Automotive Architect

Job Title

Automotive Architect

Role Summary

Architect and design high-volume automotive SoC platforms (targeting ADAS and IVI devices) on leading-edge process nodes. Partner with Arm internal architecture and core technology teams and with external silicon partners to deliver production-quality silicon that meets performance, power, safety, and security requirements.

Experience Level

Senior — typically requires 10+ years of semiconductor industry experience in senior development or leadership roles.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include:

• Define and develop Arm SoC architectures based on Arm IP and system-level requirements for automotive devices.
• Coordinate across Arm architecture and core technology teams to plan architecture platforms and feature roadmaps supporting SoC needs.
• Collaborate with SoC architects and engineering teams to scale designs across multiple partners and manage multiple engagements in parallel.
• Ensure timely delivery and integration of Arm IP into SoCs and feed learnings from SoC development back into IP direction.
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement, staying current with industry trends and new technologies.
• Lead partner and customer architecture discussions and mature specifications to a state suitable for design and implementation teams.

Requirements

Must-have qualifications and skills:

• Significant experience architecting scalable automotive SoCs on leading-edge process nodes.
• Practical experience developing FuSa-compliant architectures supporting mixed-criticality compute up to ASIL-D; familiarity with FMEA analysis and fault detection/management/isolation techniques.
• Proven expertise in multiple of the following: heterogeneous compute architectures, power management, clocking, coherent and non-coherent interconnect, PCIe/CXL, multi-level caching, functional profiling & debug, security and access control, virtualization, memory hierarchies, 2.5D/3D packaging, performance/power modeling & estimation, soft real-time accelerators, DRAM technologies.
• Excellent presentation, interpersonal and communication skills; ability to present at executive level and influence across engineering and business organizations.
• Around 10+ years in a senior development or leadership position within the semiconductor industry with a track record of delivering complex projects.

Nice-to-have:

• Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities.
• Experience challenging the status quo constructively at senior levels.
• Consistent track record of timely, to-specification delivery of multiple sophisticated projects in parallel.

Education Requirements

Posting specifies a Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering. (The role also expects ~10 years of relevant senior-level industry experience.)

About the Company

Company: Arm

Headquarters: Cambridge, United Kingdom

ARM is a global leader in semiconductor and software design, driving innovation in computing technology. The company specializes in designing processors and systems that provide the essential building blocks for electronic devices. ARM's architecture is widely used in smartphones, servers, and IoT devices, and its collaborative culture fosters bold thinking, diversity, and high-impact benefits for its talented workforce.