Senior Principal Systems Architect

arm limited; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company in Cambridge is seeking an experienced architect to drive smartphone and tablet SoC solutions. You will work with engineering teams to develop technology roadmaps and translate requirements into platform architecture. The ideal candidate has a proven track record in SoC architecture and excellent communication skills. This role involves engaging with product planning and ensuring alignment across technology teams.,

Qualifications

• Proven track record in smartphone/tablet SoC Architecture.
• Deep technical background and credibility.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop technology roadmap with engineering leadership.
• Translate technology requirements into platform architecture.
• Work across architecture and technology teams.
• Evaluate proposals and provide leadership.
• Build architecture specifications for engineering.

Skills

Smartphone/Tablet SoC Architecture

Technical Credibility

Progress in Ambiguous Environment

Collaborative Work

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor of Science in EE/ECE/CE/CS

Job description

Job Description

Job Overview:

Do you want to craft the next generation of smartphone and tablet solutions, extracting the maximum performance and power efficiency from the latest process and packaging technologies? In the Central Technology Group, we have a diverse set of engineers covering all aspects of SoC system architecture.

You have the chance to create high-impact changes daily by solving challenging technical problems in next generation hand-held devices! You will tackle challenging development work to help kickstart projects, run sophisticated proof-of-concepts, and be a technical leader from the front!

Responsibilities

• Engage with engineering leadership and product planning teams to develop technology roadmap.
• Translate technology requirements into platform architecture, encompassing hardware, software, tools and other components.
• 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 smartphones and large-screen compute SoCs.
• Evaluate architecture proposals, internal and external IP features and provide influential and inspirational leadership across hardware, software, and platform groups to align all parties to a common vision of architecture & technology development.
• Represent Arm with high technical credibility in customer meetings, appropriately incorporating feedback.
• Build high level architecture specifications as required to enable engineering teams to design and verify platforms addressing Client market segments including smartphones, large-screen compute and embedded/home devices.
• Design experiments and analyses to answer architectural questions, and invent, develop, or drive the development of simulators, models, profilers, and other methods and tools as vital to implement the analyses.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Proven track record in smartphone/tablet SoC Architecture or related work experience
• Deep technical background and credibility
• Proven track record to drive progress in an ambiguous environment
• Collaborative and influential across organisations
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and ability to work across multiple teams

Nice to have:

• Bachelor of Science degree in EE/ECE/CE/CS or related field required; MS or PhD highly desired

In return:

Arm is at the heart of the world's most advanced digital products. Our technology enables the generation of new markets and transformation of industries and society. We design 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.