Senior/Staff/Principal Design Engineer - Media IP

Job Title

Senior/Staff/Principal Design Engineer - Media IP

Role Summary

Design and deliver multimedia Intellectual Property (IP) blocks (video, display, imaging) with a focus on power, performance, area and robustness. Work within a Design Engineering team and coordinate with verification, software, architecture, and integration teams.

This role emphasizes high-quality RTL design, architecture trade-offs, and driving IP to silicon-ready deliverables.

Experience Level

Senior level (Senior / Staff / Principal). The posting lists Experienced Professional; explicit years-of-experience guidance not specified.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities typically associated with this role include:

• Architect, design and implement RTL for multimedia IP, focusing on PPA (power, performance, area).
• Collaborate with verification engineers to define coverage goals and resolve design issues.
• Work with software and integration teams to ensure system-level compatibility and deliverables.
• Perform design reviews, trade-off analysis, and drive timing, area, and power optimizations.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership across projects.
• Produce design documentation, constraints, and implementation guidance for tapeout.

Requirements

Typical must-have and nice-to-have qualifications inferred from the role title and team context:

• Must-have: Strong experience in RTL design and microarchitecture for IP, with practical experience delivering silicon-ready blocks; familiarity with hardware design flows and common bus/protocols (e.g., AXI).
• Must-have: Proven ability to collaborate with verification, software, and system teams and to lead design reviews.
• Nice-to-have: Experience specifically in multimedia IP (video, display, imaging), low-power design techniques, or advanced PPA optimization.
• Nice-to-have: Track record of mentoring engineers and driving cross-functional projects to completion.

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.