Principal PPA Solutions Engineer

$221,127 - $299,172/Yr

ARM - San Diego, CA

Full-time - Principal

Hybrid - San Diego, CA

5,001-10,000 employees

About the position

As a Principal PPA Solutions Engineer at Arm, you will be part of a team focused on developing solutions to enhance PPA (Power, Performance, Area) methodology and create tool flows for end-to-end convergence. This role involves collaboration with front-end and physical implementation teams to address design architecture, interfaces, timing, and power requirements, with a significant emphasis on scalability across advanced technology nodes and PPA trade-offs.

Responsibilities

• CAD software development for delivering PPA at scale with the highest quality and system efficiency.
• Exploring the latest trends in technology, algorithms, EDA automation, and analytics.
• Developing strategy and roll-out for EDA tools roadmap and features.
• Analyzing requirements, defining, and developing CAD solutions including external EDA tools integration.
• Leading product implementation while collaborating closely with internal design teams, foundry, and partners.

Requirements

• Strong experience and deep understanding of Timing, Power, Physical design.
• Outstanding expertise in EDA tool-flows, PPA analysis, and designing solutions.
• Experience with architecting and developing VLSI CAD Software and automation.
• Strong coding proficiency in languages Python, C, Tcl.
• Proficiency with version control systems like git, distributed processing, and disk management.
• Ability to work with evolving problem statements and solutions.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, communication, team spirit, and effective collaboration with multi-functional teams.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with multi-die SoC design flows.
• Experience with Data analytics, dashboards, and metrics.

Benefits

• Competitive salary range of $221,127-$299,172 per year.
• Comprehensive learning and development package including technical development and mentoring.
• Flexible progressive leave for significant life events.
• Paid sabbatical after 4 years of service.
• Health insurance and wellness programs.