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Arm · 17 hours ago

Principal Engineer

positionSan Diego, CA
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
money$241K/yr - $326K/yr
date7+ years exp

Arm is a leading technology company specializing in hardware engineering, particularly in the development of CPUs, GPUs, and SoCs. They are seeking a Principal Engineer to work with design teams on implementation methodologies and improve the quality of ARM IP through analysis and optimization.

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Responsibilities

Work with design team to develop design intent, timing constraints required to enable implementation
Synthesis, Physical design and implementation of CPU and GPU cores, system interconnect and other ARM IP, SoC
Analyze design timing, area and power to help improve the quality of ARM IP
Develop and deploy new methodologies to improve implementation efficiency and results
Support and develop detailed implementation analysis and data-mining methodologies
Work with implementation and physical IP RTL design teams to drive analysis and optimization of our IP
Converting R&D concepts into real implementation solutions
Enable our partners to achieve the best possible quality of results

Qualification

ASIC ImplementationSynthesisTiming closurePhysical designProgramming skillsInnovationProblem-solving skillsTeamworkCommunicationCreativity

Required

Bachelors or Master's degree equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or other relevant technical fields
7+ years of proven experience in ASIC Implementation, Synthesis, Timing constraints, UPF, Physical design, STA and Timing closure, Structured clock tree, PDN analysis
The ability to demonstrate that you can express new insights and communicate them effectively. Possess a high level of dedicated, initiative and problem-solving skills
Experience in crafting and adopting new silicon implementation techniques and methodologies and promote their use with international teams
Previous experience in and knowledge of the entire IC design flow, from RTL through to GDS2. Proven programming and scripting skills eg. Tcl, Perl, R, Make, sh

Preferred

Knowledge around Arm based CPUs and SoCs!
Experience with low power design techniques (power gating, voltage/frequency scaling)
Experience with Verilog RTL design
Experience with ATPG tools/and or production testing

Company

Arm

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Arm’s foundational technology is defining the future of computing. A future built by the greatest technology ecosystem in the world.
dateFounded in 1990
location
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GBR
people-size5001-10000 employees
web-link
http://www.arm.com

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
CEO
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Jason Child
EVP & CFO
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