Staff Subsystem Design Engineer
Arm’s IP and Technology team in Solutions Engineering department evelop subsystem solutions and SoC IPs for next-generation systems targeting Edge AI, Physical AI and Cloud AI. We work across Arm, bringing together the latest Arm technologies and selected third-party IP, as well as developing our own IP where needed, to deliver highly integrated and optimized solutions.
We are looking for an experienced, motivated and creative Staff Subsystem Design Engineer with a strong background in RTL, IP design and subsystems. You will work on challenging subsystem designs, developing microarchitectures, designing and integrating IP, and solving complex engineering problems across power, performance, area and implementation.
You will work with a diverse, global group of engineers and collaborate across architecture, verification, implementation and other technology teams to deliver high-quality designs.
As a Staff Subsystem Design Engineer, you will be involved in the specification, microarchitecture, RTL design and integration of complex IPs and compute subsystems.
Your key responsibilities will include:
Perform and drive design quality checks including Lint, CDC, RDC, X-propagation, synthesis and other static design checks.
Collaborate with implementation, performance and power teams to ensure designs meet functional, timing, area, power and performance requirements.
Required Skills and Experience
In addition to holding a Bachelor's, Master's or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering or a related discipline, you will have 10+ years of relevant industry experience and demonstrate:
Ability to navigate performance, power, area, timing and complexity trade-offs and clearly articulate the rationale behind engineering decisions.
Knowledge of AI-powered software development tools and scripting workflows, including AI coding assistants such as Codex, GitHub Copilot, or equivalent technologies.
Nice to Have Skills and Experience
You will have the opportunity to apply your engineering experience to challenging subsystem and IP design problems, working with teams across Arm to develop technologies for the next generation of AI systems.
You will be part of a diverse global engineering organization where you can develop new IP & influence subsystems microarchitecture and create highly optimized designs, while helping advance the performance and power efficiency of future system
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