Senior/Staff/Principal Design Engineer - Media IP

ARM
Stockport
3 months ago
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Job Overview

 

The Systems Media IP group is responsible for the development of Image Signal Processors (ISPs), Display Processors, and Video codecs for deploying within Arm Compute Subsystems for various end markets, including automotive, IoT, and client market segments. Our intellectual property encompasses RTL, reference drivers, tools, and libraries, enabling our customers to build upon our work to create innovative products!

 

We are currently looking for creative and enthusiastic design engineers to be part of a diverse team that constantly pushes the boundaries of power, performance, and area across our multimedia IP portfolio, while also generating designs that are robust, maintainable, and deliverable to the extraordinary quality our customers expect. This is a new team with plenty of opportunities to shape its future, and your own growth and career progression.

Responsibilities:

Depending on prior experience the responsibilities of the role can include:

  • Ownership of unit level development or multiple unit hierarchy or technical lead of an overall IP.
  • Design and test new hardware modules to implement innovative imaging algorithms and/or video codecs.
  • Engage in all aspect of hardware design including architectural investigations and modeling, specifications, design and simulation, backend implementation support and IP maintenance.
  • Identify cross Media IP process or methodology improvement opportunities, implementing changes to advance the hardware design efficiency.
  • Collaborate closely with colleagues in the verification teams, modelling teams, software driver developers, multimedia architects and imaging researchers.
  • Mentor & support other members of the team

Required skills and experience:

  • Experience in ASIC RTL design, ideally for Multimedia IP (ISPs, DPUs, VPUs) or related IP (CPU, GPU, interconnect, memory controllers, high-performance peripherals).
  • Proficiency in System Verilog, Verilog or VHDL.
  • Exposure to all stages of design: concept, specification, implementation, testing, documentation, and support.
  • Proficiency in UNIX and scripting languages such as TCL, Perl, Python, or shell scripting.
  • Prior technical and/or team leadership skills required for more senior positions.

'Nice to Have' skills and Experience:

  • Knowledge of advanced image processing algorithms, such as local tone mapping, noise reduction, motion estimation, transform coding etc or AI/ML based computer vision algorithms.
  • Experience of designing to meet industry standard protocols (e.g. AMBA interfaces, DDR specifications)
  • Experience of Functional Safety product development for the Automotive market (applying standards such as ISO 26262 and/or IEC 61508)
  • Programming language, such MATLAB, 'C' or C++
  • Experience with SystemVerilog Assertions (SVA) and Continuous Integration flows

In Return:

You will get to utilise your engineering skills to build multimedia technologies and influence millions of devices for years to come. You will be able to drive and bring your ideas to a wider audience, while building your technical leadership and influencing skills.

 

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Accommodations at Arm

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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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