Senior Principal Debug Tools Architect for Arm SoCs

Ampere

Durham (NC)

On-site

USD 225,500 - 338,500

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Unlimited flextime

Job summary

Ampere, a semiconductor design company, seeks a lead Debug Tools engineer to architect and implement software-based debugging for 64-bit Armv9 SoCs and other processors. You will influence architecture, develop advanced tooling, and collaborate across hardware and software teams.

The role emphasizes pre-silicon bring-up, internal/external support, and ownership of debugging solutions across Ampere products.

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering or related field with 12 years of related experience; MS with 8 years; PhD with 5 years.
Proficiency with Arm architecture and ecosystem, including Armv8-a/v9-a and Armv7-m, Arm Debug Interface Architecture, Arm CoreSight, Arm AMBA APB/AXI/AHB/CHI.
Proficiency in C/C++, Python, and Bash programming.
Experience using Arm Development Studio, TRACE32 PowerView, OpenOCD, and GDB debuggers.
Experience with instruction trace, bus trace, dumps, and crash capture.
Experience with git and software best practices.

Responsibilities

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 architecture and design decisions with knowledge of internal/external debug tools on Ampere SoCs.
Develop tooling for advanced debugging techniques (instruction trace, bus trace, array dump, scan dump, ATE bootstrapping).