Senior Principal Product Engineer

Arm; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 308,600 - 417,500; Full time

Job summary

Arm is seeking a Senior Principal Product Engineer to guide manufacturability and own the manufacturing flow across ATE and SLT. You will collaborate with Architecture, SoC Design, Validation, Test and Quality teams to drive pre- to post-silicon readiness, addressing power, performance and cost in next‑gen designs.

You will manage cross-functional activities with foundries, OSATs and ASIC vendors, and lead post-silicon tests, reliability qualifications, and PVTF characterization.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering with strong CPU/SoC/GPU experience.
• Minimum 16 years of product engineering experience including manufacturing test and reliability qualification.
• Existing relationships with foundries, OSATs, and ASIC vendors.
• Broad expertise in ATE and SLT test concepts and characterization methodologies.
• Strong understanding of device physics and power/performance dependencies.

Responsibilities

• Understand product requirements with line-of-business and architecture teams.
• Own pre/post silicon operations across multiple engineering functions.
• Serve as P.E. contact for cross-functional collaborators from pre-silicon to post-silicon.
• Coordinate with foundries, OSATs and ASIC vendors for NPI/HVM readiness.
• Own post-silicon manufacturing test flow and reliability qualification.
• Drive ATE-to-system correlation for sensors, VF, and fusing.
• Travel up to 20% for meetings.

Skills

CPU bring-up

SoC / GPU silicon

Product engineering

Manufacturing test

Interpersonal skills

Leadership

Education

Electrical or Computer Engineering degree

Job description

Job ID 2026-17845 Date posted 22/07/2026 Location Austin, Texas Category Engineering Operations

Job Overview

Arm has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Principal Product Engineer in our Product Engineering team. You will work with Architecture, SoC Design, Validation, Test, System, Software, and Quality teams throughout the company, to guide manufacturability of pioneering designs across foundry/assembly and own the manufacturing flow across ATE and SLT. You will play a key role in preparing Arm and our partners on how to introduce new products in areas such as 2.5D/3DIC and sub-3nm nodes. The role drives industry leading products from pre-si readiness through post-si bring-up. The role requires hardworking product engineering focus on power, performance, cost and manufacturability.

Responsibilities

• Work with line-of-business and architecture teams to understand product requirements.
• Own technical pre/post silicon operations cross product engineering aligning cross-functionally with design, packaging, software, silicon validation, test and quality.
• Be the point of contact for Product Engineering team for multi-functional collaborators from pre-silicon to post-silicon.
• Point of contact for SOC manufacturing operations working with foundries, OSATs and ASIC vendors ensuring NPI/HVM readiness and conducting audits of manufacturing facilities with cross-functional teams.
• Own post-silicon manufacturing test flow, yield improvement, silicon and package reliability qualification, PVTF characterization and electrical failure analysis on ATE/SLT.
• Drive ATE to system correlation of Sensors, VF across PVT, Vmin/Fmax char and fusing.
• Up to 20% travel internationally for company and partner meetings.

Required Skills And Experience

• Bachelors, Masters, or Ph.D. degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, with a strong CPU, SOC or GPU silicon bring-up and product engineering background.
• Minimum 16 years of experience in product engineering, including manufacturing test, yield improvement, silicon characterization and reliability qualification.
• Existing relationships with Foundries, OSATs and ASIC vendors ecosystem.
• Broad expertise in ATE and SLT test concepts (Scan, BIST, Sensors, functional on ATE and bare metal, application on SLT) and Characterizations and Correlation methodologies.
• Strong understanding of device physics, digital/mixed-signal design, foundry and assembly process and CPU/GPU/SoC power and performance dependencies.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, strong initiative and open in engaging and learning new concepts and sharing with collaborators.

Nice To Have Skills And Experience

• Executive presence and commination skills.
• Experience with advanced foundry and assembly process.
• Leadership experience in fast paced organization

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

Salary Range

$308,600-$417,500 per year

We value people as individuals and our dedication is to reward people competitively and equitably for the work they do and the skills and experience they bring to Arm. Salary is only one component of Arm's offering. The total reward package will be shared with candidates during the recruitment and selection process.

Accommodations at Arm

At Arm, we want to build extraordinary teams. If you need an adjustment or an accommodation during the recruitment process, please email

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.