Staff Engineer - Architecture Validation

Company: Arm

Key Skills: Communication, Design, EDA, Go, RTL, SAP, SoC, Testing

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Lead architecture validation and support integration across multiple architecture components.
• Analyse Arm Architecture specifications, identify ambiguities or gaps, and drive their resolution with architects.
• Drive tooling, automation, and framework enhancements to make validation scalable and efficient.
• Perform debugging and root-cause analysis, ensuring timely resolution of complex specification and model issues.
• Collaborate with Architects, authors and modeling engineers to align the architecture data with architectural intent.
• Own and champion validation activities to deliver high-quality architecture releases to internal and external partners.
• Mentor and guide engineers, promoting technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning.

Skills Required:

• Strong programming skills in C/C++ and Python.
• Solid understanding of CPU architecture and assembly programming.
• Proven leadership and expertise in validation, debugging, and analyzing complex issues.
• Excellent cross-team communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to reason about architecture specifications, machine-readable representations, and validation logic across the architecture generation pipeline.
• 8+ years of relevant experience in architecture modeling, validation, or related domains.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience with Arm Architecture or Arm CPUs.
• Background in embedded software or system-level modeling and validation.
• Hands-on experience with AI/LLM-based tools or workflows for engineering productivity, automation, validation, or debugging
• Familiarity with toolchain development or modeling frameworks.
• Exposure to formal verification or architecture simulation tools.
• Strong interest in continuous learning and innovation

Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree (B.Tech./B.S. or M.Tech./M.S.) in Electronics, Electrical, or Computer Engineering from a reputed institution.