Senior/Staff Subsystem & SoC Design Engineer

Senior/Staff Subsystem & SoC Design Engineer Overview

Arm’s Solution Engineering organization creates sophisticated end-to-end solutions that span system specification, front-end design and validation, physical implementation, and silicon delivery. This role sits within the front-end design group in SE SoC Engineering, where the team develops complete subsystem solutions such as GPU subsystems and control subsystems, along with reference platform designs for a broad set of markets including automotive, mobile, server, and others. The work builds on outputs from Arm IP teams and combines the latest Arm IP with selected third-party components to produce integrated, optimized subsystem designs for SoCs aimed at edge AI, physical AI, and cloud AI use cases.

What you will do

• Take part in the specification, design, and verification of subsystems and/or test chips.
• Create RTL and the related design-intent artifacts, including timing constraints and power intent deliverables.
• Integrate IP blocks into subsystem-level designs.
• Carry out a range of design checks to support quality and correctness.
• Contribute sections of the microarchitecture specification.
• Work closely with verification engineers to review test plans and help diagnose design problems.
• Collaborate with implementation engineers to improve the design for physical realization.
• Organize your own workload, maintain progress tracking, and report status so delivery remains timely and high quality.

What Arm is looking for

• Hands-on experience with SystemVerilog or Verilog HDL for RTL development.
• Strong understanding of RTL design for complex SoC programs.
• Practical experience with static design checks, power-domain and clock-domain crossing, and synthesis.
• Good knowledge of computer architecture and systems fundamentals, with direct experience in complex system design that may include CPUs, GPUs, multimedia IP such as camera, display, and video, interconnects, memory controllers, and high-performance peripherals.
• Comfort using UNIX environments and scripting tools such as Python, Perl, or shell scripts.
• Ability to write clear specifications and documentation for sophisticated designs.

Additional experience that would be useful

• Exposure to Arm-based designs, Arm system architecture, and AMBA standards.
• Programming experience in C, C++, and/or assembly language.
• Experience working on large-scale SoC development programs.
• Background in functional safety development for automotive products, including standards such as ISO 26262 and/or IEC 61508.

Rewards, support, and working environment

Arm describes itself as a global organization of inventive, highly committed engineers working in an open, inclusive, and merit-based environment where people are encouraged to contribute and grow. The company highlights a culture that supports collaboration, personal development, and success across a diverse workforce.

The salary range for this position is £97,300 to £131,700 per year.

Arm offers a broader rewards package that includes health and wellbeing support, help with work-life balance, financial rewards beyond salary, and development and support opportunities.

The company also provides accommodations during recruitment for candidates who need adjustments, such as breaks between interviews, documents being read aloud, or office accessibility support. Requests are handled confidentially.

This position uses Arm’s hybrid working approach. The company’s model is intended to support both strong performance and personal wellbeing by combining face-to-face collaboration with flexibility. Teams help define their own hybrid pattern based on the needs of the work, and the exact arrangement for this role will be explained during the application process. In some cases, flexibility may be limited by local legal, regulatory, tax, or other considerations, and Arm says it will work with candidates to find the best possible solution.

Arm notes that no relocation package is available for this role.

If the successful candidate needs Skilled Worker sponsorship, Arm will pay the employer-side sponsorship costs. However, the candidate is responsible for all personal immigration expenses, including the visa application fee and the Immigration Health Surcharge.

Equal opportunity and accommodations

Arm states that it is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. The company also invites applicants who need support or adjustments during recruitment to contact its accommodations team by email.

How to apply

Applicants can submit an application through Arm’s careers site for this role. The posting also provides an option to save the job and indicates that candidates may contact Arm for recruitment accommodations if needed.

Degree Requirement: Not Specified

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