Job Description

Introduction

If you have a smartphone, digital camera, digital TV, gaming console or a smart meter at home, you’ve already used an ARM Powered product. Over 125 ARM Powered products are shipped every second and over 35 billion ARM technology-based chips have been shipped to date making us the world’s leading Intellectual Property (IP) semiconductor supplier.

We see a world where billions of people can collaborate, communicate and connect every day. Improving people’s lives by enabling access to affordable, easy to use intelligent electronic products and services which transform the way we live and work.

Placements at ARM

At ARM we offer summer placements across our business enabling you to build the key skills needed for future employment by learning about the world of work. You will have the opportunity to work on exciting projects that will challenge you and help develop your abilities.

Processor Division

Over ARM’s history, the Processor Division team in Cambridge has produced some of the company’s most successful products, with many billions of processors designed by this group in use around the world today. This team has been responsible for developing processors across the full range of ARM’s processor portfolio, from high-end A-class parts such as the Cortex-A7, one of the first generation of processors implementing ARM’s big.LITTLE technology that will power the next generation of smartphones, through to microcontrollers in the M-class series such as the M0+, which will enable countless connected devices in the ‘Internet of Things’.

Job Description

As part of the ARM Summer Placement scheme in Cambridge, you will be working with the marketing group on next generation products and programs, with the help and guidance of experienced business leaders within the organization. Building on your existing hardware and software knowledge you will gain valuable new skills and experience, and make a real contribution to the team.
This placement is ideal for the engineer who is interested in fast-tracking their career into the world of business, driving product definition and understanding the mechanics of the exciting & competitive commercial world.

Job Requirements

Essential Skills and Experience

• A good understanding of digital electronics
• Strong communication skills: listening, understanding and persuading
• Excellent attention to detail
• Understanding of computer architecture and micro-architecture concepts
• Outstanding inter-personal and teamwork skills
• The ability to effectively work alone as well as in a team
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Knowledge of the ARM architecture
• Marketing & business skills – understanding of business lifecycles, working with partners and ecosystem, delivering to schedules
• Strong technical writing skills – communicating challenging ideas with concise and consumable messaging
• Familiarity with high-level simulation languages, such as VHDL or Verilog
• Programming languages, such as 'C', C++

Closing date for applications is 1st April 2013

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