SoC Performance & Power Modelling Architect at ARM in San Jose, California

Job Description:

Job Overview:



We are seeking highly skilled and motivated System-on-Chip (SoC) Performance and Power modeling (PnP) Architects to join our diverse team at Arm! Our team focuses on PnP Analysis of Arm SoCs/SoPs (System-on-Package), System level infrastructure (SoC/SoP/Rackscale/Podscale) build together in pre- and post- silicon environments. Working closely with design teams and customers, we develop best-in-class silicon platforms across markets such as servers, accelerators, client, infrastructure, IoT, and automotive.


Responsibilities:

• Efficiently drive and resolve architectural investigations and PnP tradeoff studies across various SoC (CPU, GPU, NPU, Media, IO, interconnects, memory controllers) and Platform components.


• Perform detailed workload characterization to identify performance bottlenecks and propose architectural solutions. Collaborate, coordinate, and drive consensus across architects, and IP teams. Conduct workload compaction to facilitate effective modeling.


• Create profiling and visualization frameworks to analyze with right level of abstraction. Contribute to automation for streamlining production processes


• Stay up-to-date on latest advancements in application development, workload characterization, and performance/power/thermal analysis

Required Skills and Experience :

• Experience (+10 years) in SoC Performance Modeling and analysis in the semiconductor industry.


• A background in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science with an expertise in computer architecture, and microarchitecture.


• Understanding of general-purpose CPU/GPU microarchitecture, including knowledge of areas such as processor pipelines, caches, and memory hierarchy.


• Proficient in C/C++ for programming for large-scale software development, familiarity with SystemC TLM, and Python scripting language skills.


• Excellent communication, and interpersonal skills with ability to convey effectively complicated solutions.

"Nice To Have" Skills and Experience :

• Knowledge of interconnect micro-architecture design, PCIe/CXL and CHI protocols.


• Understanding of workloads used for performance optimization under system constraints (TDP, Limits).


• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities and requirements


• Experience with Unix, scripting, and source control systems (e.g., Git, Subversion).

In Return:

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!

• Partner and customer focus


• Teamwork and communication


• Creativity and innovation


• Team and personal development


• Impact and influence


• Deliver on your promises

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Salary Range:$230,265-$311,535 per year
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