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Verification Engineer

Job ID 2025-16223 Date posted Nov. 19, 2025 Location Sheffield, United Kingdom Category Verification Apply

Arm’s hardware is at the heart of the computing and connectivity revolution that continues to transform the way people live and businesses operate. Working as a team and engaging with the world’s most famous technology companies, we are driving innovation into all areas where computation is possible. This will facilitate us to build better solutions for the billions of people using our technology worldwide based on Arm.

As we continue to grow, we need the best engineers to join a team responsible for the development of sophisticated interconnect IP. Your talents would be used to develop the technologies that will enable the latest compute solutions in today's Enterprise, Client and Auto markets.

Job Overview:

You will specify and develop new hardware verification testbenches for future generation hardware IP. You will improve existing testbenches to increase performance, quality and efficiency. You will also identify areas for improvement in processes and methodologies, then implement those changes to advance our best-practises and state of the art for hardware verification.

Responsibilities:

The responsibilities of a member of the Verification team are:

  • Reviewing and assessing proposed design changes from a verification complexity point of view
  • Develop and own verification plans for IP blocks based on architecture and design specifications.
  • Define testbenches, coverage goals, and verification environments using industry-standard methodologies
  • Investigating and scripting new verification flows and optimising existing ones
  • Developing methodology and deploying within the group and having full ownership of verification closure.
  • Collaborate with architects, RTL designers, and software teams to define verification scope and goals.
  • Close collaboration with other Arm engineering teams leading to high quality IP that works well in a complete system.

Required Skills and Experience :

  • You can demonstrate experience in working with constrained-random verification including ownership of a suitably complex verification environment.
  • Experience of developing re-usable and scalable code and having good knowledge of UVM.
  • Understanding of object-oriented programming, data structures, and algorithms.
  • Strong communication skills and ability to work well as part of a team.
  • Dedicated with a focused approach to problem analysis and solving.
  • Strong experience in planning and estimation.

“Nice To Have” Skills and Experience :

  • Experience of architecting and implementing functional verification environments.
  • You are familiar with the tools and processes for developing testbenches and finishing all aspects of the verification process.
  • Multiprocessing microarchitecture experience including knowledge of cache coherence and bus protocols (e.g. AMBA5 CHI, AMBA4 ACE or AXI)
  • Experience in Formal Verification testbenches is a plus.
  • Strong scripting skills – being able to develop scripting to support new flows.

In Return:

We have an excellent track record of building up expertise in people, so this is an excellent opportunity for learning new things in a friendly and collaborative environment! All Arm employees are provided with vital training to succeed in their respective roles. We have flexible working hours and the opportunity for hybrid work.

By joining Arm, your ideas will make a difference and you will have the opportunity to lead, challenge the norm and ultimately change the world.

Our benefits package in United Kingdom includes competitive pay, private medical insurance, 25 days of annual leave, 20 days of sabbatical every 4 years, parental leave, supplementary pension, and wellness benefits.

Our 10x mindset guides how we engineer, collaborate, and grow. Understand what it means and how to reflect 10x in your work:https://careers.arm.com/en/10x-mindset

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.

Test Our Limits. Your Limits

Every day the world invents something new to put our chips to the test. You can do the same. Because verification at Arm goes way, way beyond debugging – it’s solving the novel problems behind tech that barely exists yet. It’s working at the bleeding edge of machine learning, simulation software, model checking and hardware prototyping systems. It’s thinking the unthinkable and being sure we’re ready for it.

Drive change on Arm

At Arm, you'll influence 100% of the world's connected devices and all their applications. From healthcare and infrastructure to virtual reality, you'll affect nearly all industries worldwide, racing toward new milestones and achievements together.

Revolutionary Benefits

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Life at Arm

Life in the office doesn’t get any better, especially when those offices are as sleek as ours and the people in them are innovative and supportive. Combine that with our focus on delivering as One Arm, and you’ll experience the kind of collaboration and togetherness that’s rare to find elsewhere. We share so much in common, not least a passion for progress, but we also celebrate each other's diversity.

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