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Performance Analysis Engineer

ARM
Austin, TX Full Time
POSTED ON 4/26/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/18/2025

As the industry's leading supplier of microprocessor technology, Arm provides efficient, low-power chip technology making electronic innovations come to life. Our hard-working and creative engineers are having a significant impact in building a rich ecosystem by developing CPUs, graphics processors, various system IPs, supporting software development tools, and physical libraries. These contributions have enabled more than one thousand Arm partners to ship over 100 billion groundbreaking Arm-powered processors.

Arm's Solutions Performance Analysis team is a team of highly motivated engineers ensuring that we maintain our leadership in mobile computing by helping our partners build outstanding products. Using detailed competitive analysis, workload characterization, and performance analysis, we are regularly influencing future generation of CPUs and IPs.

In this position, you would join a team investigating performance issues and suggest improvements on the different parts of Arm's future IPs and System-on-Chip designs.

Responsibilities :

As a Performance Analysis engineer you will be working on multiple aspects of the performance analysis, including :

  • Characterize real world use cases and build workloads that will be used to understand system performance.
  • Run system performance characterization and optimization studies on different type of platforms(Pre-Silicon and Post-Silicon).
  • Devise and investigate new ideas for workload analysis and development of new tools and flows.

Required Skills and Experience :

  • At least 2 years of software development and / or performance analysis experience with a degree in Computer Science, or similar field.
  • Familiarity with performance analysis methodologies on RTL emulation / simulation, FPGA, Test-chip / Development kits etc.
  • Experience implementing new RTL modules or make changes to existing RTL modules using Verilog / System Verilog.
  • Experience with programming languages such as Ruby, Python, C .
  • Familiarity with frameworks such as Buildroot to build Linux software stack and device drivers / kernel modules required for use-case performance analysis.
  • Nice To Have" Skills and Experience :

  • Good understanding of computer architecture and microarchitecture concepts such as Cache hierarchy, Memory access efficiency, Multi-core architecture, Bus protocols etc. and key performance concepts and metrics.
  • Knowledge of Arm CPU / (Mali)GPU architecture, System IPs, AMBA bus protocols to analyze and root cause performance issues.
  • Experience using scripting languages like Javascript, R to develop visualization charts for performance metrics and comparisons.
  • Self motivated to experiment and root-cause performance issues.
  • In Return :

    At Arm, we are proud to have a set of behaviors that reflect our culture and guide our decisions, defining how we work together to defy ordinary and shape outstanding! These behaviors are assessed as part of the recruitment process :

  • Teamwork and communication
  • Creativity and innovation
  • Team and personal development
  • Impact and influence
  • LI-MS1

    Salary Range :

    125,396-$169,653 per year

    We value people as individuals and our dedication is to reward people competitively and equitably for the work they do and the skills and experience they bring to Arm. Salary is only one component of Arm's offering. The total reward package will be shared with candidates during the recruitment and selection process.

    Accommodations at Arm

    At Arm, we want our people to Do Great Things . If you need support or an accommodation to Be Your Brilliant Self during the recruitment process, please email accommodations@arm.com . To note, by sending us the requested information, you consent to its use by Arm to arrange for appropriate accommodations. All accommodation 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.

    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. 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.

    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.

    Salary : $125,396 - $169,653

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