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Staff SoC Performance Modeling Engineer

Arm
Austin, TX Full Time
POSTED ON 3/23/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/16/2025
Job Overview

The Central Technology Group (CTG) at Arm is responsible for defining the architecture of the best-in-class silicon demonstrators that are based on Arm’s IP compute sub-system solutions. These designs incorporate a wide range of Arm components to construct a full system and target sectors like premium mobile, infrastructure and automotive.

As a SoC performance modeling engineer you will be responsible for ensuring the success of these designs by running system level performance analysis much ahead of the RTL and providing feedback to System Architects and IP design leads.

Responsibilities

  • Engaging with System architects on future systems within Arm.
  • Creating full system simulation models using a range of IP performance models from across the company.
  • Working with architects and design teams to characterize the system and finding opportunities to optimize configuration.
  • Developing exploration models for system components like Coherent and Non-Coherent interconnects, Last Level Caches (LLC/SLC), Multifaceted memory controller (DDR5, LPDDR5/6, HBM etc.)
  • Defining and leading investigations that are aimed at benchmarking the efficiency of new IP features in a full system context.
  • Building infrastructure to enable better inspection and root-cause analysis of such systems.
  • Helping to define future direction of system performance modeling across Arm.

Required Skills and Experience

  • Experience in developing and using cycle approximate/accurate performance models.
  • Experience in generating pre-silicon/pre-RTL performance projections and performance bottleneck debug and analysis.
  • Strong C/C programming and debugging skills.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Ability to work in teams and to collaborate with colleagues in other groups and sites.
  • Proactive and motivated.

“Nice To Have” Skills and Experience

  • Bachelors, Masters, or Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science with a strong computer architecture, microarchitecture, performance experience.
  • Knowledge of on-chip bus protocols such as AMBA, coherency flows, interconnects, memory subsystems
  • Knowledge of CPU microarchitecture.
  • Experience in evaluating/benchmarking system level performance using performance monitors.
  • Exposure to performance analysis and tuning in pre- and post-silicon environments.

In Return

At Arm, we are proud to have a set of behaviours that reflect our culture and guide our decisions, defining how we work together to defy ordinary and shape outstanding!

Salary Range $185,491-$250,958 per year

We value people as individuals and our dedication is to reward people competitively and equitably for the work they do and the skills and experience they bring to Arm. Salary is only one component of Arm's offering. The total reward package will be shared with candidates during the recruitment and selection process.

Accommodations at Arm

At Arm, we want our people to Do Great Things. If you need support or an accommodation to Be Your Brilliant Self during the recruitment process, please email accommodations@arm.com . To note, by sending us the requested information, you consent to its use by Arm to arrange for appropriate accommodations. All accommodation requests will be treated with confidentiality, and information concerning these requests will only be disclosed as necessary to provide the accommodation. Although this is not an exhaustive list, examples of support include breaks between interviews, having documents read aloud or office accessibility. Please email us about anything we can do to accommodate you during the recruitment process.

Hybrid Working at Arm

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.

Equal Opportunities at Arm

Arm is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal opportunities are available to all applicants and colleagues. We are a diverse organization of dedicated and innovative individuals, and don’t discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Salary : $185,491 - $250,958

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