Principal Memory Design Engineer

Job description

Job Description

Introduction

This role is for a Principal Memory Design Engineer position in the Europe Physical Design team at Cambridge site. Working as part of the Cambridge Physical design team means working on leading edge high-performance, high-density, low-power and ultra low-power memory generators which are optimized for each silicon technology.

Principal Memory Design Engineer – Physical Design

ARM memory products have been used in circuits running over 3 GHz and are in production or development from 180nm to 16/14nm semiconductor processes for various foundries and Silicon partners. Our circuit group comprises some of the industry's leading experts in deep submicron circuit design and design for manufacturing (DFM) techniques.

Job Requirements

Education and Qualification

• Bachelors, Masters or PhD (computer science or electronics engineering) or equivalent with a good academic record
• Experience in memory design or related circuit design

Essential Skills and Experience

Proved execution track record in relevant field
• Motivation to work both unsupervised, as part of a project team or leading a team
• Ability to express ideas and communicate effectively
• Good inter-personal skills
• Attention to detail
• Willingness to be flexible and accept new challenges
• Understanding and/or experience with the following: circuit/layout w/ submicron technologies (90nm or smaller), technology tradeoffs, design for manufacturability layout techniques, low power circuit design, and familiarity with Cadence Virtuoso (DFII, Opus) would be helpful
• Understanding or an ability to learn a wide variety of industry standard modelling formats including: Liberty (CCS and NLM), Verilog, LEF, Spice, ECSM, and CDB
• Experience with other EDA tools
• Programming or scripting experience
• Coding, modifying, or reading DRC/LVS runsets
• Use of UNIX and shell programming
• Some knowledge of silcon processing and deep sub-micron effects

Benefits

Your particular benefits package will depend on position and type of employment and may be subject to change. Your package will be confirmed on offer of employment. ARM's benefits program provides permanent employees with the opportunity to stay innovative and healthy, ensure the wellness of their families, and create a positive working environment.

· Annual Bonus Plan
· Restricted Share Units (RSU)
· Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
· Group Personal Pension Plan with enhanced company contribution
· Medical, Travel, Health & Life Insurances
· SAYE, Save as you Earn
· Holiday, 25 days annual leave with option to buy an additional 5 days per year
· Sabbatical, 20 paid days every four-year of service
· Volunteering, One (1) paid working day each year (TeamARM)
· Others, cycle to work, free car parking, gym on site, team and social events

About ARM

ARM® is at the heart of the world's most advanced digital products. Our technology enables the creation of new markets and transformation of industries and society. We design scalable, energy efficient-processors and related technologies to deliver the intelligence in applications ranging from sensors to servers, including smartphones, tablets, enterprise infrastructure and the Internet of Things.

Our innovative technology is licensed by ARM Partners who have shipped more than 50 billion Systems on Chip (SoCs) containing our intellectual property since the company began in 1990. Together with our Connected Community, we are breaking down barriers to innovation for developers, designers and engineers, ensuring a fast, reliable route to market for leading electronics companies.

With offices around the world, ARM is a diverse community of dedicated, innovative and highly talented professionals. By enabling an inclusive, meritocratic and open workplace where all our people can grow and succeed, we encourage our people to share their unique contributions to ARM's success in the global marketplace.