SoC Architects

Arm; Ontario; Hybrid; USD 273,000 - 370,000; Full time

Job summary

Join an innovative team as an SoC Architect, where you'll design and develop cutting-edge SoC platforms across various market segments including mobile, automotive, and IoT. This role offers the chance to work on groundbreaking technology, collaborating with talented professionals to create high-performance silicon solutions. You'll influence architecture decisions, drive continuous improvement, and engage in exciting projects that shape the future of technology. Embrace a fast-paced environment that values creativity and teamwork, and contribute to a culture of excellence and innovation.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in a senior development or leadership role in semiconductor.
• Experience architecting scalable SoCs for diverse market segments.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop SoC architecture based on Arm product IP.
• Collaborate with teams to optimize end-to-end platform solutions.
• Drive innovation in SoC architecture and stay updated on trends.

Skills

Heterogeneous compute architectures

Power management

Coherent and non-coherent interconnect

PCIe/CXL

Multi-level caching architecture

Functional profiling & debug

Security and access control

Virtualization

Memory hierarchies

DRAM memory technologies

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in Computer Engineering

Job description

Job Overview:

At Arm an SoC Architect is a technical role responsible for architecting and designing high-volume, sophisticated, SoC platforms on groundbreaking nodes across multiple market segments including mobile, automotive, datacenter and networking, and IoT.

Arm's SoC Architects play a meaningful role in the development of production-quality silicon with outstanding performance and power efficiency, both in partnership with Arm partners and producing Arm development silicon.

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop Arm’s SoC architecture based on Arm product IP and system architecture to meet the requirements of best-in-class compute across our market segments.
• Work proactively across Arm’s architecture and core technology teams to ensure a roadmap of architecture platforms and technology feature development supporting the needs of groundbreaking SoCs.
• Collaborate with a team of SoC architects with the expertise to leave no stone unturned in the quest to design world-leading SoCs. Ability to scale across multiple partners and deliver multiple engagements in parallel.
• Collaborate with core, technology and software teams to optimize the end-to-end platform solutions.
• Participate in identifying the key use cases and workloads showcasing the best of Arm IP/platform.
• Work with engineering teams across Arm to coordinate on-time delivery of Arm IP into SoCs, and work together to ensure that what we learn from SoC development shapes how we develop future IP.
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement in SoC architecture staying up to date on industry trends and new technologies.
• Participate and drive partner/customer specific architecture discussions. Bring specifications to a mature stage allowing design and implementation teams to engage actively.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Significant experience in architecting scalable SoCs on groundbreaking nodes across multiple market segments.
• Expertise in multiple of the following areas: heterogeneous compute architectures, power management, clocking, coherent and non-coherent interconnect, PCIe/CXL, multi-level caching architecture, functional profiling & debug, security and access control, virtualization, memory hierarchies, sophisticated 2.5D/3D packaging, performance/power modeling & estimation, soft real-time accelerators, DRAM memory technologies.
• Excellent presentation, interpersonal and communication skills. Able to present at executive level inside and outside of Arm.
• Bachelor's or Master’s degrees in Electrical or Computer Engineering and 10 years of experience in a senior development or leadership position within semiconductor industry.
• Ability to influence at all levels, across engineering and business organizations internal and external to Arm, in their peer group, across execution, strategy and change.

“Nice To Have” Skills and Experience:

• Ability to work optimally in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities and requirements.
• Prepared to challenge the status quo constructively at senior level.
• Proven track record of timely, to-specification delivery of multiple sophisticated projects in parallel.

In Return:

To join a newly forming Solution Engineering SoC architecture team with significant opportunities to impact the shape, definition, and culture of the team and help build our future success! This will be a fast-paced and exciting environment with opportunities to demonstrate your strategic and innovative thinking while directly contributing to current projects.

Arm is proud to have a set of behaviors that reflect our culture and guide our decisions, defining how we work collaboratively to defy ordinary and shape extraordinary!

• Partner and customer focus
• Collaboration and communication
• Creativity and innovation
• Team and personal development
• Impact and influence
• Deliver on your promises

Salary Range: $273,020-$369,380 per year

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 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 [e-mail]. To note, by sending us the requested information, you consent to its use by Arm to arrange for appropriate accommodations. All accommodation requests will be treated with confidentiality, and information concerning these requests will only be disclosed as necessary to provide the accommodation. Although this is not an exhaustive list, examples of support include breaks between interviews, having documents read aloud or office accessibility. Please email us about anything we can do to accommodate you during the recruitment process.

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. In some cases, the flexibility we can offer is limited by local legal, regulatory, tax, or other considerations, and where this is the case, we will collaborate with you to find the best solution. Please talk to us to find out more about what this could look like for you.

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.