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Principal Software Engineer (Automotive)

Job ID 2025-13698 Date posted Mar. 12, 2025 Location Munich, Germany Category Software Engineering Apply

Arm is seeking a skilled, experienced, and highly motivated Software Team Lead to join the Automotive and Industrial Solutions (AIS) team in our Software Engineering group. You will have the opportunity to build upon your existing background, knowledge and expertise and contribute to Arm technology deployed in the next generation of Arm Automotive Solutions: https://www.arm.com/markets/automotive

You will join a globally distributed team of Software Developers who all share a passion for wanting to stamp their mark on the future of computing, wherever it may lead. If you are similarly passionate about groundbreaking technologies, then we want to hear from you.

Job Requirements

Responsibilities include

  • You will provide technical expertise and leadership to the team, including leading and line managing a distributed firmware team.
  • You will drive the team to accomplish its goals and continuously improve performance.
  • You will analyse industry specs, roadmap requirements, break down tasks, and help implement project plans.
  • You will collaborate closely with open source communities, technology managers, and IP development teams to deliver roadmap commitments.
  • You will be actively involved in software design and creation of stacks for Arm’s reference platforms, and lead development practices for best-in-class software efficiency, quality, and predictability.

As an active member of an extended development team you can expect to be working face to face with some of the greatest household names in our industry.

You would be helping to develop, optimise and deliver the software needed to support Arm's groundbreaking IP, as well as helping Arm grow its role in evolution of Automotive industry.

Education & Qualifications

Good university degree (or equivalent experience), ideally in a numerate subject.

Essential Skills & Qualities

  • You have a consistent record of technical leadership and engineering management of teams of highly skilled engineers across multiple locations, combined with outstanding interpersonal and communication skills: excellent written and spoken English, and the ability to write coherent documentation, influence, and build consensus.
  • You have a strong background in C (or a similar language) programming, with proven skills in optimising software performance, including application efficiency, workload management, and compiler optimisation.
  • You possess expertise in low-level systems, including bootloaders, device drivers, OS fundamentals (preferably Linux), and a good understanding of computer architecture and microarchitecture concepts, ideally for the Arm architecture.
  • You have strong experience of the software lifecycle with track record of having taken complex software from concept to delivery, ideally covering production and maintenance. Additionally, you possess knowledge of CI (Continuous Integration) and automated test systems.
  • You have experience and skills for people management, including recruiting, managing talent, team building, and developing team members.
  • You have experience of breaking down and estimating complex requirements at different stages of the project lifecycle

Desirable Skills & Qualities

  • Experience in Automotive software development is highly desirable.
  • Experience with open source projects such as Linux Kernel / AOSP, TF-A, TF-M, UEFI EDK II, U-Boot, Xen, Zephyr.
  • Exposure to Automotive workloads, AI / ML software stacks, and tooling.
  • Experience in Linux device driver development.
  • Experience with Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) practices.
  • We value familiarity with open-source project development cycles and contribution processes

If this sounds like you, please don't hesitate to apply - we look forward to welcoming you to the team.

We value diversity in Arm - we will fit around your life to enable you to contribute to our success.

Our offices are amazing places to collaborate, but now we've mastered working from home, that will remain an option for part of the week

We have some scope to adapt the role and job title to the right person - if you are interested but unsure whether you tick all the boxes, we would love you to reach out anyway! We are keen to welcome versatile people into Arm.

How to apply

Along with your résumé, please provide a cover letter with a few sentences describing why this is the right job for you. If your résumé does not mention all of the 'required' skills above, make sure your statement explains why we should consider your application.

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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. 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 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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