Arm
Senior Director, SoC Power and Clocking Technology
$398K–$538K
San Jose, California · Director · Full-time · Posted Apr 2, 2026
- Experience
- 20+ years in SoC architecture and hardware design; 5+ years specifically in clock, reset, power, and thermal solutions.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in science or engineering; Master’s degree preferred.
About the job
Leads a global team designing and delivering SoC power, clock, reset, and thermal-management architecture from requirements and prototyping through implementation and post-silicon bring-up.
What you'll do
- Gather requirements and develop SoC-level clock, reset, power, and thermal-management architectures.
- Direct global multifunctional teams and collaborate with partners, OEMs, and internal software teams to resolve SoC and platform challenges.
- Resolve technical issues throughout development, from architectural exploration through implementation and post-silicon bring-up.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in science or engineering.
- 20+ years of experience in SoC architecture and hardware design.
- 5+ years architecting, developing, and delivering clock, reset, power, and thermal solutions.
- Strong leadership and technical background in power, thermal and electrical limits, DVFS, power gating, voltage regulation, digital clocking, reset, relevant standards, low-power states, and power/performance modeling or analysis.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree.
- Experience with ARM- or x86-based laptops, or automotive, IoT, infrastructure, or mobile SoC and board-level power.
Pay
$397,800-$538,200 per year (base salary)
Tools
DVFS, Power Gating, Voltage Regulation, Digital Clocking, ARM Power Control System Architecture (PCSA), SCMI, ACPI, BSA
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