Senior DDR/LPDDR Characterization Engineer (Post-Silicon)

Arm

Chandler (AZ)

Hybrid

USD 162,000 - 219,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Arm’s Chandler Characterization team seeks a Senior Post-Silicon DDR Characterization Engineer to validate and characterize next‑generation Arm SoCs. You will focus on DDR/LPDDR subsystems, characterizing silicon across process, voltage, temperature, and frequency, collaborating across teams to analyze results and drive performance improvements.

The role involves developing system-level stress workloads, debugging issues, and drafting test plans for silicon characterization.

Qualifications

Experience with pre- or post-silicon validation and characterization, with an understanding of silicon power, performance, and PVT behavior.
Experience with DDR/LPDDR architectures, including training, calibration, timing, and PHY operation.
Software skills including C/C++, Arm assembly, Python, or scripting languages.
Experience with voltage/frequency margining and silicon operating limits.
Experience debugging silicon and system issues using scopes, logic analyzers, debuggers, or similar tools.
Ability to analyze data, solve complex problems, and communicate technical findings.

Responsibilities

Develop and enable system-level stress workloads on Linux and Bare-Metal SW environments.
Collaborate with post-silicon validation team to leverage test content to characterize silicon at the system level.
Debug and resolve system issues and bugs
Develop test plans and implement tests for characterizing silicon at the system level