ARM Performance Modelling Engineer - CPU 

United Kingdom, England, Cambridge 

496371353

You will evaluate these ideas and analyse CPU performance and power developing and using C++ based models of the micro-architecture. You will also coach and mentor more junior engineers to help them grow and become deep experts on the field.

The key objectives of this role include:

• You will help driving the technical direction of the team, which develops, tests and maintains software models of Arm's advance CPUs.
• You will engage with hardware design engineers to prune the design space of next generation products, understanding power and performance opportunities on current processors and investigate potential micro-architectural improvements.
• You will support the mentorship and coaching of other specialists; sharing your technical expertise and experience.
• With your help, we will keep improving the effectiveness of Arm modelling methodologies.
• We are closely interacting not only with hardware designers but also with other CPU performance modelling teams across the world. You would be involved on the communication and alignment of activities related to integration, methodologies, strategies, etc.

• Good interpersonal skills and capacity to work efficiently with local and remote teams.
• Experience of performance modelling and an understanding of CPU micro-architecture.
• Experience of exploring and evaluating ideas and performance related to processor micro-architecture.
• Proven experience in C++.

• Experience with power models.
• Strong software development experience, including design specification, coding, testing, and debugging.
• Experience with RTL and SystemC simulators.
• Familiarity with Arm architectures and instruction sets.
• Knowledge of System Architecture and System Software including OS kernel internals.
• Experience of Unix development environment.
• You will have a good university degree, ideally in electronic engineering or computer science, although other graduates would be considered if they have meaningful experience.
• Team leadership, including planning and managing tasks, as well as delivery to specification and schedule.

You will get to utilise your engineering skills to build support for technologies and influence millions of devices for years to come. You’ll share ideas with and learn new skills from some of the best engineers in the world!