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# SoC Performance/Power Verification/Emulation Engineer

- **Company:** Arm
- **Location:** Austin, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** €198,000.0 - €268,000.0
- **Skills:** Ruby, Python, C++
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://careers.arm.com/job/austin/staff-soc-performance-power-verification-emulation-engineer/33099/75738045056

## About the Role

 **Required Skills and Experience:**

- Detailed understanding of computer architecture and bus protocols
- Experience in bringing-up full-chip SoC test cases in Simulation and Emulation
- Experience in implementing RTL modules using Verilog/System Verilog
- Experience in Python/Ruby, C/C++ and assembly language
- Experience enabling workloads and benchmarks on RTL Simulation and  Power  Performanc Emulation environments
- Excellent communication and partnership skills
- Proactive with strong problem-solving ability

**“Nice To Have” Skills and Experience:**

- Proficiency in Unix/Linux, scripting, and source control systems (e.g., Git, Subversion).
- Familiarity with one or more CPU instruction sets
- Familiarity with ARM architecture
- Experience with compilers, assemblers, or device drivers.



## Description

 **Job Description**

- Passionate about building SoC verification platforms?
- Eager to expand into firmware, software and performance analysis?
- Arm’s System-on-Chip(SoC) Performance Analysis Team in Central Technology group builds early Performance analysis platforms to enable system technology exploration on future Arm System/SoC architecture. Using workload characterization and analysis, we influence future SoC, CPU and IP designs. We are seeking highly skilled and motivated simulation/emulation engineers to join our diverse team at Arm!

**Responsibilities:**

- As a SoC verification/Emulation Engineer, you will:
- Develop SoC verification testbench for simulation and  Power Performance emulation-based analysis
- Modify RTL and stitch together IP’s to build various SoC flavors.
- Make incremental changes to system level firmware and bring-up SoC to implement test cases
- Verify the SoC with bare-metal tests and OS boot.
- Collaborate with architects to define future SoC architectures
- Explore innovative ways for SoC integration, develop supporting tools and workflows

**Required Skills and Experience:**

- Detailed understanding of computer architecture and bus protocols
- Experience in bringing-up full-chip SoC test cases in Simulation and Emulation
- Experience in implementing RTL modules using Verilog/System Verilog
- Experience in Python/Ruby, C/C++ and assembly language
- Experience enabling workloads and benchmarks on RTL Simulation and  Power  Performanc Emulation environments
- Excellent communication and partnership skills
- Proactive with strong problem-solving ability



## About Arm

Arm is the industry’s highest-performing and most power-efficient compute platform with unmatched scale that touches 100 percent of the connected global population. To meet the insatiable demand for compute, Arm is delivering advanced solutions that allow the world’s leading technology companies to unleash the unprecedented experiences and capabilities of AI. Together with the world’s largest computing ecosystem and 22 million software developers, we are building the future of AI on Arm.



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