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# Technical Director, Infrastructure SoC Software

- **Company:** Arm Limited
- **Location:** Cambridge, UK
- **Salary:** £168,300.0 - £227,700.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Booting (BIOS), Linux, Device Drivers, Firmware, Kernel-Based Virtual Machine, Linux Kernel, PCI Express, Remote Access Service, Server Administration, Software Engineering, System on a Chip, System Software, System Testing, Extensible Firmware Interface
- **Published:** August 21, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.theguardian.com/job/10177982/technical-director-infrastructure-soc-software/

## About the Role

* Extensive experience delivering complex system software and technical leadership of large, globally distributed engineering organizations within embedded or infrastructure SoC space.
 * Strong technical background in System-on-Chip (SoC), firmware, platform software and system-level validation across pre-silicon and silicon environments.
 * Deep expertise low-level systems, including bootloaders, device drivers, OS fundamentals (preferably Linux), and a good understanding of computer architecture.
 * Excellent technical judgement, leadership and communication skills, with a proven ability to influence senior collaborators and drive decisions across engineering organizations., * Knowledge of server-class SoCs, including RAS, power management, PCI Express (PCIe), Compute Express Link (CXL), memory and virtualization.
 * Familiarity with the Linux kernel, Trusted Firmware-A (TF-A), UEFI EDK II, OpenBMC or Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM).
 * An ideal candidate would have acted in technical lead capacity for teams of 100+ engineers within SoC space.

## Description

You will:

 * Provide technical direction and expertise to the team and ensure strong technical progress across SoC, firmware and system validation from pre-silicon through silicon bring-up and production readiness.
 * Partner with senior leaders across hardware, software, architecture and product teams to align with technology and delivery strategy and drive key decisions at the organisation level.
 * Actively analyse product requirements, architecture specs and industry standards to drive software design. Lead development practices for best-in-class software efficiency, quality, and predictability


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