Principal Software & Firmware Architect

Job Overview

We are looking for a Principal Software and Firmware Architect who would help envision and deliver the next generation of improvements to power management and system architecture on Arm. You will collaborate with specialists across Arm to evaluate and develop new concepts and technologies, deploying them internally within Arm, and then assisting Arm partners in embracing them. Your contribution will advance both Arm power and performance specification and standards roadmaps, and the wider Arm ecosystem.

The Ideal Candidate

The Ideal Candidate Will Be An excellent communicator! Sharing the progress of tasks, and seeking feedback from your colleagues is how you work. Comfortable coping with uncertainty & resolving ambiguity, as you will be setting the direction Able to navigate and make high-level design trade-offs, and document and articulate those statements and their rationale for internal and external partners.

Responsibilities

• Understand system capability gaps and propose architectural solutions.
• Demonstrate viability of proposed mechanisms in the latest generations of Arm systems via prototypes.
• Craft and perform experiments and analysis to answer architectural questions, and use/modify software on silicon, simulators, models, profilers, and other methods and tools as vital to implement the analysis.
• Propose and demonstrate new Operating-System (e.g., Linux) and/or firmware based mechanisms to improve power and thermals.
• Document and communicate architectural concepts and results clearly and credibly across both external and external audiences, ranging from individual hardware or software development engineers, to architecture community peers, and to high level technology and business leadership.
• Plan and collaborate with external partners and other groups in Arm to gain consensus and successful landing of proposed architecture.
• Build and/or maintain Arm standard specifications.

Required Skills And Experience

• Bachelor of Science degree in EE/ECE/CE/CS or related fields.
• Strong programming skills using languages such as C, and experience developing Linux kernel drivers and embedded firmware.
• Understanding of power management mechanisms in Operating Systems (like Linux, Windows) and firmware.
• Working experience using firmware interfaces such as ACPI or device tree.

Nice To Have Skills And Experience

• Arm CPU and SoC system architectures.
• Knowledge about power and thermal management software, firmware and systems across market segments like servers, mobiles/laptops, IoT and automotive.
• Understanding the key use cases, design constraints and workloads in a modern smartphone, laptop or Server SoC, including use of virtualization.
• Debuggers and other tools and techniques to analyze how the OS and applications use the underlying hardware.
• Experience driving standards and specifications.

Benefits

In Return We at the heart of the world's most sophisticated digital products. Our technology enables the generation of new markets and transformation of industries and society. We craft scalable, energy efficient-processors and related technologies. Our innovative technology is licensed by Arm Partners who have shipped more than 50 billion Systems on Chip containing our intellectual property. Together with our Connected Community, we are breaking down barriers to innovation for developers, designers, and engineers, ensuring a fast, reliable route to market for leading electronics companies.

Pay

Salary Range $221,127-$299,172 per year

Schedule

We value people as individuals and our dedication is to reward people competitively and equitably for the work they do and the skills and experience they bring to Arm. Salary is only one component of Arm's offering. The total reward package will be shared with candidates during the recruitment and selection process.

Accommodations

Accommodations at Arm At Arm, we want our people to Do Great Things. If you need support or an accommodation to Be Your Brilliant Self during the recruitment process, please email Hybrid Working at Arm Arm’s approach to hybrid working is designed to create a working environment that supports both high performance and personal wellbeing. We believe in bringing people together face to face to enable us to work at pace, whilst recognizing the value of flexibility. Within that framework, we empower groups/teams to determine their own hybrid working patterns, depending on the work and the team’s needs. Details of what this means for each role will be shared upon application.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunities at Arm Arm is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal opportunities are available to all applicants and colleagues. We are a diverse organization of dedicated and innovative individuals, and don’t discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.