SoC RTL Performance & Emulation Engineer

Arm Limited; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 161,000 - 268,000; Full time

Job summary

Arm Limited in Austin, TX, is seeking a Performance verification and Emulation engineer to advance SoC performance analysis. You will work on RTL analysis, emulation, and system benchmarks to influence future Arm designs.

The role requires deep memory system and interconnect knowledge, Verilog/SystemVerilog expertise, and strong C/C++ with Python or Ruby scripting. Hybrid work arrangements apply.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in SoC RTL performance analysis and debug using hardware emulation platforms.
• Hands-on emulator bring-up, configuration, and development of new performance test cases.
• Strong system-level performance debug across CPU, GPU, and I/O workloads.
• Deep understanding of memory system architecture and interconnect design.
• Excellent knowledge of Verilog and SystemVerilog.
• Working knowledge of C, C++, and a scripting language such as Python or Ruby.
• Understanding of multiprocessor coherency, memory ordering, I/O ordering, interrupts, MMU, and cache architectures.
• Strong debugging, data analysis, and technical presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Perform RTL performance analysis and verification for SoC.
• Provide technical leadership with architecture, design, and modeling teams on high-performance SoC.
• Implement performance verification plans at SoC level and perform performance debugging in simulation and emulation environments.
• Drive emulation-based performance studies including emulator bring-up and running complex benchmarks.
• Analyze memory system bottlenecks and propose data-driven architectural or RTL improvements.
• Develop and enhance debug infrastructure, tooling, and visualization for performance analysis.

Skills

SoC RTL performance analysis

Emulation platform debugging

System-level performance debugging

Memory system architecture

Verilog

SystemVerilog

C/C++

Python/Ruby scripting

Multiprocessor coherency

Debugging & data analysis

Tools

Hardware emulation platforms

Job description

Arm Limited in Austin, TX, is seeking a Performance verification and Emulation engineer to advance SoC performance analysis. You will work on RTL analysis, emulation, and system benchmarks to influence future Arm designs.

The role requires deep memory system and interconnect knowledge, Verilog/SystemVerilog expertise, and strong C/C++ with Python or Ruby scripting. Hybrid work arrangements apply.