Senior Power Analysis Software Engineer

Senior Power Analysis Software Engineer – Arm

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Are you passionate about shaping the future of chip design? In the Solutions Engineering group at Arm, we offer the outstanding opportunity for an experienced Software Engineer to join our successful team in a dynamic and diverse role!

Arm is establishing teams to develop new and best‑in‑class silicon platforms, addressing markets such as premium mobile, compute, IoT, AI/ML server, and automotive. Arm’s ambition is to demonstrate efficient performance by architecting, implementing, and fabricating pioneering silicon using the latest SoC process nodes and packaging technologies. This is an exciting and unique initiative, where we are driving how the next generation of leading compute devices are built across the industry.

Join Arm to be part of the solution.

• In this role, you will join a highly focused team where we analyse and optimise the performance per watt of our next generation solutions using innovative technologies, methodologies and tools. This will involve development of software used in simulation, emulation, modelling and collaboration with cross‑functional teams in design, verification, architecture, firmware, and pre‑and post‑silicon test. You will build and innovate new processes along the way.
  
  We want your talents applied not only to ensuring customer requirements in PPA are measured and analysed but also understood and creatively exceeded.
• Architecting and implementing the group’s future direction for software development, maintenance, continuous integration, and test.
• Developing innovative software applications for Arm SoCs to be used as workloads for power analysis in modelling, simulation, emulation and silicon platforms.
• Developing software microbenchmarks to model Linux/Android applications.
• Close collaboration with analysis and hardware engineers to investigate issues and understand the software and hardware behaviour to deliver power optimizations.

• Proven experience in software development for SoC platforms.
• A background developing low‑level embedded system firmware, boot loaders, RTOS, device drivers.
• Familiarity working with operating system environments (Linux).
• Experience in architecting software stacks written preferably in C or C++.
• Demonstrable experience in developing and implementing methodologies for reusable and maintainable code.
• Theoretical and practical skills in structuring code for continuous integration, scalability, and testability.
• MS degree in CS/CE/EE or equivalent experience and an interest in new hardware.

• Understanding of SoC power management firmware.
• Experience developing or analysing CPU, machine learning, media, and memory system benchmarks used for PPA analysis.
• Background in running simulation/emulation tools. (e.g. VCS, Questasim, Incisive, Veloce Strato, Palladium, Zebu, etc)

We Are Proud To Have a Set Of Behaviors That Reflect Our Culture And Guide Our Decisions, Defining How We Work Together! These Behaviors Are Assessed As Part Of The Hiring Process. Our 10x mindset guides how we engineer, collaborate, and grow. Understand what it means and how to reflect 10x in your work:

$156,500-$211,700 per year

At Arm, we want to build extraordinary teams. If you need an adjustment or an accommodation during the recruitment process, please email

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.

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.