Principal Hardware Design Engineer - Biot - Arm Limited

Description

Job Overview:

ARM improves people's lives by spreading intelligence in electronic products that transform the way we live and work. ARM is indeed at the heart of the technologies of telephony, IoT, automotive, security and artificial intelligence (AI).

Arm Solution Engineering group in Sophia Antipolis develops new System On Chip product with the latest CPUs generation. This role will open the doors of two domains: the design and integration of IPs for SoCs design. It's a rare opportunity to start your career by discovering these two domains in the same team.

Are you looking for a good opportunity to acquire a deep understanding of the micro-electronic world, and join a dynamic and diverse team ? If so, we would love to hear from you

The position is located at Arm's Sophia Antipolis design centre, located in one of the most beautiful parts of France, at the most dynamic technology park. Surrounded by mountains and the Mediterranean Sea.

Responsibilities:

• This role is for aprincipal hardware digital designerwho leads micro architecture and RTL implementation for SoC design, makes independent design decisions, and sets the technical bar for correctness, scalability, and robustness.
• Be responsible for themicro-architecture and RTL designof a sophisticated digital subsystem or IP integration into SoC design.
• Translate system requirements intoclean, scalable RTL micro architectures includingInterface definition, Clock, reset, and power sequencing and integration considerations.
• Leadmulti-clockandmulti-power domaindigital design including CDC architecture and partitioning with clock gating and clock-enable strategy.
• Producehigh-quality design documentation writing, defining and documenting the micro architecture for sub system or top level.
• Lead and influencedesign reviews, challenging weak designs and raising overall design quality.
• Mentor engineers onsophisticated digital design techniques.
• Collaborate with verification, physical design, and validation teams to ensure design intent is correctly realised. Understanding the specification of the target IP to develop and write the RTL.
• Develop robust design with high quality using ARM flow checks (CDC, LINT, SDC, UPF etc..)

Required Skills and Experience:

• Expert-level hardware description and verification languagesSystemVerilog / Verilogfor synthesizable RTL.
• Confirmed experience designinglarge, sophisticated RTL blocks(readable and maintainable, Scalable across projects)
• Experience designingmulti-power domaindigital logic. Strong understanding of how power intent affects RTL structure and behaviour. UPF awareness.
• Good understanding of SoC fundamentals : AMBA Interconnects, Addressing and memory-mapped control, Performance bottlenecks and contention, Ability to reason beyond local RTL into system-level impact.
• Ability to review verification results and debug issues (Observability and debuggability, Targeted assertions where appropriate).
• Experience leading design reviews and technical direction.
• Experience with lint, CDC, and basic static analysis tools
• Comfortable in large Unix-based design environments.
• Proficiency in scripting languages, e.g. Python/Perl/Bash/Tcl
• Communicating fluent English

"Nice To Have" Skills and Experience:

• Proficiency in software programming
• Formal verification tools and methods
• Experience with RTL and simulators (Cadence / Synopsys / Siemens)
• Familiarity with ARM architectures and instruction sets
• Experience with memory controllers, high-speed IO, fabrics, or sophisticated control subsystems.
• Prior exposure to timing closure considerations.
• Good level of French can be a good advantage

In Return:

You will work directly with engineers across the company to build next-generation IP and SoCs and will have a direct impact on our bottom line and the ability to deliver improvements for our customers, be part of a growing, fast-paced. You will have ownership for the implementation of your work

Arm offers competitive compensation, flexible working, and a collaborative engineering culture that values technical excellence.

Equal opportunities

Arm is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are happy to support reasonable adjustments throughout the hiring process.

Accommodations at Arm

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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.