Senior Debug Tools Architect for Arm SoCs

Ampere; Santa Clara (CA); Sur place; USD 182 000 - 273 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Premium health coverage

401K retirement plan

Unlimited flextime

10+ paid holidays

Résumé du poste

Ampere is a semiconductor design company focused on high-performance, energy-efficient AI compute. We are hiring for a core member of the Debug Tools team to architect, design, and deploy software-based debug solutions across Ampere’s SoCs.

Responsibilities include developing new debug tools, influencing design decisions, and delivering robust debugging infrastructure for internal and external users. A strong background in Arm tooling and system software debugging is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science with 8 years of related experience; or a Master’s with 5 years, or a PhD with 3 years.
• Proficiency with Arm architecture and ecosystem, including Armv8-a/v9-a and Armv7-m, CoreSight and AMBA protocols.
• Proficiency in C/C++, Python, and Bash.
• Experience using Arm Development Studio, TRACE32 PowerView, and GDB.
• Experience with instruction trace, bus trace, scan dumps, array dumps, and crash capture.
• Experience with Git and software best practices.
• Strong analytical, debugging, and testing methodology skills.
• Proven ability to own problems and drive them to a resolution.
• Experience with system software debugging tools like perf, ftrace recommended.

Responsabilités

• Architect, design, develop, and deploy software-based Debug Tools for custom 64-bit Armv9 SoC and other processors.
• Invent new debug tools and techniques for future products and technologies.
• Influence the architecture and design team decisions with knowledge of internal and external debug tools on Ampere SoCs.
• Contribute to software architecture documents, application notes, and other software product documentation.
• Develop tooling for advanced debugging techniques, such as instruction trace, bus trace, array dump, scan dump, and ATE bootstrapping.
• Develop open source JTAG and self-hosted trace and debugger software for internal and external use in debugging Ampere microprocessors.
• Develop Arm Development Studio and TRACE32 utilities for internal and external use in debugging Ampere microprocessors.
• Perform pre-silicon bring-up of debug software on software simulators and hardware emulation platforms.
• Collaborate with hardware design, architecture, post-silicon validation, and platform AE teams, as necessary, to resolve critical customer issues.

Connaissances

Arm architecture

C/C++

Python

Bash

Arm Development Studio

TRACE32 PowerView

GDB

Trace & dumps

Git

Debugging

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or CS

Master’s with 5+ years experience

Description du poste

Ampere is a semiconductor design company focused on high-performance, energy-efficient AI compute. We are hiring for a core member of the Debug Tools team to architect, design, and deploy software-based debug solutions across Ampere’s SoCs.

Responsibilities include developing new debug tools, influencing design decisions, and delivering robust debugging infrastructure for internal and external users. A strong background in Arm tooling and system software debugging is required.