We have a range of graduate roles across our hardware teams. These opportunities are available within: Central Engineering - Central Processing Unit, Central Engineering - Systems, Central Engineering – Productivity Engineering, Central Engineering – Systems, Sales and Partner Enablement and Solutions Engineering.
Each Group offers a new perspective and challenge within the Hardware Career pathway! To find out more about each of these business groups, please refer to the 2025 Emerging Talent - UK Hardware 2025 (Graduates) guide. During the application process, you will be able to share your interest for a specific Business Group, or "opt-in" to all Groups.
We work in small to medium-sized teams with most following modern Agile principles. Engineers share ideas and add to the ideas of others, document and present their work for discussion, and review and support the efforts of others, whilst sharing their findings impartially and authoritatively.
In your role, you will be introduced to the teams, our ways of working, be treated like any other engineer on the team and supported by experienced engineers.
What you could be doing as a Hardware Graduate:
Your day-to-day work will depend on your team, but may include:
- Work on the specification and development of pre-silicon verification plans.
- Training and development in the latest modern verification techniques
- Perform workload characterization to identify power/performance bottlenecks and to propose solutions.
- Creating enablement materials and proof-of-concepts for Arm’s partners.
- Collaborating in small, agile teams where ideas are shared openly and engineers support one another’s development.
You’ll be supported by mentors and teammates who will help you learn, grow, and build your career at Arm.
We are looking for individuals who:
Are currently enrolled and studying towards a Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Engineering Degree (Bachelors, Masters or PhD students welcome). Candidates with alternative degrees will also be considered if they have relevant experience.
Qualities that will help your application stand out:
- Understanding of general-purpose CPU microarchitecture, including knowledge of areas such as processor pipelines, caches, and memory hierarchy.
- Fundamental understanding of power and performance concepts as they apply to devices like networking IPs, CPUs, and caches.
- Excellent programming skills including experience with C++, SystemVerilog, SystemC TLM, Java and/or Python.
- Experience with Linux and source control systems such as Git.
- Experience with EDA tools (Cadence, Synopsys and Mentor Graphics).
- We are very keen to hire people with a desire for computer architecture and programming If you can supply links to any of your projects online, we will take the time to look through them.
Additional Information:
We encourage early applications as we review them on a first come/first served basis. We aim to review all applications no later than two weeks after the closing date. In peak periods there may be exceptions beyond this timeframe. We will do our best to keep you informed.
Application Closing Date: November 16, 2025
Graduate Start Date September, 2026.
International Applicants:
We will ask you about whether you hold the right to work in the UK as part of your application, so that we can ensure we comply with UK government requirements. If we make you an offer and you do not have the right to work in the UK, we will sponsor you, provided that you meet the criteria for the UK Skilled Worker Visa. If you are not sure about your right to work in the UK, or need more information, please visit the UK Visa & Immigration Website.
In Return:
In addition to a competitive salary and comprehensive rewards package, you'll also receive the support, autonomy and opportunity to excel in your career. With a mid-year, and year-end review you'll have two windows each year to progress recognizing the pace at which you could grow. Attend our "Grad-teach-Grads" workshops, guest speaker series and various social events to expand your knowledge. Want to take this a step further? Join our Graduate Committee and home in on your planning, networking and co-ordination skills. You'll also be invited to our exclusive Global Graduate Conference (GGC)! A yearly occurrence exclusive for Graduates allowing you to hear from executive members, inspiring speakers and make connections for life.
With many of our leaders and technical specialists having originally joined as a Graduate, will you be next?
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Accommodations at Arm
At Arm, we want to build extraordinary teams. If you need an adjustment or an accommodation during the recruitment process, please email accommodations@arm.com. To note, by sending us the requested information, you consent to its use by Arm to arrange for appropriate accommodations. All accommodation or adjustment requests will be treated with confidentiality, and information concerning these requests will only be disclosed as necessary to provide the accommodation. Although this is not an exhaustive list, examples of support include breaks between interviews, having documents read aloud, or office accessibility. Please email us about anything we can do to accommodate you during the recruitment process.
Hybrid Working at Arm
Arm’s approach to hybrid working is designed to create a working environment that supports both high performance and personal wellbeing. We believe in bringing people together face to face to enable us to work at pace, whilst recognizing the value of flexibility. Within that framework, we empower groups/teams to determine their own hybrid working patterns, depending on the work and the team’s needs. Details of what this means for each role will be shared upon application. In some cases, the flexibility we can offer is limited by local legal, regulatory, tax, or other considerations, and where this is the case, we will collaborate with you to find the best solution. Please talk to us to find out more about what this could look like for you.
Equal Opportunities at Arm
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 race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.