Senior SoC Design Engineer: Micro-Architecture & ARM IP

Arm; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 162,000 - 219,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Annual bonus

RSUs

401k matching

Excellent PTO

Family bonding time

Job summary

Arm is seeking an experienced design engineer in Austin to contribute to advanced SoC development and micro-architecture specification. You will design RTL and integrate PCIe, DDR/LPDDR, and other IPs while collaborating with verification and performance teams to optimize system throughput.

The role requires 7+ years in complex compute subsystems, strong Verilog/SystemVerilog skills, and experience leading technical efforts. A hybrid work model and comprehensive rewards are offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or Electrical/Computer Engineering or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience designing complex compute subsystems or SoCs.
• Strong knowledge of digital hardware design and Verilog HDL.
• Experience developing and integrating subsystems for PCIe, DDR/LPDDR, HBM, UCIe, Ethernet.
• Experience creating design specifications and RTL for SoC projects.
• Experience in Static design checks (CDC, RDC, X-Propagation, Linting).
• Experience with Perl, Python or other scripting languages.

Responsibilities

• Write micro-architecture specifications and develop RTL for SoC projects.
• Fix bugs and run design checks to ensure timing and correctness.
• Collaborate with verification to review test plans and debug build issues.
• Partner with performance teams to evaluate and improve system performance.
• Assist backend to floor plan, write constraints and aid timing closure.
• Contribute to refining design methodologies used by the team.
• Mentor and guide team members to enable project success.
• Coordinate with PM on schedules and activities.

Skills

Verilog HDL

SystemVerilog

RTL design

PCIe integration

Python/Perl scripting

ARM architecture

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

ModelSim

VCS

Job description

Arm is seeking an experienced design engineer in Austin to contribute to advanced SoC development and micro-architecture specification. You will design RTL and integrate PCIe, DDR/LPDDR, and other IPs while collaborating with verification and performance teams to optimize system throughput.

The role requires 7+ years in complex compute subsystems, strong Verilog/SystemVerilog skills, and experience leading technical efforts. A hybrid work model and comprehensive rewards are offered.