The Mali™ GPU Software Architects team is looking for a dedicated DirectX driver architect. Drawing from your technical expertise, you will design a new DX12 driver stack running on our innovative Mali™ GPUs, set the direction of SW engineering, and participate in the optimization effort to reach optimal CPU and GPU performance. For this task, you will be working with cross-site, multi-disciplined, teams across Arm’s worldwide engineering centres.Responsibilities:

Working within a diverse group of architects, you will be responsible for: Designing critical components of the new DX12 driver stack that we are building, using our existing OpenGL ES, Vulkan and OpenCL drivers as starting points.You will collaborate with cross-functional teams of HW engineers, graphics experts, and software developers to build the optimal conforming driver.You will assess existing CPU and/or GPU performance challenges and explore the solution space to find the solutions with the best trade-offs.Finally, you will keep yourself up-to-date with the latest DirectX specifications and industry trends. In particular you will provide feedback and submit improvement ideas to our HW R&D team to ensure our future generations of products remain fully competitive.Required Skills and Experience :Experience in DirectX 11/12 driver architecture and development, in particular with driver memory management, resource binding, and synchronization.Experience in requirements analysis, software architecture definition, and documentation.Experience of analysing performance problems, and providing solutions backed up by objective data.“Nice To Have” Skills and Experience :Experience of OpenGL, Vulkan and/or Metal APIs.Experience of embedded systems or firmware development; knowledge of Arm CPU and/or Mali GPU is a plus.C/C++ software development background.In Return:

We have an excellent track record of building up expertise in people, so this is a great opportunity for you 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 novel technical problems