Principal Hardware Engineer

Arm Limited; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a power efficiency engineer to enhance performance analysis on consumer devices. In this role, you'll design experiments, lead data analysis, and represent findings in discussions with partners. The position offers a chance to work on cutting-edge technology and collaborate with diverse teams, contributing to the development of impactful products. If you're passionate about technology and eager to solve complex challenges, this opportunity will allow you to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Self-motivated engineer with a focus on power efficiency analysis.
• Proficient in Python for data processing and performance reporting.

Responsibilities

• Design experiments to capture performance data.
• Lead analysis of power traces for efficiency data.

Skills

Python

Power Efficiency Analysis

Problem Solving

Attention to Detail

Job description

Job Overview:

Our growing team investigates how consumer-focused devices deliver outstanding performance within highly constrained power and thermal budgets. This investigation goes beyond simple number gathering, with detailed benchmarking measuring what matters most to real users.

This data from real physical devices is used by architects, engineering teams and product managers to make our future products even better. We always keep in mind this end use of our benchmarking results, working collaboratively to produce great outcomes for Arm and our partners.

Responsibilities:

The engineer joining our established team would extend our capabilities with their expertise in power efficiency analysis, working to:

• Design new experiments to capture performance data targeting key hypotheses to explore,
• Lead efforts analysing power traces to produce power efficiency data, making this repeatable for others on the team,
• Represent our data and interests in a compelling manner in discussions with Partners and other teams in Arm.

Required Skills and Experience :

We spend most of our time working to get high quality data from devices that are designed for people rather than engineers. This brings its own challenges, so we are looking for an engineer who:

• Is self-motivated and curious, committed to finding creative ways in which to measure the power efficiency of the latest tech,
• Has a proactive approach to problem solving, with the ability to adapt or write new microbenchmarks to specifically target experiment outcomes where required,
• Has a high attention to detail and standards of quality,
• Is proficient at using tools such as Python to post-process data, produce statistical summaries and performance reports in a repeatable manner

“Nice To Have” Skills and Experience :

The following are things that we would be looking for in our ideal new team member:

• Experience in coaching, mentoring or line management
• Understands the challenges inherent when experimenting across many dimensions of variables, and has strategies to bring clarity to these situations,
• Has practical experience of software development as part of a team, enabling you to contribute both function and architectural direction to our team's large scale automation systems.

In Return:

You get to work on the latest consumer devices on the market and play a meaningful role in the successful delivery of new technology to billions of people. We collaborate on projects with teams across Arm from design through to support, so you will gain technical expertise and unparalleled insight into everything that goes into making an amazing chip!

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Hybrid Working at Arm

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