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SoC Performance Analysis Engineer

Job ID 2024-11254 Date posted Dec. 20, 2024 Location San Jose, California Category Hardware Engineering Apply

Job Description:

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated System-on-Chip (SoC) Performance Architect to join our diverse team at Arm! Our team focuses on SoC Performance Analysis of Arm CPUs, and System IP build together in pre- and post- silicon environments. Working closely with design teams, and customers, we develop best-in-class silicon platforms across markets such as client, infrastructure, IoT, and automotive.

Responsibilities:

As a Performance Analysis Engineer, you will be responsible to efficiently, and creatively drive and resolve architectural investigations and performance tradeoff studies across various SoC components (CPU, IO, interconnects, memory controllers). Perform workload characterization to identify performance bottlenecks and propose solutions. Collaborate, coordinate, and drive consensus across architects, and IP teams.

Required Skills and Experience:

  • Experience (+10 years) in SoC Performance Modeling, and performance analysis in the semiconductor industry.
  • A background in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science with an expertise in computer architecture, and microarchitecture.
  • Understanding of general-purpose CPU microarchitecture, including knowledge of areas such as processor pipelines, caches, and memory hierarchy.
  • Proficient in C/C++ for programming for large-scale software development, familiarity with SystemC TLM, and Python scripting language skills.
  • Excellent communication, and interpersonal skills with ability to convey effectively complicated solutions.

“Nice To Have” Skills and Experience:

  • Knowledge of interconnect micro-architecture design, PCIe and CHI protocols.
  • Understanding of workloads used for performance optimization.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities and requirements
  • Experience with Unix, scripting, and source control systems (e.g., Git, Subversion).

In Return:

You join our outstanding Performance Analysis team working on groundbreaking SoC designs, which positively influence our industry. In addition, you will also be rewarded with a competitive base salary, RSUs, 401k matching, an excellent PTO allowance as well as family bonding time and competitive benefits. We are an equal opportunity employer, which also pride ourselves on our work life balance with quarterly days of care!

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