Senior RTL Design Engineer

Job Overview

ARM’s hardware is at the heart of the AI, computing and connectivity revolution that continues to transform the way people live and businesses operate. We’re looking for a hard‑working, motivated and creative engineer to join a specialist, multi-disciplinary, multi‑cultural team in Bristol, developing innovative and powerful IPs used across multiple lines of businesses ranging from Physical AI, Automotive and Edge to Infrastructure computing.

If you’re passionate about high‑quality digital IPs and modern tech used across different product segments, we would like to hear from you.

• Analyze specifications to understand implementation challenges and collaborate with architects to refine ideas.
• Plan, track, and coordinate tasks for yourself and your team.
• Collaborate with verification, back‑end implementation, performance, power analysis, and subsystem teams to ensure the design meets all functional, area, power, performance and CSS‑level integration requirements.
• Improve design methodology to adapt to evolving needs.

• Consistent track record of sophisticated micro‑architecture and RTL design using System Verilog, Verilog, or VHDL.
• Ability to navigate high‑level design trade‑offs and articulate the rationale behind those decisions.
• Knowledge of ASIC or FPGA design methodology and IP sign‑off methods with a deep understanding of timing/area/complexity trade‑offs for complex data‑path designs.
• Experience with static design checks, synthesis, timing analysis, and power management techniques.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

• Knowledge of memory system interconnect protocols (e.g., AMBA ACE‑Lite or AXI).
• Familiarity with PCI Express (PCIe), I/O virtualization, and address translation.
• Proficiency in System Verilog Assertions (SVA) and formal verification techniques.
• Experience with scripting languages such as Perl, Tcl, C shell, or Python.
• Understanding of hardware verification languages (e.g., System Verilog).
• Knowledge of Functional Safety methodologies.

Apply your engineering skills to support the latest technologies and influence millions of devices for years to come.

No relocation package is available for this role. If you require skilled‑worker sponsorship, Arm will meet the costs associated with sponsorship for the employer only; all fees related to the individual’s application, such as visa application fee and Immigration Health Surcharge, are the responsibility of the successful candidate.

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 we don’t discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

£73,500 – £99,500 per year