Senior SoC Design Engineer: RTL, PCIe & DDR Lead

CamWebDir; Manchester, Sheffield; Remote; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Arm in Manchester and Sheffield is seeking a creative and hard-working SoC Design Engineer to contribute to the specification, design and verification of advanced SoCs. You will integrate complex IP, write micro-architecture specs, and support backend implementation while collaborating with multiple teams across Arm.

You will work across concept to validation stages, advancing design methodologies and quality standards, and guiding teammates to ensure project success in a fast-paced,

Qualifications

• Experience in crafting and incorporating subsystems for PCIe, DDR/LPDDR, HBM, UCIe, Ethernet
• Experience in RTL design for sophisticated SoC development using Verilog and/or SystemVerilog.
• Proficiency in static design checks (Lint/CDC/RDC), synthesis, timing analysis, power management, and power/clock domain crossing.
• Exposure to all design stages: concept, specification, implementation, power/performance analysis, optimisation, testing, documentation, and support.
• Produce specifications and documentation for sophisticated designs.
• Knowledge of shell scripting (e.g., Tcl, Perl, Python, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Participate integrating complex IP like CPU Cluster, PCIe, DDR, and other High-Speed IO IP for SoCs.
• Write micro-architecture specs, develop RTL, fix bugs, and run design checks.
• Work with the verification team to analyse test plans and debug design issues.
• Support backend implementation by aiding floor planning, constraints, and timing closure.
• Contribute to enhancing design methodologies used by the team.
• Contribute to the improvement of design quality standards, design quality metrics and inspections across various aspects of the build process.
• Guide and support team members to ensure project success.
• Assist Project Management with activities, plans, and schedules.

Skills

RTL design (Verilog/SystemVerilog)

IP integration

Static design checks (Lint/CDC/RDC)

Debug and verification collaboration

Scripting (Tcl/Python)

Arm-based designs

PCIe/UCIe/Ethernet subsystems

C/C++ & assembly

Embedded OS & drivers

Tools

Tcl/Python scripting

Job description

Arm in Manchester and Sheffield is seeking a creative and hard-working SoC Design Engineer to contribute to the specification, design and verification of advanced SoCs. You will integrate complex IP, write micro-architecture specs, and support backend implementation while collaborating with multiple teams across Arm.

You will work across concept to validation stages, advancing design methodologies and quality standards, and guiding teammates to ensure project success in a fast-paced,