Senior Hardware Acceleration Efficiency Architect

Arm Holdings

Hybrid

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: Austin, TX
Salary: $161,500–$218,500 / yr
Posted: 1 day ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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About Arm Holdings

Arm Holdings plc is a leading British semiconductor and software design firm, established in 1990 and recognized for developing energy-efficient processor architectures that power nearly all smartphones and a vast range of IoT and computing devices.

Arm Holdings currently has 40 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Hardware Acceleration Efficiency Architect

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The Emulation and FPGA Efficiency Architect role within Arm’s Productivity Engineering Group involves enhancing the global hardware acceleration infrastructure by benchmarking workloads, optimizing scheduling mechanisms, integrating EDA vendor APIs, and developing data pipelines for performance visualization. This position requires a minimum of five years’ experience in hardware emulation and FPGA environments, with expertise in profiling workloads, understanding workflows, and automating resource management. Candidates should be proficient in Linux-based systems, scripting languages like Python and Bash, and familiar with tools such as Prometheus and Grafana. The role also entails collaborating closely with Arm’s scheduler team and EDA tool vendors to drive continuous improvement and optimize performance for thousands of engineers globally.

Skills

Python Bash Prometheus Grafana Linux EDA vendor APIs scheduler design cloud-hosted emulation workflow orchestration monitoring tools vendor collaboration automation data pipelines performance dashboards

What you'll do

Benchmark emulation and FPGA workloads to quantify performance baselines.
Optimize scheduling mechanisms for system availability and job throughput.
Integrate EDA vendor APIs to automate resource management and streamline jobs.
Develop data pipelines and dashboards to visualize trends and inefficiencies.
Enhance scheduler intelligence for better resource allocation in production workloads.

What we're looking for

Minimum 5 years of experience in hardware emulation and FPGA environments.
Expertise in benchmarking and profiling emulation workloads with data-driven improvements.
Experience integrating EDA vendor APIs for automation and resource management.
Familiarity with scheduler design and integration for optimizing workload throughput.
Proficiency in Linux-based scripting (Python, Bash) for automation and analysis.
Strong analytical skills with a focus on performance validation and continuous improvement.

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