System Performance Analysis Engineer

Job Title

System Performance Analysis Engineer

Role Summary

Perform system-level performance analysis of pre-silicon Arm-based SoCs using simulation and hardware emulation. Work with architecture, design and verification teams to identify bottlenecks, recommend mitigations and improve SoC performance and analysis flows.

Experience Level

Mid-level — the role specifies a minimum of 5 years of professional experience.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include designing and executing investigations that reveal system-level performance behaviour and root causes.

• Run performance experiments on pre-silicon SoC platforms using simulation and hardware emulation.
• Bring up and debug complex workloads on future SoCs.
• Analyze performance of CPUs, interconnects, memory subsystems and I/O under realistic workloads.
• Identify and root-cause system-level performance bottlenecks.
• Develop and execute performance benchmarks, tests and analysis flows.
• Investigate interactions between multiple IPs and system components.
• Collaborate with architecture, design and verification teams to improve performance.
• Contribute to tooling and automation to improve debug efficiency and workflows.
• Present findings and technical recommendations to engineering teams.

Requirements

Essential technical skills and experience required for day-to-day success.

Must have

• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in system or performance analysis.
• Strong understanding of computer and system architecture.
• Good knowledge of memory systems, cache coherency and interconnect architectures.
• Experience in performance analysis, system investigation or low-level debugging.
• Familiarity with pre-silicon environments such as simulation and/or hardware emulation.
• Experience with scripting or programming (e.g. Python, Ruby, C, C++).
• Experience with Unix/Linux environments and source control (e.g. Git).
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication and collaboration skills.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with Arm architectures and CPU instruction sets.
• Understanding of multiprocessor systems and coherency protocols.
• Experience with Verilog/SystemVerilog, low-level software, drivers or firmware.
• Experience with performance benchmarking/profiling tools and hardware emulation platforms.
• Familiarity with networking or server workloads and strong root-cause debugging 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.