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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # SoC Architect - **Company:** ARM - **Location:** San Diego, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $308,600.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Computer Engineering, Software Debugging, Dynamic Random-Access Memory, PCI Express, Systems Architecture, Virtualization Technology - **Published:** August 16, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.jofdav.com/jobs/59255032-soc-architect ## About the Role * Significant experience in architecting scalable SoCs on groundbreaking nodes across multiple market segments * Expertise in multiple of the following areas: heterogeneous compute architectures, power management, clocking, coherent and non-coherent interconnect, PCIe/CXL, multi-level caching architecture, functional profiling & debug, security and access control, virtualization, memory hierarchies, sophisticated 2.5D/3D packaging, performance / power modeling & estimation, soft real-time accelerators, DRAM memory technologies. * Excellent presentation, interpersonal and communication skills. Able to present at executive level inside and outside of Arm. * Bachelor's or Master's degrees in Electrical or Computer Engineering and 10 years of experience in a senior development or leadership position within semiconductor industry * Ability to influence at all levels, across engineering and business organizations internal and external to Arm, in their peer group, across execution, strategy and change. "Nice To Have" Skills and Experience: * Ability to work optimally in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities and requirements * Prepared to challenge the status quo constructively at senior level * Proven track record of timely, to-specification delivery of multiple sophisticated projects in parallel ## Description At Arm an SoC Architect is a technical role responsible for architecting and designing high-volume, sophisticated, SoC platforms on groundbreaking nodes across multiple market segments including mobile, automotive, datacenter and networking, and IoT. Arm's SoC Architects play a meaningful role in the development of production-quality silicon with outstanding performance and power efficiency, both in partnership with Arm partners and producing Arm development silicon. Responsibilities: * Design and develop Arm's SoC architecture based on Arm product IP and system architecture to meet the requirements of best-in-class compute across our market segments. * Work proactively across Arm's architecture and core technology teams to ensure a roadmap of architecture platforms and technology feature development supporting the needs of groundbreaking SoCs * Collaborate with a team of SoC architects with the expertise to leave no stone unturned in the quest to design world-leading SoCs. Ability to scale across multiple partners and deliver multiple engagements in parallel. * Collaborate with core, technology and software teams to optimize the end-to-end platform solutions * Participate in identifying the key use cases and workloads showcasing the best of Arm IP/platform * Work with engineering teams across Arm to coordinate on-time delivery of Arm IP into SoCs, and work together to ensure that what we learn from SoC development shapes how we develop future IP. * Drive innovation and continuous improvement in SoC architecture staying up to date on industry trend and new technologies * Participate and drive partner/customer specific architecture discussions. Bring specifications to a mature stage allowing design and implementation teams to engage actively, 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. 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