Arm
Staff Software Engineer - Storage

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About the Role
Today, ARM is well recognized as the market leader in the CPU and System IP industry and this has been achieved by consistently delivering reliable and high quality IP products. The cost of design and manufacturing is high and that warrants “right first time” approach for all IP and System products. Time-to-market is essential for our partners to take care of steadfast competition in the marketplace, being first would enable them to get premium value from the end products. In this context, Design Verification of CPU IPs is an exciting challenge requiring an engineering abilities that is both broad and deep.
System Validation engineers in this group are responsible for driving validation specifications & methodology and deliver on the validation of IPs for the next generation of compute solution. You will work closely with architecture, design, verification, modelling, performance analysis, SW development, Emulation and FPGA and Board development engineers.
Responsibilities
- Work with project team to understand, review the system requirements and deliver emulator testbench specifications.
- Key responsibilities will include owning the development of validation platform in emulation, debug methodology, developing and implementing the test content, finding bugs, and running various validation checks for IPs (CPUs and SystemIPs), Interfaces (like CHI, PCIe etc.) in emulation environment.
- Will guide other members of the team as needed to enable the successful completion of project activities.
Required Skills And Experience
- 3-5 Years of Experience!
- Bachelors (BS) or Masters (MS/MSc) in Electronics, Electrical or Computer Engineering - although other degrees will be considered with relevant work experience.
- Experience of Emulation and system level validation for IPs and sub-systems and ASIC products.
- Emulation build skills and knowledge for a subsystem in at least one emulation system is required.
- Execution of the design in emulation platform and knowledge of hardware and software interplay is required.
- Knowledge of Validation test content using C, C++ etc and how they can be performed in an emulation-based system.
- Expertise on hardware behavioral language (Verilog, System Verilog).
- Exposure to producing validation specifications and documentation describing sophisticated designs.
- Ability to work under time-scale pressure and meet ambitious targets without compromising on quality.
- Understanding of the fundamentals of computer architecture, system IP, memory subsystem, accelerator.
- Practical experience of working on Processor based system designs.
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“Nice To Have” Skills And Experience
- Demonstrated understanding of CPU/ GPU subsystem in SoC environment and proven expertise in owning validation requirements & Validation Plan.
- Hands on Experience in validating multiple sub systems for ASICs/ SoCs in system environment (across Emulation, FPGA and Development/Eval board), owning all phases of validation (Test development, Execution and Debug) for owned sub systems.
- Understanding of SoC security aspects.
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Arm’s approach to hybrid working is designed to create a working environment that supports both high performance and personal wellbeing. We believe in bringing people together face to face to enable us to work at pace, whilst recognizing the value of flexibility. Within that framework, we empower groups/teams to determine their own hybrid working patterns, depending on the work and the team’s needs. Details of what this means for each role will be shared upon application. In some cases, the flexibility we can offer is limited by local legal, regulatory, tax, or other considerations, and where this is the case, we will collaborate with you to find the best solution. Please talk to us to find out more about what this could look like for you.
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