and debugging customer issues.
• Develop tools and techniques to aid Application Engineers find solutions more efficiently.
• Independently build and maintain the knowledge required to support and resolve customer problems.

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 any characteristic.

Accommodations at Arm: If you need an adjustment or an accommodation during the recruitment process, please email [e-mail]. 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.