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Job ID 2024-12565
Date posted: 11/07/2026
Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom
Category: Architecture
Job Overview
Here at Arm, we are building the Future of Computing. Ensuring generational performance gains requires the understanding of not only the core, microarchitecture and system-level details but also what runs on them. We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled engineer to help enable and drive analysis, characterization, and gain deep understanding of complex Infrastructure workloads. This role requires the individual to work with engineers across the globe ranging from hardware architects to software and toolchain experts. This is a highly versatile and visible role that would help shape the next generation CPU microarchitecture through workload performance analysis.
Do you want to shape the future of the Arm compute sub-system solutions technology that will enable the next revolution in computing? We have an excellent opportunity for a motivated individual to work on crafting our next-generation Arm solutions. As a part of this initiative, there is a great opportunity, in the CPU technology group, for a motivated individual.
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Responsibilities
- Analyzing CPU performance, power, cost, and understanding technology limitations we need to breakthrough
- Collaborating with the Architects at Arm to develop key technologies that will ensure that our CPUs remain best-in-class
- Defining the next generation of cluster solutions based on Arm CPUs
- Developing knowledge of the competitive landscape and understanding of technologies needed for solutions such as Infrastructure, Computer Vision, Machine Learning
Required Skills And Experience
- You have knowledge and experience of CPU architecture/microarchitecture built through prior development/research work in CPU/System power/performance analysis/modeling/design and/or workload analysis/characterization/software optimization
- You are able to work efficiently alone as well as part of geographically distributed teams across multiple groups
- You are driven to innovate, think different, explore new avenues, and influence collaborators through detailed investigations
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“Nice To Have” Skills And Experience
- You have worked on advanced CPU techniques, from branch prediction to prefetchers (micro-architecture, design etc.)
- You have developed skills in CPU performance analysis and/or modeling
- You have worked on power modeling/estimation of CPU/GPU/SoC
- You have worked on design/implementation of CPU/GPU IPs
- You have worked on workload analysis, characterization, and/or optimizing open source software
- You have been working on CPU infrastructure architectures and related system constraints
- You are used to working on immature technologies and follow up the latest advances in Research
- You thrive in an open work environment that provides an opportunity to impact products and roadmaps with your ideas/prototypes/empirical analysis
In Return
Our offices are outstanding places to collaborate. If you are interested, but unsure whether you tick all the boxes, we still would love you to reach out! We are keen to welcome versatile people into Arm!
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