Post-Silicon Debug Tools Engineer

Job Title

Post-Silicon Debug Tools Engineer

Role Summary

Lead the architecture and implementation of post-silicon debug and tracing tools used for SoC bring-up, failure analysis, and system debug. Work within a Solution Engineering SoC architecture team to deliver tools that interface with design-for-debug (DFD) hardware.

Collaborate with DFD architects, design, verification and validation teams to ensure tools enable efficient root-cause analysis and scalable debug workflows.

Experience Level

Mid-level. The role expects approximately 5+ years of relevant industry experience.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead architecture and development of post-silicon debug tools for configuring and decoding hardware traces.
• Collaborate with DFD architecture and SoC design teams to integrate tools with debug hardware.
• Develop consistent user experience across command-line and graphical debug tool components.
• Validate end-to-end debug flows with silicon verification, simulation, and emulation environments.
• Provide training and support to post-silicon debug teams for root-cause analysis.
• Promote automation, reuse, and scalable methodologies to reduce time-to-root-cause.
• Feed requirements and influence next-generation silicon debug features for improved observability.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience:

• 5+ years of experience in tooling, silicon bring-up, or related debug roles.
• Excellent proficiency with Python for tools and automation development.
• Experience developing command-line tools and graphical user interfaces.
• Good software development practices: unit testing, code coverage, release processes and CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with version and review tooling such as Git and Gerrit, and artifact/CI platforms (Artifactory, CloudBees).
• Familiarity with SoC debug ecosystems (CoreSight, IJTAG, ELA, telemetry frameworks) and JTAG/on-chip debug architectures.
• Experience with silicon bring-up, failure triage and analysis, and working across hardware/software/validation teams.

Nice-to-have:

• Strong communication skills and a record of collaborating with multi-functional, multi-site teams.

Education Requirements

BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or a related technical field. The posting also specifies ~5+ years of relevant industry experience.

About the Company

Company: Arm

Headquarters: Cambridge, United Kingdom

ARM is a global leader in semiconductor and software design, driving innovation in computing technology. The company specializes in designing processors and systems that provide the essential building blocks for electronic devices. ARM's architecture is widely used in smartphones, servers, and IoT devices, and its collaborative culture fosters bold thinking, diversity, and high-impact benefits for its talented workforce.