Staff Hardware AI Engineer

Salary: £45,000 - 80,000 per year

Requirements:

• Hands-on experience with design or verification methodology, including deep understanding of RTL design, interfaces between RTL, testbench and Verification IP, and debugging compile and simulation issues.
• Experience with EDA vendor tooling and domain knowledge of at least one of the three major EDA vendor toolsets.
• Practical experience using AI for engineering automation, including prompt design and iteration, structured outputs, and tool use.
• Strong problem-solving ability to quickly diagnose issues in real environments and drive resolution across teams.
• Clear written communication skills to turn ambiguous conversations into requirements and actionable plans.
• Strong scripting ability in at least one language, with Python preferred.
• Ability to integrate and orchestrate tools, including parsing logs and reports, running flows, and collecting results.
• Experience in an Application Engineer or internal customer-facing role where user needs were translated into working solutions.
• Familiarity with agentic workflows, skills, and tool-calling patterns.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute hands-on to the development of AI-based solutions for Hardware Design and Verification automation.
• Curate and develop solutions based on OpenAI Codex skills and tool integrations, including simulation flows, log analysis, and code review or refactor support.
• Collaborate with our Engineering teams to capture real engineering struggles and turn them into clear requirements.
• Build quick prototypes and evaluate EDA AI tools to validate feasibility and quantify impact.
• Drive adoption as a change leader by running demos and workshops, contributing onboarding guides, and identifying and removing adoption blockers.

Technologies:

• AI
• ARM
• Hardware
• Support
• Python

More:

We are the PE AI team, focused on improving engineering productivity through smart technology. We work across hardware and software projects, partnering with teams to embed AI into their workflows. In this Staff Hardware AI Engineer role, you will help build AI-enabled automation that improves the efficiency of Arm digital hardware design and verification engineers, supporting better cycle time and stronger day-to-day engineering performance. Arm offers hybrid working designed to support high performance and personal wellbeing, with team-specific patterns determined by work needs. Salary ranges are provided for the United Kingdom, France, and Norway. No relocation package is available for this role. We are committed to equal opportunities and to providing recruitment process accommodations where needed.

last updated 37 week of 2026