Principal Software Engineer

Arm Limited; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech firm is seeking a highly skilled embedded software professional to join their Automotive Software team in Manchester. The role involves providing technical leadership for software development while collaborating with a global team. Ideal candidates have experience in low-level systems software and a strong background in system software development. This position supports hybrid working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Experience in system software development with focus on technology.
• Strong understanding of computer architecture and microarchitecture.
• Experience taking complex software from concept to delivery.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise and leadership to the team.
• Collaborate with architects and technical leads across the company.
• Hands on software design and development for Arm’s reference platforms.

Skills

Low-level systems software expertise

OS fundamentals (preferably Linux)

Software lifecycle experience

Technical leadership in software projects

Continuous Integration knowledge

Education

Good university degree in numerate subject

Tools

Linux

Yocto

AOSP

Xen

Job description

Job Overview

This is a great opportunity for a highly skilled embedded software professional to join our Automotive Software team. You will provide technical leadership for the software component development activities for our Automotive Solutions:https://www.arm.com/markets/automotive

You will join a globally distributed team of Software Developers who all share a passion for wanting to stamp their mark on the future of computing, wherever it may lead. If you are similarly passionate about groundbreaking technologies, then we want to hear from you.

Job Requirements

Responsibilities include:

• Provide technical expertise and leadership to the team using the breadth of experience gained within automotive and embedded software domain.
• Analyse system software and hardware architecture specs, roadmap requirements to create software integration & delivery strategy and project plans.
• Collaborate with architects and technical leads across the company, lead development practices for best-in-class software efficiency, quality, and predictability.
• A significant part of your work will be hands on software design and development of stacks for Arm’s reference platforms.

You would be helping to develop, optimise and deliver the software needed to support Arm's groundbreaking IP, as well as helping Arm grow its role in evolution of Automotive industry.

Education&Qualifications

Good university degree (or equivalent experience), ideally in a numerate subject.

Essential Skills & Qualities

• An ideal candidate will have a broad background in multiple aspects of system software development with a strong focus on technology and shipping products.
• You possess expertise in low-level systems software, OS fundamentals (preferably Linux), a good understanding of computer architecture and microarchitecture concepts, ideally for the Arm architecture.
• You have strong experience of the software lifecycle with track record of having taken complex software from concept to delivery, ideally covering production and maintenance. Additionally, you possess knowledge of CI (Continuous Integration) and automated test systems.
• You have a consistent record of technical leadership within large software projects with direct or indirect people leadership, coaching and mentoring.
• You have experience of breaking down and estimating complex requirements at different stages of the project lifecycle.

Desirable Skills & Qualities

• Experience with open source projects such as Linux, Yocto, AOSP, TF-A, TF-M, UEFI EDK II, U-Boot, Xen, Zephyr.
• Exposure to Automotive workloads, AI / ML software stacks, and tooling.
• Experience with Safety and Security Development practices.

If this sounds like you, please don't hesitate to apply.

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Accommodations at Arm

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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.