Principal Performance Engineer

About Arm System IP

Arm System IP enables designers to build Arm AMBA systems that are high performance, power efficient and reliable. Configurable for many different applications, System IP is the right choice for your system whether it is a high-efficiency IoT endpoint or a high-performance server SoC.

The collection of silicon proven interconnects, security IP, system controllers, debug and trace and IP tooling are all designed, validated, and optimized to be used with Arm Cortex processors and Arm Mali Multimedia IP. Built upon the open AMBA interface standard, Arm System IP provides design teams with the foundation for building better systems.

About the role

Arm is looking for an experienced system performance modeling and analysis architect for SoC system performance using Arm IPs. You will collaborate with a brilliant team of performance architects in driving development of new high-performance interconnect IPs, optimizing infrastructure and mobile systems, and productizing models with partners in the Arm ecosystem.

What will you be accountable for?

• System performance model development, analysis, and projections: generate and correlate model-based projections and scaling factors for appropriate workloads to guide partners and help identify optimal design points of a system. Engage with partners through all stages of the product in establishing high confidence in Arm IP and system. Build and maintain consistent system model configurations for use by our partners that deliver the best performance. Contribute to the system performance analysis and model productization effort with Arm partners. Work closely with internal and external teams, delivering the collateral needed to develop the highest performing systems based on Arm technology.

What skills, experience, and qualifications do I need?

• Bachelors, Masters, or Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science with a strong computer architecture, microarchitecture, performance experience
• 8+ years of experience in system performance modeling, workload analysis, system performance bottleneck debug and analysis, and providing effective solutions.
• Proficiency in C++ programming for large-scale software development and proficient with Perl or Python scripting language skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills, strong initiative and open in engaging and learning new concepts and sharing with collaborators.

Desired requirements?

• Knowledge of SystemC Transaction Level Modeling
• Experience with performance tools-their deployment, guiding and mentoring partners and junior team members

Desired behaviors?

At Arm, we are guided by our core beliefs that reflect our rare culture and guide our decisions, defining how we work together to defy ordinary and shape extraordinary

We Not I

• Take daily responsibility to make the Global Arm community thrive
• No individual is responsible for the right answer. Brilliance is collective
• Information is crucial, share it
• Realize that we win when we collaborate — and that everyone misses out when we don’t

Passion For Progress

• Our differences are our strength. Widen and mix up your network of connections
• Difficult things can take unexpected directions. Stick with it
• Make feedback positive and expansive, not negative and narrow
• The essence of progress is that it can’t stop. Grow with it and lead your own progress

Be Your Brilliant Self

• Be quirky not egocentric
• Recognize the power in saying ‘I don’t know’
• Make trust our default position Hold strong opinions lightly.

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 any characteristic.