Applications Engineer (Imaging and Vision - Hardware)

Job description

Job Description

About the role

ARM’s Imaging and Vision Group was created following our recent acquisition of Apical Ltd, a company specializing in world leading smart photography, display and computer vision technologies. Within an ongoing program of rapid expansion in this exciting technology environment, we are creating a dedicated customer support/application engineering team to help our customers select, develop with and deploy our products in their own world class devices.

What will I be accountable for?

Acting as part of a wider application engineering community in the ARM Shanghai office, you will be required to gain a deep knowledge of ARM’s ISP products, build relationships with the relevant engineering groups within ARM worldwide and deploy this knowledge solving real problems in a timely manner for customers during crucial stages of their own product developments.

Your main objective will be to provide in-depth technical solutions to ISP IP customers. You will have strong analytic and communication skills, with the ability to remotely diagnose complex technical problems. For high touch customer engagements, you will be required to travel to work with customers at their premises, feeding back both their and your experiences to ensure we make better products. Additionally, you will help create training material, application notes and multimedia content for customer education purposes.

Job Requirements

What skills, experience and qualifications do I need?

Qualifications
Good university degree in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering or Physics; Post Graduate degree preferred. Other engineering or science subject graduates would be considered if they have relevant experience.

Experience

·  Knowledge of ISP architecture with an excellent understanding of the interaction between hardware and software
·  Familiar with Image Quality evaluations and concepts including experience using Imatest or equivalent image quality analysis tool
·  Experience or knowledge of FPGA or ASIC design, simulation and/or verification techniques, including RTL coding and simulation, in Verilog or VHDL
·  Familiar with UVM and be able to support customers to create constraints for specific test cases.
·  Solid knowledge of CDC & clock gating
·  Knowledge of Synopsys Design Compiler (or similar)
·  Linting tool experience (such as SpyGlass)
·  Solid knowledge of AXI interfacing
·  Experience in integrating SoC peripherals
·  Experience of customer and sales interaction – ideally in a Technical Support, Product Deployment or Field Application role - as well as development work
·  Demonstrable experience of problem solving and debug skills
·  Understanding of CMOS sensor test methodologies and knowledge of display technologies would be helpful

Desirable

·  General understanding of 3A algorithm
·  Strong understanding of microprocessors, esp. media devices (GPU, Video Codec, DSP, etc.)
·  Understanding of FPGA or ASIC implementation flows (synthesis, scan insertion, layout)
·  Experience of working in a multi-time zone and distributed team environment
·  Personal interest in digital photography is a plus

Personal Requirements

·  Must have a strong customer focus.
·  Must be able to travel globally on a regular basis (approximately every 3 months)
·  Must have the desire and ability to solve problems quickly
·  Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills with both colleagues and customers.
·  Must thrive working in high-pressure customer environments.
·  Must be proactive in obtaining engineering or management input, either ARM’s or the customer’s, in order to solve issues in a timely and accurate manner
·  Must be enthusiastic and well driven.
·  Must be able to schedule own workload, and plan tasks – based on both internal and customer requirements.
·  Must have good inter-personal skills, and be able to work well within a multinational team; especially when under pressure. Excellent cultural awareness is essential.
·  Must be willing to be flexible and accept new challenges

What are the desired behaviours for this role?

At ARM, we are proud to have a set of behaviours that reflect our unique culture and guide our decisions, defining how we work together to defy ordinary and shape extraordinary. These behaviours are assessed as part of the recruitment process:

·  Partner and customer focus – Your tendency to put your partners and customers first in all that you do by understanding their needs and striving to achieve win-win solutions.
·  Collaboration and communication – Your ability to forge lasting relationships which are built upon mutual trust, open communication and sharing of information and success.
·  Creativity and innovation – Possessing a passion for driving continuous improvement through spotting opportunities and seeking the views of others.
·  Team and personal development – You take time to drive your own development, whilst also encouraging team members and partners to do the same.
·  Impact and influence – You listen to different perspectives, evaluate, persuade and carefully shape your work to deliver truly impactful results.
·  Deliver on your promises – You demonstrate a can-do attitude and you drive to overcome obstacles, acting with a sense of urgency because you’re passionate about what you do.

Benefits

Your particular benefits package will depend on position and type of employment and may be subject to change. Your package will be confirmed on offer of employment. ARM's benefits program provides permanent employees with the opportunity to stay innovative and healthy, ensure the wellness of their families, and create a positive working environment.

·  Annual Bonus Plan
·  Discretionary Cash Award
·  Statutory Social Benefits: - Medical, Pension & Maternity
- Work related injury
- Unemployment & Housing fund

·  Commercial Benefits: - Medical, Travel & Life Insurance
- Annual Health Check

·  Allowances, Transportation & Meal
·  Sick Leave, 6 days annually
·  Holiday, 12 days for the 1st year increasing 1 day every calendar year up to 20 days maximum
·  Sabbatical, 20 paid business days every four-years of service
·  Volunteering, One (1) paid working day each year (TeamARM)
·  Others, holiday gifts, congratulations, team and social events

About ARM

ARM® technology is at the heart of a computing and connectivity revolution that is transforming the way people live and businesses operate. From the unmissable to the invisible; our advanced, energy-efficient processor designs are enabling the intelligence in 86 billion silicon chips and securely powering products from the sensor to the smartphone to the supercomputer. With more than 1,000 technology partners including the world's most famous business and consumer brands, we are driving ARM innovation into all areas compute is happening inside the chip, the network and the cloud.

With offices around the world, ARM is a diverse community of dedicated, innovative and highly talented professionals. By enabling an 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.