Staff Circuit Boards Applications Engineer

Arm; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

Arm’s application engineering team helps our customers achieve success with our products. We are growing this team to start collaborating with our customers on their circuit board designs. The successful applicant will be the first member of this team and will have an opportunity to contribute to the strategy and operating model for the team as well as developing new skills. The role is a hybrid home/office role based at Arm’s headquarters in Cambridge, England and requires broad co-working with relevant engineering and commercial roles within Arm as well as concurrently with multiple customers. Initially, you will work closely with Arm’s board engineering team as they deliver for our own programs, later transitioning to meet the customer demand.

Responsibilities:

• Be the primary contact point for customers integrating Arm silicon into their board designs.
• Be the critical link between Arm’s partners and customers and the Arm Silicon and Boards Engineering teams.
• Aim to help the customer independently, pulling support from the engineering team at the right time.
• Able to influence and improve customer-facing documentation and design guides based on experience and feedback.
• Feed customer experience back into the business to improve Arm’s products and services.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Understanding of high-speed signal design practices, such as signal routing and PCB stack-up influences.
• Knowledge of signal/power integrity issues on boards and debug strategies to find and resolve.
• Detailed knowledge of embedded system board design, designing with complex LSI devices, demonstrating an understanding of various high-speed IO interface standards such as PCIe and DDR.
• Can use schematics and PCB design tools to find information and to review customer designs.

“Nice To Have” Skills and Experience:

• Knowledge of Arm technology, culture, and the business model.
• Understanding of SoC system architectures and end market applications.
• Has previous experience of board bring-up involving desktop or server-grade processors.
• Open to travel, potentially spending significant periods of time on customer sites and for learning trips.

In Return:

Atop an outstanding Life at Arm, our team is famous across Arm for pioneering innovation, inclusive and equitable initiatives to support the diverse career development needs of our engineering team through Friday Focus Times, regular career conversations, and a grassroots mentality to continuous improvement led by the team.

Accommodations at Arm:

At Arm, we want our people to Do Great Things. If you need support or an accommodation to Be Your Brilliant Self during the recruitment process, please email [e-mail]. To note, by sending us the requested information, you consent to its use by Arm to arrange for appropriate accommodations. All accommodation requests will be treated with confidentiality, and information concerning these requests will only be disclosed as necessary to provide the accommodation.

Hybrid Working at Arm:

Arm’s approach to hybrid working is designed to create a working environment that supports both high performance and personal wellbeing. We believe in bringing people together face to face to enable us to work at pace, whilst recognizing the value of flexibility. Within that framework, we empower groups/teams to determine their own hybrid working patterns, depending on the work and the team’s needs.

Equal Opportunities at Arm:

Arm is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal opportunities are available to all applicants and colleagues. We are a diverse organization of dedicated and innovative individuals, and don’t discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.