Senior Performance Bring Up Engineer

Job Title

Senior Performance Bring Up Engineer

Role Summary

Senior engineering role on the Arm Infrastructure team responsible for performance and power bring-up of Neoverse cores and interconnect products. The engineer will work with internal design teams and external partners to validate silicon, measure performance and power, and enable the hardware/software ecosystem.

Experience Level

Senior. Expected to operate independently on complex silicon bring-up, performance analysis, and cross-team coordination.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include hands-on silicon and platform bring-up, performance measurement, and cross-team collaboration:

• Lead performance and power bring-up on new silicon and reference platforms.
• Develop and execute test plans to validate performance, power, and stability.
• Profile and analyze system and microarchitectural performance; instrument and interpret counters and traces.
• Debug hardware, firmware, boot flow, and low-level software issues impacting performance or power.
• Collaborate with SoC designers, firmware and software teams, and external partners to resolve issues.
• Build automation and reproducible test environments for benchmarking and regression testing.
• Produce clear technical reports and recommendations based on measurement data.

Requirements

Must-have and useful skills for successful candidates.

• Must-have: Several years of experience in silicon bring-up, performance validation, or hardware characterization.
• Must-have: Experience with performance profiling tools, hardware counters, trace capture, and power measurement techniques.
• Must-have: Strong debugging skills across hardware, firmware, and low-level software; comfortable with JTAG, UART, and boot diagnostics.
• Must-have: Scripting and automation experience (e.g., Python, shell) to implement test harnesses and data analysis.
• Nice-to-have: Prior work with Arm architecture (Neoverse) or interconnect IP, board bring-up, emulation, or FPGA bring-up.
• Nice-to-have: Experience working with external partners and cross-functional teams in a product bring-up context.

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.