SoC Lead - Senior Principal Engineer

Arm Limited; India; Hybrid; INR 3,500,000 - 8,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Arm Limited seeks a Solutions Engineering leader to drive end-to-end development of high-performance SoCs from concept to product launch across Cloud AI, Edge AI, and Physical AI segments.

This role requires coordinating across architecture, frontend, physical implementation, packaging, software, silicon validation, test, and post-silicon operations to deliver on schedule. The position offers a hybrid work model and collaboration across global teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's, Master's, Ph.D. in Electrical or Computer Engineering with strong computer architecture background.
• Direct experience of the full ASIC development lifecycle from architecture to silicon bring-up and post-silicon commercialization.
• Proven success owning architecture and development of complex SoCs across multiple market segments.
• Understanding of Arm-based SoC architecture, compute IPs, interconnect, and peripheral interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Product Definition: Define product requirements and success criteria with architecture teams.
• Technical leadership: Align across architecture, front-end, physical implementation, packaging, software, silicon validation, test, and post-silicon ops.
• Execution Ownership: Act as technical POC throughout the development lifecycle.
• Program Planning: Assess resources, propose timelines, monitor program health.
• Change control: Lead engineering change order process for feature improvements.
• Continuous Improvement: Assess capabilities and feed insights back into tools, methodologies, and team plans.

Skills

Electrical Engineering

Computer Engineering

ASIC design

SoC development

Arm architecture

Education

Bachelor's/Master's/PhD in EE/CE

Tools

EDA tools

Job description

Solutions Engineering is at the forefront of developing ground breaking SoC/SiP (System-on-Chip / System-in-Package) solutions across a wide range of market segments including Cloud Ai, Edge AI, and Physical AI.

In this critical leadership role, you will coordinate and be responsible for the development of high-performance SoCs from concept through product launch. This is a deeply technical position requiring end-to-end expertise and the ability to operate across functional and geographic boundaries. You will orchestrate multi-functional technical execution and help shape Arm’s future in advanced semiconductor technologies such as 2.5D/3D integration and sub-2nm process nodes.

Responsibilities:

• Product Definition: Partner with line-of-business and architecture teams to define product requirements and success criteria.
• Technical leadership: Drive alignment across architecture, front-end development, physical implementation, packaging, software, silicon validation, test, product engineering, quality, and post-silicon operations
• Execution Ownership: Serve as the technical point of contact for the assigned product(s), both internally and externally, throughout the development lifecycle
• Program Planning: Assess required engineering resources and competencies, propose execution timelines, and supervise program health
• Change control: Scrutinize the feature improvement requests and lead the engineering change order process
• Continuous Improvement: Conduct technical capability assessments and feed insights back into tools, methodologies, and team development plans.

Required Skills:

• Bachelors, Masters, or Ph.D. degree or experience in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering, with a strong computer architecture, design and product engineering background.
• Direct experience of the full ASIC development lifecycle, from architecture to silicon bring-up and post-silicon commercialization.
• Proven success in owning the architecture, and development of complex SoCs, ideally across multiple market segments
• Understanding of Arm-based SoC architecture, compute IPs, interconnect, low-speed and speed peripheral interfaces.

“Nice To Have” Skills :

• Excellent interpersonal skills, strong initiative and open in engaging and learning new concepts and sharing with collaborators
• Proven ability in product definition, architecture, design, system SW and silicon validation.
• Familiarity with product lifecycle management, including early-stage concept development and go-to-market readiness.

In Return:

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10x Mindset at Arm

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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.