Principal Software & Firmware Architect - Innovative Ecosystem Advancement (Apply in minutes)

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Job Overview: We are looking for a Principal Software and Firmware Architect who would help

envision and deliver the next generation of improvements to power management
and system architecture on Arm. You will collaborate with specialists across
Arm to evaluate and develop new concepts and technologies, deploying them
internally within Arm, and then assisting Arm partners in adopting them. Your
contribution will advance both Arm power and performance specification and

standards roadmaps, and the wider Arm ecosystem.

**The ideal candidate will be:**
  • An excellent communicator! Sharing the progress of tasks, and seeking
feedback from your colleagues is how you work.
  • Comfortable coping with uncertainty & resolving ambiguity, as you will be
setting the direction
  • Able to navigate and make high-level design trade-offs, and document and
articulate those statements and their rationale for internal and external

partners.

You will join the Architecture and Technology Group at Arm. We are a
multifaceted, collaborative, highly motivated and influential team responsible
for building the foundation of future compute platform architectures, from

mobile phones to servers to autonomous vehicles and IoT nodes.

**Responsibilities:
  • Understand system capability gaps and propose architectural solutions.
Demonstrate viability of proposed mechanisms in the latest generations of Arm
systems via prototypes.
  • Craft and perform experiments and analysis to answer architectural
questions, and usemodify software on silicon, simulators, models, profilers, and other methods and tools as necessary to implement the analysis.
  • Propose and demonstrate new Operating-System (e.g., Linux) andor firmware
based mechanisms to improve power and thermals.
  • Document and communicate architectural concepts and results clearly and
credibly across both external and external audiences, ranging from individual
hardware or software development engineers, to architecture community peers, and to high level technology and business leadership.
  • Plan and collaborate with external partners and other groups in Arm to gain
consensus and successful landing of proposed architecture.
  • Create andor maintain Arm standard specifications.
Required Skills and Experience:
  • Bachelor of Science degree in EEECECECS or related fields.
  • Strong programming skills using languages such as C, and experience
developing Linux kernel drivers and embedded firmware.
  • Understanding of power management mechanisms in Operating Systems (like
Linux, Windows) and firmware.
  • Working experience using firmware interfaces such as ACPI or device tree.
  • Proven record of driving features from concept to realization working

across organizational boundaries and external partners.

**“Nice To Have” Skills and Experience:
  • Arm CPU and SoC system architectures.
  • Knowledge about power and thermal management software, firmware and systems
across market segments like servers, mobileslaptops, IoT and automotive.
  • Understanding the key use cases, design constraints and workloads in a
modern smartphone, laptop or Server SoC, including use of virtualization.
  • Debuggers and other tools and techniques to analyze how the OS and
applications use the underlying hardware.
  • Experience driving standards and specifications.

**In Return: We at the heart of the worlds most sophisticated digital products. Our

technology enables the generation of new markets and transformation of
industries and society. We craft scalable, energy efficient-processors and
related technologies. Our innovative technology is licensed by Arm Partners
who have shipped more than 50 billion Systems on Chip containing our
intellectual property. Together with our Connected Community, we are breaking
down barriers to innovation for developers, designers, and engineers, ensuring

a fast, reliable route to market for leading electronics companies.

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## **Accommodations at Arm**

At Arm, we want our people to **Do Great Things**. If you need support or an
accommodation to **Be Your Brilliant Self** during the recruitment process, please email [accommodations@arm.com](mailto:accommodations@arm.com). To note, by sending us the requested information, you consent to its use by Arm to
arrange for appropriate accommodations. All accommodation requests will be
treated with confidentiality, and information concerning these requests will

only be disclosed as necessary to provide the accommodation. Although this is

not an exhaustive list, examples of support include breaks between interviews, having documents read aloud or office accessibility. Please email us about

anything we can do to accommodate you during the recruitment process.

## **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
groupsteams 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.

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