Senior Director, SoC Power and Clocking Technology

Arm Holdings

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San Jose, CA
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$397,800–$538,200 / yr
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100 days ago
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Arm Holdings plc is a leading British semiconductor and software design firm, established in 1990 and recognized for developing energy-efficient processor architectures that power nearly all smartphones and a vast range of IoT and computing devices.

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TL;DR · Senior Director, SoC Power and Clocking Technology

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The Senior Director, SoC Power and Clocking Technology leads a diverse team responsible for delivering architecture and verified designs for power and clocking systems. This leadership role involves gathering requirements, prototyping, and developing SOC-level clock, reset, power, and thermal management architectures to ensure efficient resource utilization. The successful candidate will resolve complex issues from architectural exploration through post-silicon bring-up while collaborating with partners, OEMs, and internal software teams. Key technical competencies include expertise in DVFS, Power Gating, Voltage Regulation, Digital Clocking, Reset, and standards such as ARM PCSA, SCMI, ACPI, and BSA. The role focuses on the critical domain of managing power, thermal, and electrical limits for SoC products. Candidates must possess extensive experience in hardware design and architecture to deliver high-quality, power-efficient solutions across various platforms including mobile, automotive, and infrastructure applications.

Skills

SoC Architecture Clocking Thermal Management DVFS Power Gating Voltage Regulation Digital Clocking SCMI ACPI BSA x86 post silicon bring-up Performance Modeling

What you'll do

  • Develop SoC level clock, reset, power, and thermal management architectures to ensure efficient resource usage.
  • Resolve complex technical issues throughout the development lifecycle from architectural exploration to post-silicon bring-up.
  • Lead a global multi-functional team to identify, prioritize, and resolve SoC and platform-level challenges.
  • Synthesize diverse requirements into optimized solutions for power gating, voltage regulation, and digital clocking.
  • Manage technical specifications including DVFS, ARM PCSA, SCMI, ACPI, and BSA standards.
  • Perform use-case power and performance modeling and analysis to ensure high-quality product delivery.
  • Coordinate with partners, OEMs, and internal software teams to deliver power-efficient SoC products.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in science or engineering; Master's Degree (preferred).
  • 20+ years of experience in SoC architecture and Hardware design.
  • 5+ years of experience specifically architecting, developing, and delivering clock, reset, power, and thermal solutions.
  • Strong leadership skills to manage a global multi-functional team and external partners.
  • Ability to synthesize diverse requirements into optimized technical solutions.
  • Expertise in Power/Thermal management, DVFS, Power Gating, Voltage Regulation, Digital Clocking, Reset, ARM PCSA, SCMI, ACPI, and BSA.
  • Experience architecting or developing ARM or x86-based laptop products at SoC and system levels (preferred).
  • Experience in Automotive, IoT, Infrastructure, or mobile SoC and board-level power delivery (preferred).

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