Staff Automotive Architect

Job ID 2024-13220

Date posted Feb. 27, 2025

Location Austin, Texas

Category Hardware Engineering

Are you ready for a new and exciting challenge? If you are a self-motivated SoC Architect with expertise in SoC/SiP architecture and looking to make a difference in an innovative and inclusive team, you’ve come to the right place!

Job Overview:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Automotive SoC Architect to join our growing team. The ideal candidate will define and develop advanced System on Chip/Chiplet (SoC/SiP) architectures for high performance automotive central compute solutions for automotive vehicle autonomy and digital cockpit.

Responsibilities:

This challenging position will offer you the opportunity to work with Arm's advanced technology in a collaborative environment to:

• Define SoC and/or SiP architectures with advanced machine learning capabilities for autonomous vehicles, Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and/or digital cockpit applications using Arm IP.
• Create the architecture specifications that define system topology and interfaces and describe the programmer-visible behavior.
• Collaborate across complementary teams to develop and trace system requirements, safety and security concepts.
• Guide and align the development work taking place across multiple design teams. This includes steering the development of functional, performance, and power models, reviewing the micro-architectural specifications and test plans, and supporting the Software/Firmware development.
• Define performance and power metrics and goals and work with the performance analysis team to refine the results, including expected latency and bandwidth targets, other Quality of Service (QoS) requirements and memory requirements
• Stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in machine learning, automotive technologies, and semiconductor design to drive innovation and continuous improvement.
• Mentor to junior engineers and team members
• Work with engineering teams to improve power efficiency under various workloads

Required Skills & Experience :

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field. With experience in the automotive sector, specializing in translating requirements into system architectures
• Deep knowledge of automotive system architecture requirements including functional safety, security, soft real-time, redundancy and appropriate use of virtualization.
• Deep understanding of system component inter-dependencies including memory and IO systems, systems-level performance modeling and analysis, and architecture impact on physical design (and vice-versa).
• Understanding of general purpose CPU microarchitecture, including knowledge of areas such as processor pipelines, caches, memory hierarchies, and multi-processor systems.
• Understanding of architecture and micro-architecture of niche processors for image processing, machine learning, graphics, video, and display processing.

“Nice To Have” Skills & Experience :

• Excellent communication (written, verbal, presentation) skills. Proven track record of generating consistent, complete, and concise written specifications.
• Expertise in Machine learning, Real time systems, OEM autonomous systems
• Motivated to continuously develop skills, development processes, and improve results

In Return:

This position offers an incredible opportunity to join a growing, highly influential organization at the center of one of the most exciting markets and to lead from the front as the organization engages in a more sophisticated way.

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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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.