ARM Performance Analysis Engineer 

United States, Texas, Austin 

185517134

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.

• 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.

• 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.

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