RTL Design Engineer; CPU team

Job Overview:

Are you creative, innovative and enthusiastic about new technologies with a keen interest in CPU architecture and RTL Design? You are at the right place: apply now!

We are looking for a CPU RTL Design Engineer to join Arm’s CPU Design & Verification team in Cambridge. We build the CPUs that power billions of devices worldwide, from smartphones and data centres to cars and IoT systems.

In this role, you will contribute to the creation, testing, and optimisation of Arm’s next-generation processors.

• Contribute to microarchitecture specification, RTL design and performance trade-off analysis.
• Develop CPU logic in hardware description languages and scripting.
• Support verification to tape-out quality using simulation, formal and emulation platforms.

• Degree from a University or Engineering School in Computer Science, Mathematics, Electronic / Electrical Engineering, or other related field.
• Working experience in digital design.
• Strong RTL design skills in Verilog, System Verilog or VHDL.
• Analytical thinking and problem solving approach.

• Knowledge of computer architecture.
• Ability to make trade-offs between power, performance and area appropriately to meet product requirements.
• Knowledge of scripting languages like Perl, TCL or Python.
• Exposure to C/C++, assembly language and/or verification methodologies like UVM and formal.

In addition to a competitive salary and a comprehensive rewards package, you will receive the support, autonomy, and opportunity to work with new technologies, be challenged and grow your career. You will get the opportunity to collaborate in a multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary and multi-site environment.

Our 10x mindset guides how we engineer, collaborate, and grow. Understand what it means and how to reflect 10x in your work:

At Arm, we want to build extraordinary teams. If you need an adjustment or an accommodation during the recruitment process, please email  To note, by sending us the requested information, you consent to its use by Arm to arrange for appropriate accommodations. All accommodation or adjustment requests will be treated with confidentiality, and information concerning these requests will only be disclosed as necessary to provide the accommodation.

Although this is not an exhaustive list, examples of support include breaks between interviews, having documents read aloud, or office accessibility. Please email us about anything we can do to accommodate you during the recruitment process.

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.

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.