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Systems Architect Engineer

Job ID 2025-15589 Date posted Sep. 03, 2025 Location Austin, Texas Category Hardware Engineering Apply

The Architecture and Technology Group (ATG) within Arm is responsible for exploring, developing, and driving the direction of Arm’s products in the next 3 to 5 years. As part of this group, you will play an essential role in understanding industry trends and developing architectures and standards for the next generation computing devices for the markets that we participate in, including mobile, server, networking, IoT, embedded, and automotive. System architecture teams work closely with experts across all technology groups at Arm, with our partners, and with industry consortiums.

The Systems Architecture Standards team in ATG defines architectures and standards at the point where software meets hardware. Our goal is to have software just work on Arm platforms.

We work with a broad set of technologies at the system-level, including: CPUs, system level hardware components, management controllers, firmware, bootloaders, hypervisors, operating systems, and the interfaces between these components. System-level security is a key aspect of our work.

Responsibilities:

You will take on diverse responsibilities, including architecture definition, technology research, and hands-on implementation. You will work independently and with experienced system architects on projects or activities with impact across Arm.

  • Lead and contribute to standards, specifications, technical white papers.
  • Design and build proof-of-concept implementations and perform experimental investigations.
  • Collaborate in open-source projects (e.g. Trusted Firmware-A, edk2, u-boot, OpenBMC, Linux kernel).
  • Own and resolve system-level challenges across hardware, firmware, and operating systems.
  • Engage with industry standards forums and consortiums to drive Arm’s leadership.

Required Skills and Experience :

  • Hold a Computer Engineering or Computer Science Degree (Bachelors, Masters students welcome). Candidates with alternative degrees will also be considered if they have proven experience.
  • At least 3 years of relevant experience
  • Proficiency in a high-level shell or scripting language such as Python
  • Strong C or C++ programming skills
  • A solid foundation in computer architecture concepts
  • Experience with embedded systems, device drivers, operating systems, and hypervisors
  • Experience with firmware technologies: UEFI, u-boot, ACPI, device trees
  • Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to both experts and non-experts
  • Adaptability and willingness to learn how to use unfamiliar tools and systems

Salary Range:

$126,100-$170,500 per year

We value people as individuals and our dedication is to reward people competitively and equitably for the work they do and the skills and experience they bring to Arm. Salary is only one component of Arm's offering. The total reward package will be shared with candidates during the recruitment and selection process.

Accommodations at Arm

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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.

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