Drimva

Arm

Senior Director, SoC Power and Clocking Technology

$382K–$518K

Austin, Texas +1 · Director · Full-time · Posted Apr 2, 2026

Location
Austin, Texas
San Diego, California
Experience
20+ years in SoC architecture and HW 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 developing SoC-level clock, reset, power, and thermal-management architecture from requirements and prototyping through implementation and post-silicon bring-up.

What you'll do

  • Gather requirements and architect, prototype, and deliver SoC clock, reset, power, and thermal-management solutions.
  • Resolve technical issues across the development lifecycle and direct teams and partners addressing SoC- and platform-level challenges.
  • Collaborate with OEMs, partners, and software teams to deliver power-efficient SoC products.

What they ask for

  • Bachelor’s degree in science or engineering; Master’s Degree Preferred.
  • 20+ years of experience in SoC architecture and Hardware (HW) design.
  • 5+ years specifically architecting, developing and delivering clock, reset, power and thermal solutions.
  • Strong background in power, thermal and electrical-limits management, DVFS, power gating, voltage regulation, digital clocking, reset, relevant standards, processor low-power states, and power/performance modeling or analysis.

Nice to have

  • Experience architecting or developing ARM or x86-based laptop products at SoC and system/platform level.
  • Experience in Automotive, IoT, Infrastructure or mobile SoC and board-level power and power delivery.

Pay

$382,500-$517,500 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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