Staff Performance Benchmarking Engineer (CPU)
Arm is seeking a Staff CPU Performance Benchmarking Engineer to help design Arm’s power-efficient CPUs for the next generation of workloads. You’ll define and deliver critical performance and power metrics, apply innovative analysis techniques, and uncover opportunities to push processor and cache performance further. You’ll also mentor junior engineers and collaborate with global teams to refine and optimise shared practices.
Overview
You’ll join CPU engineering teams across the UK to evaluate and enhance the performance features of world-class microarchitectures. Working with workloads that mirror future CPUs, you’ll evolve methodologies to ensure they remain best-in-class.
Responsibilities
* Analyse and report CPU/IP performance across the full development cycle.
* Collaborate with designers and performance engineers to improve power, performance, and area (PPA) of IPs.
* Develop and enhance infrastructure that uses emulators, simulators, and FPGAs to evaluate performance and power.
* Provide actionable insights to customers, architects, and marketing teams on IP performance across different scenarios and use cases.
Required Skills and Experience
* Strong grasp of CPU micro-architecture concepts (pipelines, caches, predictors, MMUs).
* Hands-on experience with low-level embedded C or assembly for coding, testing, optimisation, and debugging.
* Proficiency in Linux environments with strong scripting skills (Shell, Python, or Perl).
Nice to Have
* Solid background in CPU performance analysis using industry benchmarks.
* Familiarity with HDL languages (Verilog/VHDL) and RTL simulator/emulator environments.
* Exposure to hardware design and/or CPU performance modelling.
* Understanding of the Arm instruction set architecture and assembly language.
* Familiarity with compilers and code generation techniques.
* Broad knowledge of system architecture.
* A strong academic background with a degree in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, or a related field.
In Return
Arm is committed to global talent acquisition, offering an attractive relocation package. With offices around the world, Arm is a diverse organisation of dedicated, creative and talented engineers. By fostering a dynamic, inclusive, meritocratic, and open workplace, Arm encourages its people to share their contributions to Arm’s success in the global marketplace.
Accommodations
If you need an adjustment or an accommodation during the recruitment process, please email accommodations@arm.com. By sending the requested information, you consent to its use by Arm to arrange appropriate accommodations. All accommodation requests are treated with confidentiality and disclosed only as necessary to provide the accommodation. Examples include breaks between interviews, documents read aloud, or office accessibility. Please email us about any accommodation needs during recruitment.
Hybrid Working
Arm’s hybrid working approach supports both high performance and personal wellbeing. Details of what this means for each role will be shared upon application. Where local legal, regulatory, or other considerations apply, we will collaborate to find the best solution.
Equal Opportunities
Arm is an equal opportunity employer, committed to mutual respect and non-discrimination. We are a diverse organisation and do not discriminate on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Seniority level
* Associate
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Engineering and Information Technology
Industries
* Semiconductor Manufacturing
* Software Development
* Computer Hardware Manufacturing
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