Senior Design Engineer

Job Title

Senior Design Engineer

Role Summary

Join the Solutions Engineering team to design system-on-chip (SoC) solutions and contribute to selected IP development. The role focuses on microarchitecture, RTL implementation, and delivering robust silicon-quality designs using Arm flows and verification practices.

Experience Level

Senior. No specific years-of-experience stated.

Responsibilities

The engineer will translate specifications into RTL, implement and verify microarchitectures, and exercise designs to locate and fix corner-case issues.

• Interpret IP specifications and develop RTL implementations.
• Define and document microarchitecture for IP or subsystems.
• Implement microarchitecture in RTL following Arm flow and standards.
• Use flow checks (CDC, LINT, SDC, UPF) to ensure design quality.
• Run stress and corner-case tests to identify and resolve bugs.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and tools required for the role, plus candidate qualifications that strengthen application.

• Must-have: Fundamentals of hardware design and verification.
• Must-have: Hardware description and verification languages, e.g. Verilog, SystemVerilog.
• Must-have: Proficiency in software programming.
• Must-have: Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Perl, TCL).
• Nice-to-have: High-level knowledge of timestamp/time-distribution mechanisms in SoCs.
• Nice-to-have: Experience with formal verification tools and methods.
• Nice-to-have: Experience with RTL and simulators.
• Nice-to-have: Familiarity with Arm architectures and instruction sets.
• Nice-to-have: Experience working in a Unix development environment.

Education Requirements

Not specified.

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.