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Arm · 1 day ago

Principal Performance Applications Engineer

Arm is a technology company specializing in semiconductor and software design. As a Performance Applications Engineer, you will engage with partners to tackle complex performance debug and optimization challenges, support performance debug tools, and develop training courses on Arm's SoC and processes.

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Responsibilities

You will engage with Arm's partners through web portal and virtual meetings to tackle sophisticated performance debug and optimization problems revolving around Arm IP and Arm-based systems
You will help to debug hardware performance issues during the SoC bring-up stage
You will support Arm's performance debug tools to help partners understand how hardware features impact the workloads of interest, and how to tune hardware and software to achieve the highest level of performance
As your experience grow, you will develop and present training courses on Arm's SoC, performance tooling, and processes to partner development teams
You will also collaborate closely with other product engineering groups, acting as the voice of the customer to motivate change and improve existing products through raising defects, reviewing documentation, crafting software examples and knowledge articles to facilitate proactive learning

Qualification

Performance optimizationApplication developmentCC++ programmingPerformance analysis toolsLinux kernel understandingSoC architecture knowledgeCustomer engagementLearn quicklyExplorative workInterpersonal skills

Required

Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or Electrical Engineering (other subject areas will also be considered with meaningful experience)
Minimum of 10 years of experience in application development and experience with workload performance optimization
Experience doing performance analysis for industry standard benchmarks and datacenter workloads on real and simulated platforms
A deep understanding of application/server class processors
Comprehension of the interaction between software and hardware
Plentiful experience crafting and debugging software in C and C++
Experience with software performance analysis and debug tools and applications, including perf()
Good understanding of the Linux kernel, including how to build
Strong foundational knowledge of SoC architectures, particularly CPU clusters, interconnects, and memory subsystems

Preferred

Experience using software debuggers, compilers, modeling solutions, and simulation
Familiarity with Arm products and Arm's software ecosystem
Experience working directly with external and internal customers
Ability to learn new hardware system features quickly
Ability to take on explorative work individually

Benefits

Competitive benefits package
Hybrid office-home work scheme
Excellent work-life balance
Accepting and collaborative work culture
Personal career and technical development

Company

Arm’s foundational technology is defining the future of computing. A future built by the greatest technology ecosystem in the world.

H1B Sponsorship

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Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
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2016-07-18Acquired
1999-01-15IPO

Leadership Team

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Rene Haas
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Jason Child
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