Senior Post-Silicon PCIe Characterization Engineer

Arm Limited; Chandler (AZ); Hybrid; USD 162,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

Arm Limited in Chandler is seeking a Senior Post-Silicon PCIe Characterization Engineer to validate and characterize next-generation Arm SoCs and help customers bring products to market.

You will focus on PCIe interfaces, characterizing silicon across PVT conditions, collaborating with cross-functional teams to analyze results, debug issues, and improve silicon performance.

Qualifications

• Experience in pre- or post-silicon validation and characterization.
• Understanding silicon power, performance, and PVT behavior.
• Experience with PCIe architecture, link init/training/equalization/PHY.
• Strong debugging using protocol analyzers, scopes, or debuggers.
• Ability to analyze data and communicate technical findings.

Responsibilities

• Develop and enable system-level stress workloads on Linux and Bare-Metal SW environments.
• Collaborate with post-silicon validation 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.

Skills

PCIe architecture

C/C++, Arm assembly, Python

Voltage/frequency margining

PCIe debugging & analysis

Data analysis & communication

Tools

Protocol analyzers

Oscilloscopes

Debuggers

Job description

Join Arm’s Chandler Characterization team to validate and characterize next-generation Arm SoCs and help customers bring products to market.

As a Senior Post-Silicon PCIe Characterization Engineer, you will focus on PCIe interfaces, characterizing silicon across process, voltage, temperature, and frequency conditions. You will collaborate across engineering teams to analyze results, debug issues, and improve silicon performance.

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.

Required Skills and Experience :

We are looking for experience in pre- or post-silicon validation and characterization, with an understanding of silicon power, performance, and PVT behavior.

• Experience with PCIe architecture, including link initialization, training, equalization, 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 PCIe, silicon, and system issues using protocol analyzers, scopes, debuggers, or similar tools
• Ability to analyze data, tackle sophisticated problems, and communicate technical findings

“Nice To Have” Skills and Experience :

Experience with PCIe PHY characterization, link behavior, signal integrity, and protocol-level debug is helpful, including experience with PCIe Gen4, Gen5, Gen6, or related high-speed interfaces.

• Experience characterizing PCIe performance, stability, operating margins, and failure behavior
• Experience with PCIe protocol analysis, error handling, link recovery, or compliance testing
• Experience developing Python automation for characterization and data analysis
• Experience with Arm-based SoCs, CPUs, PCIe controllers, or high-speed interfaces
• Understanding of system-level testing and correlation with manufacturing test

You will succeed in this role by collaborating effectively, continuing to learn, and applying strong analytical and interpersonal skills to sophisticated silicon and PCIe challenges!

Salary Range:

$161,500-$218,500 per year

We value people as individuals and our dedication is to reward people competitively and equitably for the work they do and the skills and experience they bring to Arm. Salary is only one component of Arm's offering. The total reward package will be shared with candidates during the recruitment and selection process.

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.