Principal CAD Engineer

The Systems Development team in Arm Solutions Engineering develops compute subsystem (CSS) products and SoC's for a wide range of market segments including Client, Infra, IoT and Automotive. As part of this work, we use the latest IP products from Arm and selected 3rd party vendors. The team includes members in multiple sites including UK (Manchester, Sheffield, Cambridge), France (Sophia), US (Austin, Chandler and San Diego) and Hungary (Budapest)!

As a member of the Front End CAD team, you will be responsible for the development, oversight, standardization and maintenance of our internal engineering flows that enable system design activities within the Solutions Engineering team.

You will work with our Technical Leads and the Design Methodology Lead to build a common set of requirements resulting in a roadmap of design-related flow development.

The flows you will develop will include lint, CDC/RDC, SDC, and advancements in machine-readable specifications to aid automation of standard methodology within SE, enabling our design community to achieve the best results. You will collect and analyse design metrics and work with tools from multiple EDA vendors.

• Comprehensive knowledge and experience in design-related workflows used for SoC hardware development.
• Strong skills in scripting languages such as Python, Perl, and PHP and flows used for version control such as SVN, Git, Gerrit.
• Knowledge of machine-readable specifications, continuous integration, and continuous delivery that can positively impact engineer effectiveness.
• Excellent communication skills.
• A consistent record working with global teams, capturing requirements from multiple teams and defining aligned solutions.

• Small-team and people management skills.
• Experience of High Level Synthesis (HLS).
• Experience of IP protection and export restrictions.
• Knowledge of functional safety standards including ISO 26262.
• Experience working on global IP and SoC development projects.

Arm is committed to global talent acquisition, offering an attractive relocation package. With offices around the world, Arm is a diverse organisation of dedicated and creative engineers. By enabling a dynamic, inclusive, meritocratic, and open workplace, where all our people can grow and succeed, we encourage all to share their unrivaled contributions to Arm's success in the global marketplace.

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