What are the responsibilities and job description for the SoC Power Architect position at Arm?
Job ID 2024-12747
Date posted Feb. 14, 2025
Location San Diego, California
Category Hardware Engineering
Job Overview:
We are seeking highly skilled SOC (System-on-Chip) Power Architects to join our diverse team. If you are a self-motivated SoC engineer with expertise in Architecting solutions for managing power and thermals and looking to make a difference in an innovative and inclusive team, you have found the right place!
Responsibilities:
As an SoC Power Architect, you will be accountable for gathering requirements, prototyping and developing the SOC Level power and thermal management architecture, ensuring the efficient and effective use of system resources. You must be able to resolve complex issues throughout the development lifecycle. You will work with partners, OEMs and internal hardware and software design teams on implementation of the architectural solution as well as multi-functional teams to identify, prioritize, and resolve SOC and platform level challenges, playing a pivotal role in delivering high-quality, power efficient SOC products to the market.
Required Skills and Experience:
- Experience (12 years) in SoC and platform architecture and design across both hardware and software
- Experience (3 years) architecting, developing and delivering Infrastructure, Automotive, Client or IoT power and thermal solutions on schedule
- Strong leadership, collaborative and interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with multi-functional teams and external partners
- Ability to synthesize diverse sets of requirements and capabilities into an optimized solution
- Strong background in these technical areas: Power, Thermal and Electrical Limits management solutions, DVFS, Power Gating, Voltage Regulation, Digital Clocking, standards such as ARM Power Control System Architecture (PCSA) System Control and Management Interface (SCMI), ACPI and BSA, Processor low power states, Use-Cases power and Performance modeling or Analysis.
Nice To Have skills and experience:
- Experience architecting or developing ARM or x86-based laptop products at SoC and system/platform level
- Experience in Automotive, IoT, Infrastructure or mobile SoC and board-level power and power delivery.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities and requirements
- Proven track record of timely, to-specification delivery of multiple sophisticated projects in parallel
In Return:
We are proud to have a set of behaviors that reflect our culture and guide our decisions, defining how we work together to defy ordinary and shape outstanding!
- Partner and customer focus
- Teamwork and communication
- Creativity and innovation
- Team and personal development
- Impact and influence
- Deliver on your promises
In addition, you will also be rewarded with a competitive base salary, an annual bonus, RSUs, 401k matching, an excellent PTO allowance as well as family bonding time and competitive benefits. We also pride ourselves on our work life balance with quarterly days of care!
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Salary Range:
$221,127-$299,172 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
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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.
Salary : $221,127 - $299,172
