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# Principal Software Engineer - SoC SW Productisation

- **Company:** Arm Limited
- **Location:** Cambridge, UK
- **Salary:** £126,200.0 - £170,800.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Automation of Tests, Software Quality, Continuous Integration, Firmware, Kernel-Based Virtual Machine, Linux Kernel, PCI Express, Remote Access Service, Server Administration, Server Farms, Software Engineering, System Software, Extensible Firmware Interface, Hardware Testing
- **Published:** August 25, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.theguardian.com/job/10180706/principal-software-engineer-soc-sw-productisation/

## About the Role

* Strong experience in complex system software, with a technical background in SoC, firmware, platform software or system-level validation across pre-silicon and/or silicon environments.
 * Proven experience leading and developing software engineers, combining line management with strong hands-on technical leadership.
 * Strong knowledge of software quality, validation methodologies, automated testing, CI and product readiness for complex systems.
 * Excellent technical judgement, problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across engineering teams and geographical locations., * 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).
 * Experience with automated system validation, hardware test environments, server farms or continuous integration infrastructure.

## Description

You will:

 * Lead and develop a team of software engineers at your site, providing technical direction, coaching and career development while remaining hands-on in solving complex engineering challenges.
 * Drive system validation and productisation for Infrastructure System Solutions, establishing effective validation plans, quality criteria and approaches to product readiness.
 * Advance scalable test infrastructure, CI, regression capabilities and quality metrics to improve coverage, efficiency and confidence throughout the development lifecycle.
 * Collaborate across Arm locations and engineering teams to manage dependencies, resolve complex system-level issues and drive effective execution across pre-silicon and silicon environments.


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