Senior Hardware Engineer

Job Title

Senior Hardware Engineer

Role Summary

Join Arm's GPU development team to develop, integrate and deliver GPU hardware from concept to customer delivery. The role focuses on top-level RTL integration, design methodology development, and cross-team debugging to meet performance, power and area targets.

Work as part of a cross-site engineering team collaborating with architecture, modelling, design and verification groups. Hybrid working (Cambridge-based) is expected. Salary range: £73,500–£99,500 per year.

Experience Level

Senior-level. No explicit years-of-experience requirement specified.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include delivering GPU hardware products and improving design processes and methodologies.

• Assemble, test and deliver GPU hardware roadmap products.
• Develop and refine design methodology for GPU development.
• Top-level integration of RTL from multiple design teams and debug complex functional and performance issues.
• Explore and implement technologies and methodologies to improve power, performance and area (PPA).

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and tools for immediate contribution; nice-to-have items that improve fit are listed separately.

• Proficiency with hardware description languages (SystemVerilog preferred).
• Experience with EDA simulators (Siemens, Synopsys, Cadence).
• Strong problem solving and debugging skills; proven ability to collaborate across teams.
• Experience with version control and code review systems (Git, Gerrit).
• Scripting for design automation using Python, Perl, JSON, Tcl, Make, or similar.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with continuous integration systems (e.g., Jenkins).
• Familiarity with Arm Mali or other mobile GPU architectures.
• SoC integration and system-level debug experience.
• Understanding of front-end design flows, low-power techniques and UPF.
• Synthesis constraining and timing-report analysis; linting tools.
• Design-for-test (DFT), LBIST and MBIST experience.
• Experience with multi-clock CDC and multi-power-domain designs; clock/reset topologies.
• Project management and technical leadership skills.

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.