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Principal Packaging Architect

Job ID 2024-12315 Date posted Oct. 08, 2024 Location San Jose, California Category Hardware Engineering Apply

Job overview:

Arm has a great opportunity for a Principal Packaging Architect in our System Integration team. You will work closely with IP, SoC Design, Package Design, Signal Integrity, Power Integrity, Thermal, Thermomechanical Test and Systems teams throughout the company, to guide development of innovative packaging solutions within Arm.

You will play a key role in identifying key packaging technologies, establishing 3rd party relationships, communicating with partners and addressing challenges in areas such as 2.5D/3DIC and sub-3nm nodes. The role requires passionate engineering focus in areas such as package design, assembly yield analysis, die-to-die interfaces and manufacturing technologies.

Responsibilities:

  • Pathfinding activities with new programs that optimize the system-level solution space
  • Identifying innovative technologies that maximize the performance of Arm architectures
  • Working closely with internal and external customer partners on silicon-disaggregation and other chiplet strategies for advanced packages, including emerging-memory chiplet integration
  • Identifying critical elements for Arm’s packaging roadmap and disseminate these use strategies to key partners
  • Driving design strategies for performance and manufacturability in packaging
  • Working closely with external partners for driving successful assembly prototypes

Required skills and experience :

  • A strong understanding of package failure mechanisms and causes
  • Expertise in package standards, 2.xD, 3D and other chiplet packaging methodologies
  • Knowledge of signal integrity, power integrity thermal and thermos-mechanical principles
  • Depth of knowledge in memory interfaces such as HBM3, GDDRR6, etc.
  • Minimum 12 years of experience in package engineering, including advanced multichip system-in-package work.

“Nice to Have” Skills and Experience :

  • Excellent interpersonal skills, strong initiative and open in engaging and learning new concepts and sharing with collaborators.
  • Bachelors, Masters, or Ph.D. degree or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering

In return:

We are proud to have a set of behaviors that reflect our culture and guide our decisions, defining how we work together to defy ordinary and shape outstanding!

  • Partner and customer focus
  • Teamwork and communication
  • Creativity and innovation
  • Team and personal development
  • Impact and influence
  • Deliver on your promises

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Salary Range:

$230,265-$311,535 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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