Design Engineer
Key Skills for This Role
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Key Responsibilities
- Develop and optimize Arm custom standard cells for advanced sub-3nm process technology nodes.
- Perform standard cell characterization, modeling, and EDA view generation, ensuring that generated models accurately represent circuit and design intent.
- Design, analyze, and verify transistor-level circuits to meet demanding power, performance, area, and reliability requirements.
- Collaborate closely with mask design engineers to optimize cell layouts for electrical performance, area, manufacturability, and design-rule compliance.
- Execute robust QA and validation methodologies across standard cell library views using a variety of EDA tools.
- Identify opportunities to improve characterization methodologies, automation, tools, and development processes, and drive these improvements across project teams and related functions.
- Collaborate effectively across circuit design and other engineering teams to deliver production-quality standard cell libraries.
- Analyze complex technical issues, develop practical solutions, and clearly communicate conclusions and recommendations to engineering stakeholders.
Required Skills and Experience
- BSEE with 2+ years of relevant circuit design and/or standard cell characterization experience, or MSEE with 2+ years of relevant experience.
- Experience in designing and verifying standard cells specifically targeted at improving core- and SoC-level PPA.
- Strong understanding of MOSFET electrical characteristics, transistor-level device physics, circuit behavior, PPA trade-offs, layout effects, and process variability, particularly for advanced process technologies.
- Expertise in transistor-level design and analysis of static CMOS circuits, including state-retaining elements such as latches and flip-flops.
- Hands-on experience with standard cell characterization, EDA view generation, modeling, and QA/validation.
- Proficiency with industry-standard cell characterization tools and SPICE-level circuit simulators.
- Proficiency in scripting and automation using languages such as Python and/or Perl.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to investigate characterization issues and iteratively develop effective solutions.
- Ability to clearly communicate technical findings, conclusions, trade-offs, and recommendations.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively across engineering disciplines, manage diverse responsibilities, continuously develop technical skills, and contribute positively to a team environment.
Nice to Have Skills and Experience
- Familiarity with advanced-node design considerations and their impact on standard cell architecture, characterization, and implementation.
- Experience developing automation or methodology improvements for standard cell design, characterization, or validation flows.
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Hybrid Working at Arm
Arm’s approach to hybrid working is designed to create a working environment that supports both high performance and personal wellbeing. We believe in bringing people together face to face to enable us to work at pace, whilst recognizing the value of flexibility. Within that framework, we empower groups/teams to determine their own hybrid working patterns, depending on the work and the team’s needs. Details of what this means for each role will be shared upon application. In some cases, the flexibility we can offer is limited by local legal, regulatory, tax, or other considerations, and where this is the case, we will collaborate with you to find the best solution. Please talk to us to find out more about what this could look like for you.
Equal Opportunities at Arm
Arm is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal opportunities are available to all applicants and colleagues. We are a diverse organization of dedicated and innovative individuals, and don’t discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
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