Senior Design Engineer

Arm Limited; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Bristol is seeking an RTL Design Engineer to develop innovative digital IPs for various business segments, including IoT and Automotive. The ideal candidate will possess strong skills in micro-architecture and RTL design and will collaborate closely with interdisciplinary teams to meet product specifications. This position offers a hybrid working model and opportunities to influence cutting-edge technology.

Benefits

Hybrid working model

Qualifications

• Strong delivery record of sophisticated micro-architecture and RTL design.
• Ability to navigate high-level design trade-offs.
• Knowledge of ASIC design methodology and trade-offs.

Responsibilities

• Analyse proposed specifications and improve ideas with architects.
• Plan and coordinate tasks for yourself and your team.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure design meets all requirements.

Skills

Micro-architecture and RTL design

System Verilog or VHDL

ASIC design methodology

Good communication skills

Tools

SystemVerilog Assertions

Python

Job description

ARM’s hardware is at the heart of the computing and connectivity revolution that continues to transform the way people live and businesses operate.

We're looking for a hard-working, creative and motivated engineer to join a specialist, multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural team at Bristol developing several innovative and powerful IPs used across multiple lines of business ranging from IoT, Automotive to Infrastructure computing.

If you have experience in, or are interested in developing and delivering high-quality, high-performance digital IPs on the latest tech nodes, that will be used in different product segments, this is an outstanding opportunity to get involved!

Responsibilities:

As an RTL Design Engineer, you would be required to:

• Analyse proposed specifications to understand implementation challenges and opportunities, working with the architects to improve and refine the ideas
• Plan, track and coordinate tasks for yourself and your team
• Work closely with verification, performance, back-end implementation and power analysis teams to ensure your design meets all the functional, area, power and performance requirements
• Improve design methodology to meet evolving needs of your design and the team

You will own one or more functional blocks of the IP, possess an in-depth understanding of all the aspects of the products’ successful delivery, have an awareness of the impact of design decisions on system performance and the verification techniques that are employed to ensure high-quality, innovative designs.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Demonstration of a strong delivery record of sophisticated micro-architecture and RTL design using System Verilog, Verilog or VHDL in reasonable timescales.
• Be able to navigate and make high-level design trade-offs and articulate the rationale for those choices.
• Knowledgeable on ASIC (or FPGA) design methodology, IP signoff methods with a deep understanding on timing/area/complexity trade-offs for complex data path designs.
• Experience with static design checks, synthesis and timing analysis and power management techniques.
• Good communication and teamwork skills.

'Nice To Have' Skills and Experience:

• Knowledge of memory system interconnect protocols (e.g. AMBA ACE-Lite or AXI)
• Familiarity with PCI Express (PCIe), AES cryptography, address translation is a plus
• Knowledge of SystemVerilog Assertions (SVA) and formal verification
• Experience of a scripting language such as Perl, Tcl, C shell, Python
• Knowledge of a number hardware verification languages e.g. SystemVerilog

In return -

You will get to utilise your engineering skills to build support for the latest technologies and influence millions of devices for years to come!

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Accommodations at Arm

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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.