Senior Design Engineer - Security IP
ArmJob Title
Senior Design Engineer - Security IP
Role Summary
Join the Solutions Engineering Security IP team to design and productize hardware security IP and subsystems for SoC platforms. The role focuses on architecture, RTL development, verification support, and design optimization for security features such as secure boot, key management, and hardware root of trust.
Experience Level
Senior-level. The job title indicates a senior role; no explicit years-of-experience requirement is stated.
Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities include design, specification, verification support, and mentoring within the security IP team.
- Define architectures and write specifications for security IP and subsystems.
- Develop RTL (Verilog) and timing/implementation constraints; perform bug fixes and design optimization.
- Collaborate with verification and implementation teams to build test plans, drive verification closure, and support debug.
- Deliver functional, power, and performance sign-off for security features.
- Contribute to team processes, methodologies, and tooling for design and productization.
- Mentor junior engineers and work with leadership on project planning, roadmaps, and schedules.
Requirements
Key technical requirements and desirable skills. Degree information is summarized under Education Requirements below.
- Advanced Verilog RTL design skills and familiarity with verification and EDA methodologies.
- Experience in Security Hardware, embedded processor systems, applied cryptography, secure boot, key management, and access control.
- SoC architecture experience: multi-clock domains, AXI/AHB protocols, multi-power domains, and reset architectures.
- Competency with synthesis, timing analysis, and constraints development.
- Familiarity with design checks: CDC, RDC, X-Propagation, and LINT.
- Knowledge of power management techniques, UPF, power estimation, and power optimization.
- Scripting experience with Perl, Python, TCL, or similar.
Nice-to-have:
- Familiarity with ARM-based designs and ARM system architectures.
- Experience with ECO methodologies.
- SystemVerilog and verification methodologies (UVM/OVM), Portable Stimulus, and hardware/firmware co-verification.
Education Requirements
Preferred: Bachelor's or Graduate degree in Computer Science or Electrical/Computer Engineering. (The posting lists these degrees as preferred rather than mandatory.)
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.
