Staff GPU Software Engineer

Job description

Job Description

Staff GPU Software Engineer

About the role

ARM’s Partner Enablement Group provides application engineering services to ARM’s IP licensees with the goal of enabling mutual success through securing volume shipment of Silicon Chips. We are now seeking a highly motivated and extremely capable mid-career engineer to join our existing media IP SW driver support team. The role will be based in Cambridge, UK.

What will I be accountable for?

Your main objective will be to provide in-depth technical software solutions to GPU and other media IP customers and drive the system-wide diagnosis on the complex problems. You usually lead some key customers support activities or some specific technical areas. You may be required to lead the work with customers at their premises. You will also become an official ARM trainer and occasionally present courses to customers at home and abroad. Additionally, you will help create training material, application notes and multimedia content for customer education purposes.

The successful applicant will also be expected to spend some time each year updating their technical product knowledge at one of ARM’s media IP design centres in either Cambridge, UK; Trondheim, Norway or Lund, Sweden.

Job Requirements

What skills, experience and qualifications do I need?

Qualifications

·  Good university degree in Computer Science or Electronics Engineering; Post Graduate degree preferred. Other engineering or science subject graduates would be considered or equivalent industry experience.

Experience

·  Expert knowledge of C language
·  Experience of software development for Linux/Android, preferably working on driver or middleware development
·  Strong software design, coding and debug skills.
·  Experience of customer and sales interaction – ideally in a Technical Support, Product Deployment or Field Application role - as well as development work.
·  Knowledge in 2D/3D graphics technology and standards such as OpenGL ES, EGL, OpenCL
·  Knowledge of GPU and/or CPU architecture with an excellent understanding of the interaction between software and hardware.
·  Experience of working in a multi-time zone and distributed team environment.

Desirable

·  Experience of embedded operating systems, device drivers, microprocessor and embedded system hardware architectures
·  Knowledge of Khronos multimedia standards and Microsoft standards
·  Knowledge of Windows and UNIX development environments
·  Knowledge of the ARM architecture, ARM assembler
·  Knowledge of heterogeneous compute, ideally GPGPU/OpenCL.
·  Knowledge of multimedia system software, including video, image processor, display is the plus

What are the desired behaviours for this role?

At ARM, we are proud to have a set of behaviours that reflect our unique culture and guide our decisions, defining how we work together to defy ordinary and shape extraordinary. These behaviours are assessed as part of the recruitment process:

·  Partner and customer focus – Your tendency to put your partners and customers first in all that you do by understanding their needs and striving to achieve win-win solutions.
·  Collaboration and communication – Your ability to forge lasting relationships which are built upon mutual trust, open communication and sharing of information and success.
·  Creativity and innovation – Possessing a passion for driving continuous improvement through spotting opportunities and seeking the views of others.
·  Team and personal development – You take time to drive your own development, whilst also encouraging team members and partners to do the same.
·  Impact and influence – You listen to different perspectives, evaluate, persuade and carefully shape your work to deliver truly impactful results.
·  Deliver on your promises – You demonstrate a can-do attitude and you drive to overcome obstacles, acting with a sense of urgency because you’re passionate about what you do. Salary: Competitive
Opening Date: 7 th December 2016 Closing Date: 4thJanuary 2017

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
·  Discretionary Cash Award
·  Group Personal Pension Plan with enhanced company contribution
·  Medical, Travel, Health & Life Insurances
·  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® technology is at the heart of a computing and connectivity revolution that is transforming the way people live and businesses operate. From the unmissable to the invisible; our advanced, energy-efficient processor designs are enabling the intelligence in 86 billion silicon chips and securely powering products from the sensor to the smartphone to the supercomputer. With more than 1,000 technology partners including the world's most famous business and consumer brands, we are driving ARM innovation into all areas compute is happening inside the chip, the network and the cloud.

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.