Principal SoC Verification Engineer

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Arm is the industry's leading supplier of microprocessor technology, offering the widest range of microprocessor cores to address the performance, power, and cost requirements for almost all application markets. With a vibrant ecosystem of over 1,000 partners and more than 150 billion processors shipped, our technology is at the heart of a computing and connectivity revolution that continues to transform the way people live and businesses operate.

Job Overview

Join our dynamic FPGA Prototyping team, a key part of Arm's Solutions Engineering group, as a Verification Engineer! We are a dedicated group of engineers providing a robust platform to build and test software on Arm's brand-new subsystems and System‑on‑Chips (SoCs). Our mission is to accelerate the development process by offering a versatile and high‑performance prototyping environment that enables seamless software integration and validation.

These solutions target a wide range of market segments including mobile, server, IoT, automotive, and more. Your day‑to‑day work will consist primarily of driving verification of SoC RTL designs that are modified for FPGA implementation, developing and maintaining SoC verification testbench, integrating third‑party VIPs & FPGA‑specific IP models, writing testcases in C, reusing C testcases from internal IP/SoC frontend team, creating test‑plans, developing tools using scripting languages like Python, Perl, Shell for automation of tasks.

Responsibilities

• Implement verification strategies to ensure detailed testing of the assigned Subsystem or SoC module.

• Work closely with design engineers, architects, and other verification engineers to understand design requirements and plan verification.

• Apply excellent verbal and written communication skills to report verification progress, issues, and results to customers.

• Automate test cases and regression suites to improve verification efficiency and coverage.

Required Skills and Experience

• Solid understanding of SoC Verification (using C testcases), hardware description and verification languages e.g. System Verilog, Verilog, VHDL.

• Understanding of computer architecture, bus protocols (e.g., AXI, AHB), and peripherals.

• Experience with Tcl, Python or other scripting languages.

Nice to Have Skills and Experience

• Experience with ARM-based designs and/or ARM System Architectures.

• Familiarity with ARM debugger and trace features e.g ARM DS, DSTREAM.

• Knowledge of memory subsystems and/or high speed peripherals (e.g. PCIe/CXL) will be a plus, including integration of these IP models into a design.

Salary Range: $241,100-$326,100 per year

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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. 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.

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