Staff Team Lead - SoC Software
ArmJob Title
Staff Team Lead - SoC Software
Role Summary
Lead a team of software engineers in Arm's CE-SW Infrastructure Solutions Software group delivering SoC, firmware and system software for cloud and data center platforms. Responsible for technical direction, people development, and ensuring delivery from pre-silicon through silicon bring-up to production readiness.
Based in Bristol with a hybrid working model.
Experience Level
Senior-level. The title indicates a senior leadership role; explicit years of experience are not specified.
Responsibilities
Accountabilities for the role include technical leadership, team development, planning and delivery of low-level software across hardware and software boundaries.
- Lead, coach and line-manage a team of engineers while remaining technically hands-on.
- Provide technical direction and set engineering priorities across SoC, firmware and system software.
- Drive execution from pre-silicon through silicon bring-up and production readiness.
- Translate product requirements into technical tasks, estimates and deliverables.
- Collaborate with hardware, architecture and other software teams to manage dependencies and resolve issues.
- Ensure high quality, debuggable and optimised low-level software is delivered on schedule.
Requirements
Must-have skills and experience required to perform the role, followed by desirable additions.
Must have:
- Proven experience delivering complex system software in embedded or infrastructure SoC environments.
- Experience leading and developing engineers with strong technical leadership and interpersonal skills.
- Strong knowledge of low-level systems: bootloaders, device drivers and OS fundamentals (preferably Linux).
- Proficiency in C or similar language, with strong debugging and optimisation skills.
- Excellent problem-solving and communication skills; ability to collaborate across engineering teams.
Nice to have:
- Experience with Linux kernel, Trusted Firmware-A (TF-A), UEFI EDK II, OpenBMC or KVM.
- Familiarity with server-class SoC features: RAS, power management, PCIe, CXL, memory subsystems and virtualization.
Education Requirements
Not specified.
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.
