Senior Principal Implementation Engineer

Overview:

The implementation team in Central Engineering - Solutions drives the standards and methodology behind producing best in class Arm cores and systems on silicon. The group works on ensuring that our IPs can meet the requirements of the Arm partner base, on brand new deep sub-micron processes, whilst driving advanced implementation methodologies using the latest EDA tools.

In addition, this group is responsible for specification, design and fabrication of Arm based SoCs used for demonstrating the capabilities of Arm intellectual property, resulting in the testing and analysis of real silicon.

This is an exciting role, employing the latest design techniques to meet demanding product specifications on the newest technology nodes. The role also involves interaction and working with customers, EDA vendors and other Arm engineering groups around the world.

Responsibilities:

• To implement designs of varying complexity using suitable flows.
• To work towards continuous improvement of CPU performance, power and area metrics as an opportunity to improve soft IP, the implementation flow, Physical IP and EDA tools
• To contribute to peer reviews and quality inspections
• To work with various EDA vendors to improvise the methodologies and develop solutions for advanced technology implementations
• Interact with partners to understand their requirements and to support them as and when needed

Required Skills and Experience :

• Bachelors or Masters in Electronic/Electrical Engineering with 15+ years of experience in the field of VLSI design and implementation
• Excellent knowledge and experience of ASIC system-on-chip implementation flow from RTL to GDS.
• Experience of tape outs of multi-million gate designs on latest technologies
• Knowledge of low power and high-performance implementation techniques
• Ability to work collaboratively with multiple design centers across multiple time zones
• The ability to effectively work alone as well as in a team
• Be motivated to accept a variety of responsibilities as a part of contributing to the team’s success
• Have good interpersonal skills to enable networking both internally and externally to Arm

“Nice To Have” Skills and Experience :

• Knowledge of Arm IP implementation
• Perl, Tcl/TK, or other scripting languages
• Experience of interacting with EDA partners for tool enhancements

In Return:

Arm is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal opportunities are available to all applicants and colleagues. We are a diverse organization of dedicated and innovative individuals, and don’t discriminate on the basis of any characteristic.

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