Senior Engineering Manger - GNU Toolchain

Arm Limited; Cambridge; Remote; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Arm Limited is seeking an experienced Senior Engineering Manager to lead the GNU Toolchain team in Cambridge. You will oversee hiring, development and delivery of strategic plans across GCC, Binutils, GDB, Glibc and Newlib, ensuring performance and future Arm technologies are at the forefront.

You will foster open-source collaboration, guide senior engineers, and influence across Arm and GNU communities. Based mainly in Cambridge, the role emphasizes leadership, architecture thinking and

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading and developing software engineering teams.
• Background in software engineering with depth for complex systems and performance engineering.
• Experience defining engineering strategy, setting priorities and delivering complex programmes.
• Ability to delegate effectively while guiding senior engineers.
• Strong communication and influencing skills across org and tech boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Hire, lead and develop the GNU Toolchain team, shaping culture and leadership.
• Partner with Technology Management to define strategy and priorities and translate into plans.
• Drive work across GCC, Binutils, GDB, Glibc and Newlib focusing on performance and future Arm tech.
• Champion upstream collaboration within GNU communities and enable engineers to take leadership roles.
• Collaborate across Arm and external partners, managing dependencies and reporting progress.

Skills

Team leadership

Engineering strategy

Open-source collaboration

Communication skills

GCC/toolchain knowledge

Tools

GCC toolchain

Binutils

GDB

Glibc/Newlib

Job description

Job Overview:

The Software (CE-SW) group is responsible for developing and improving the software ecosystem around Arm's next-generation architectures and systems. We are looking for an experienced Senior Engineering Manager to lead the GNU Toolchain team within CE-SW. Primarily based in Cambridge, the team works across key open-source projects including GCC, Binutils, GDB, Glibc and Newlib, ensuring excellent support for Arm architectures, with a strong focus on toolchain performance and optimisation. The team works with an open source first approach!

This is a senior manager role combining people leadership, technical strategy and open-source collaboration! You will lead a sizeable team of highly skilled engineers, working closely with senior engineers who provide technical leadership and support people management across the team. You will create an environment in which engineers can do their best work while developing the technical and people leaders who help the team succeed.

Responsibilities:

• Hire, lead and develop the GNU Toolchain team, with overall responsibility for its people, organisation and culture, while coaching and supporting senior engineers with people-management and leadership responsibilities.
• Partner with the Technology Management to shape the team’s strategy and priorities, translating these into clear engineering plans and taking ownership of effective execution and delivery across the group.
• Drive Arm's work across GCC, Binutils, GDB, Glibc and Newlib with particular focus on enabling future Arm technologies and delivering excellent performance and optimisation across the GNU toolchain.
• Champion effective upstream collaboration, strengthening Arm's influence and relationships within GNU open-source communities and enabling engineers to take significant upstream leadership roles.
• Collaborate across Arm and the wider software ecosystem, managing dependencies and representing the team’s priorities, progress and technical strategy to senior stakeholders.

Required Skills and Experience :

• Significant experience leading and developing software engineering teams, including coaching senior engineers and developing others leaders.
• Software engineering background and sufficient technical depth to provide leadership for complex systems software and performance engineering.
• Experience defining engineering strategy, setting priorities and delivering complex programmes involving multiple teams and collaborators.
• Ability to delegate effectively and empower senior engineers to take leadership and management responsibilities while maintaining clear accountability and direction.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to build relationships across organisational and technical boundaries.

Nice To Have Skills and Experience :

• Experience working with or contributing toopen-source software communities.
• Knowledge of compiler technology, performance optimisation or toolchains, particularly GNU or LLVM based.
• Understanding of computer architecture, performance analysis and the Arm software ecosystem.
• Experience leading sizeable engineering teams with leadership responsibilities distributed across senior engineers.

In Return:

You will lead an experienced engineering team working on software at the foundation of the Arm ecosystem.

The role combines engineering leadership, performance and optimisation, open-source collaboration and strategic influence. You will work with experts across Arm and internationally recognised open-source communities, helping shape both the performance and capabilities of the GNU toolchain on future Arm technologies.

You will have significant scope to shape the team, develop its next generation of technical and people leaders, and strengthen Arm's impact and influence across the GNU software ecosystem.

Our 10x Mindset

At Arm, we believe progress happens when people are empowered to think bigger and push beyond what seems possible. Our 10x mindset is about curiosity, ambition and creating impact that will be used by millions. We learn fast, prioritise collaboration and turn bold ideas into real technology. We look for people who are inspired by this way of working and want to grow in an environment where bold ideas are welcomed. Discover how the 10x mindset shapes life at Arm: https://careers.arm.com/10x-mindset

Use of AI in Your Application

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Recruitment Adjustments and Accommodations

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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.