Arm
Engineering Quality Manager, CPU
$250K–$338K
Austin, Texas · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
About the job
Oversee and improve quality across the CPU development lifecycle, helping engineering teams identify risks, resolve defects, and deliver and maintain reliable IP.
What you'll do
- Provide independent quality oversight for CPU product development, reviewing risks and evidence and supporting readiness decisions.
- Lead quality reviews, defect investigations, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and urgent customer issue and errata resolution.
- Use quality data to identify trends and improve verification and engineering practices, tools, and processes.
What they ask for
- Experience in semiconductor development, verification, or engineering quality.
- Understanding of RTL/VLSI design, defect management, or complex IP development.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills, including root cause analysis, risk identification, and use of engineering data.
- Communication and collaboration skills, including the ability to constructively challenge experienced engineers and adapt to changing priorities.
Nice to have
- Experience with CPU architecture, semiconductor productization, or hardware/software integration.
- Experience with engineering standards, quality systems, functional safety, automotive quality, cybersecurity, quality metrics, data analytics, AI, or automation tools.
Pay
$249,900-$338,100 per year (base salary)
Tools
RTL/VLSI
AI focus
AI is listed as a preferred area of experience, but the role description does not specify AI-related duties.
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