Functional Safety Manager

Arm Limited; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Arm Limited in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Functional Safety and Cybersecurity Manager to join the Quality and Compliance team. You will lead safety and cybersecurity activities across Automotive, Robotics and related technologies, partnering with global engineering and business teams.

The role focuses on establishing scalable compliance approaches, independent assurance, and certification readiness, driving continuous improvement and ensuring alignment with industry standards.

Qualifications

• Experience in safety-critical hardware/software/system development.
• Practical knowledge of ISO 26262, ISO/SAE 21434, IEC 61508, and ASPICE.
• Experience supporting compliance reviews, audits, and process improvements.
• Understanding of safety and cybersecurity lifecycle processes and certification readiness.
• Strong communication and ability to influence global teams.

Responsibilities

• Support Automotive and Robotics programmes throughout development, assessment, and certification.
• Conduct independent reviews and compliance evaluations to identify gaps and strengthen engineering practices.
• Drive external assessment readiness and closure of findings.
• Develop governance, review methodologies, training, and corrective actions.
• Collaborate with global engineering and business teams to standardize practices.

Skills

Functional Safety

Cybersecurity

ISO 26262

ISO/SAE 21434

ASPICE

Audits & Assessments

Stakeholder Management

Job description

Job Description

Arm is looking for an experienced Functional Safety and Cybersecurity Manager to join our Quality and Compliance team.

This role will support Automotive and Robotics programmes across Functional Safety, Cybersecurity, and Quality, working closely with global engineering and business teams throughout product development, assessment, and release.

You will help establish practical, scalable compliance approaches aligned with industry standards, provide independent assurance, support external assessments and certification readiness, and drive continuous improvement across Arm's Automotive, Robotics, and Physical AI technologies.

Responsibilities

• Support Automotive and Robotics programmes throughout development, assessment, and certification, ensuring alignment with industry standards and customer requirements.
• Conduct independent reviews, internal assessments, and compliance evaluations to identify gaps and strengthen engineering practices.
• Drive external assessment and certification readiness, including reviewing compliance evidence, safety and cybersecurity work products, and supporting closure of findings.
• Develop and improve governance processes, review methodologies, training, and corrective actions to strengthen compliance and engineering efficiency.
• Collaborate with global engineering, quality, and business teams to drive consistent Functional Safety and Cybersecurity practices across Automotive, Robotics, and Physical AI technologies.

Required Skills and Experience

• Strong experience in semiconductor, hardware, software, or system development within safety-critical industries.
• Practical knowledge of ISO 26262, ISO/SAE 21434, IEC 61508, Automotive SPICE (ASPICE), or comparable industry standards.
• Experience supporting engineering teams with compliance, audits, independent reviews, assessments, and process improvement activities.
• Understanding of Functional Safety and/or Cybersecurity lifecycle processes, engineering work products, and certification readiness.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, analytical, and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to influence global engineering teams.

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Familiarity with ISO/PAS 8800 (Road Vehicles – Safety and Artificial Intelligence) and its application to AI‑enabled safety‑critical systems.
• Experience in Automotive, Robotics, Physical AI, or complex semiconductor product development.
• Experience working with external assessment or certification bodies and supporting continuous improvement of engineering processes.

Additional Information

Please note that no relocation package is available for this role.

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Hybrid Working

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

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.