Principal Quality & Safety Engineer

Job Overview:
Arm invites applications for a Principal Quality & Safety Engineer to join the Arm Global Standards and Compliance team. This outstanding position involves being part of a world-class team that supports automotive SoC initiatives in Functional Safety and Automotive Cybersecurity. You will collaborate with engineering and business units to design, assess, and launch Physical AI products. Your role plays a key part in establishing practical, scalable compliance strategies for ISO 26262 and ISO/SAE 21434, refining development workflows, aiding external evaluations, and implementing engineering methods across Arm's automotive and robotic products.
Responsibilities:

• Support Automotive and Robotics programs from development through certification.
• Work with engineering teams to align development practices with industry standards and customer requirements.
• Drive readiness for external assessments and conduct internal audits and reviews.
• Help teams prepare compliance evidence, safety documentation, and assessment responses.
• Establish process improvements, trainings, corrective actions, and outstanding practices across SoC programs.
• Help ensure internal and external safety readiness initiatives across Automotive, robotics, AI, and industrial domains.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Strong experience in semiconductor or SoC development within safety-critical industries.
• Practical knowledge of ISO 26262, ASPICE, IEC 61508, or similar standards.
• Experience supporting engineering teams in compliance, audit, and process improvement activities.
• Experience with Functional Safety and/or cybersecurity assessments and work products.
• Ability to work across technical and organizational boundaries in complex engineering environments.
• Strong communication, partner management, and problem-solving skills.

Nice to Have:

• Functional Safety auditor certification.
• Experience in cybersecurity compliance related to ISO/SAE 21434.

Additional Information:
Join us at Arm and be part of a dedicated team driving flawless delivery and world-class solutions in the automotive and robotics industries. Compete in a dynamic environment where your proven skills will help build the future of technology. Your ambitious contributions will strictly determine the success of our projects as we collaboratively achieve excellence!
We want to inform you that no relocation package is available for this role.
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Salary Range:
$249,900-$338,100 per year
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