ARM

Are you looking for an exciting and meaningful role at the edge of technology? Are you motivated by learning new things and putting that knowledge into action?

Arm is seeking highly skilled and motivated engineers to join our Agile software development group. You will be part of a team based in Cambridge (UK), working closely with multi-disciplined engineering teams across Arm’s worldwide engineering centers. Contributing to the driver for the next generation Mali™ GPUs, you will ensure we interface seamlessly with the latest Android versions and Linux windowing systems. You will help shape the technologies that the market will see in years to come.

What you will be involved with:

You will focus on the Mali user-space graphics driver and related components to ensure they seamlessly inter-operate with the graphics stacks on Android and Linux. Technologies you will work with include Wayland, Android’s Surface Flinger, the Khronos EGL and Vulkan APIs, and the Android and Linux graphics stacks.You will get a unique view into modern graphics rendering pipelines and influence the implementation for billions of devices.

Contributing to different areas of the code base and participating in all phases of software development, this is a fantastic opportunity to broaden your knowledge and make use of a diverse set of skills.

We have an excellent track record of building up expertise in people, so this is a great opportunity to learn something new and interesting in a friendly and collaborative environment. Join a multinational, dynamic and highly motivated software development group where you will enjoy the support of your colleagues while being challenged by interesting technical problems. Do you like producing high quality, high performance SW and solving complex technical problems? - then we would love to hear from you.

Recent achievements of the team include:

• Vulkan extensions to enable direct-to-display rendering.
• EGL and Vulkan extensions to support virtual reality (VR), such as Google Daydream.
• 3D content recording and replaying framework to aid the development of our latest GPU’s with flexible visualisation and post-processing abilities.
• Support for upcoming version of Android with the latest Linux kernels.
• Enabling support for Wide Color Gamut (WCG) and High Dynamic Range (HDR) content.
• Implementing code to work with the Wayland display server protocol.

Day to day activities include:

• Participating in the design, implementation and testing of new features.
• Working closely with other software teams to interface driver components.
• Writing high quality, low overhead code for the user-space part of the driver stack.
• Maintaining the existing codebase: fixing bugs and other quality assurance activities.
• Reviewing other people’s code.
• Writing and maintaining documentation.

Skills & Experience required:

• Expertise in C or C++ programming.
• Deep understanding of computer architecture and embedded systems.
• Experience developing software for Linux, Android, Tizen, QNX, or similar systems.
• Demonstrable knowledge of the graphics stack on any major operating system.
• Experience with standard GNU/Linux tool chain, shells, version control, scripting languages and build systems.

Optional experience:

• Khronos OpenGL ES, Vulkan and/or EGL experience.
• Experience of driver or HAL development.
• Experience mentoring engineers or taking the lead on an engineering project.

Arm is committed to global talent acquisition, offering an attractive relocation package.

With offices around the world, Arm is a diverse organisation of dedicated, innovative and highly talented professionals. By enabling a vibrant, inclusive, meritocratic, and open workplace, where all our people can grow and succeed, we encourage our people to share their unique contributions to Arm's success in the global marketplace.

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