Sr Verification Engineer - System IP

Job Overview

This is an outstanding opportunity for a highly motivated and experienced verification engineer to join the engaging, hardworking, and creative System IP team.

The Arm Central Engineering – System IP group in Cambridge is responsible for specifying, developing and validating IP products from the Arm Core Link and Core Sight IP portfolio responsible for interrupt control, inter-process communication, trace and debug solutions. These IPs are a crucial part of systems that scale from real-time embedded to hyperscale cloud. We are looking for verification professionals to join our team and play an integral role in developing technology that makes people's lives better.

The latest and most sophisticated hardware design and verification methodologies are employed to build the System IPs that will drive the development of the next generation of compute solutions for every area of technology, from mobile phones, to servers, to autonomous vehicles.

This role will be based at Arm’s corporate headquarters in the historic city of Cambridge. The city is a key driver of global innovation and regularly features as one of the most desirable places to live in the UK. As Arm’s largest engineering centre, the Cambridge site is fortunate enough to be involved in development across all areas of Arm’s ever-growing product portfolio.

• Working closely with the RTL design team to develop comprehensive verification strategies
• Creating and reviewing design verification documentation
• Designing and implementing System Verilog/UVM based verification IP and test benches
• Improving existing test benches to increase performance, quality and efficiency
• Testing and debugging Verilog RTL
• Defining and implementing functional coverage as well as enhancing the testbench to ensure coverage closure
• Planning and tracking tasks to meet the targets at the planned time
• Driving the execution to ensure the design work quality

• Experience in RTL verification
• Proficiency in a hardware verification language, preferably System Verilog / UVM
• Experience of development of coverage-driven constrained random test environments
• Understanding of computer architecture fundamentals
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work well as part of a team

• Scripting languages such as Python or Perl
• Exposure to all stages of the design cycle: initial concept, specification, implementation and testing, documentation and support
• Understanding of object-oriented programming, data structures, and algorithms
• Knowledge of formal verification techniques and tools
• Hardware design language, preferably Verilog

As a Cambridge-based Arm employee, you will be surrounded by world-leading authorities, and will have the opportunity to work with some of the very best engineers in the industry. If the challenge of working on our cutting-edge technology excites you, we will look forward to receiving your application!

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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.

Arm’s hybrid approach to working is centred around flexibility, where we split our time between the office and other locations to get our work done. Within that framework, we empower groups and teams to determine their own particular hybrid working pattern, 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.