Senior Principal SOC Power Lead

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The Role
Leads SoC power analysis, modeling, optimization, and pre- and post-silicon power convergence. Manages and mentors power engineers while collaborating with architecture, design, verification, and product teams. Defines power methodologies, workflows, budgets, and sign-off processes; develops workload scenarios; improves accuracy and silicon correlation; and drives performance-per-watt targets throughout the SoC lifecycle.
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Job Overview:
 
We are seeking an experienced Senior Principal SOC Power Lead to drive power analysis, modeling, and optimization for System-on-Chip (SoC) solutions. This role will lead a small team of power engineers responsible for both pre- and post-silicon power convergence, working closely with architecture, design, verification, and product teams to achieve best-in-class power efficiency.
 
The ideal candidate will have extensive expertise in power analysis methodologies, SoC lifecycle flows, and multi-functional collaboration from architecture definition through productization.
 
Responsibilities:
As part of our Power Attainment team, yours is the opportunity for growth in understanding new use-cases, developing power modeling and crafting industry leading performance-per-watt solutions. We want your talents in promoting a culture of innovation, delivering on-time to product performance/power targets, and defining workflows to improve accuracy, turnaround time, and correlation to silicon.
 
Required Skills and Experience:
  • Strong technical leadership with ability to develop accurate project plans involving multiple teams.

  • Expertise in RTL and Netlist based power analysis and sign-off flows, EDA tools, and latest trends in SoC physical design and simulation/emulation use.

  • Knowledge of ASIC design dependencies on power efficiency including technology node, mixed Vt design, standard cell and memory library selection, voltage, and power domain partitioning.

  • Confirmed experience driving multiple projects and mentoring junior engineers.

  • Verification experience in creating workload scenarios in simulation and emulation environments (e.g. VCS, Questasim, Incisive, Veloce Strato, Palladium, Zebu, etc).

  • Excellent presentation, interpersonal and communication skills. Able to present technical content inside and outside of Arm.

"Nice To Have" Skills and Experience:
  • Appreciation of software use-cases, benchmarks, and workloads and how they interact with hardware low power features like clock and power gating, voltage/frequency scaling, memory/logic retention

  • Python for automation and modeling.

  • SoC use-case power budget decomposition to IP power budget.

In Return:
You will join a highly focused group to create, learn, define, and lead.
 
We value people as individuals, and our dedication is to reward people competitively and equitably for the work they do. Salary is only one component of Arm's offering. The total reward package will be shared with candidates during the recruitment and selection process.
 
Our  10x mindset  guides how we engineer, collaborate, and grow. Understand what it means and how to reflect 10x in your work:   https://careers.arm.com/en/10x-mindset
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Skills Required

  • Strong technical leadership and ability to develop accurate project plans involving multiple teams
  • Expertise in RTL- and netlist-based power analysis and sign-off flows
  • Experience with EDA tools and SoC physical design, simulation, and emulation
  • Knowledge of ASIC power-efficiency dependencies, including technology nodes, mixed-Vt design, standard-cell and memory-library selection, voltage, and power-domain partitioning
  • Experience driving multiple projects and mentoring junior engineers
  • Verification experience creating workload scenarios in simulation and emulation environments
  • Excellent presentation, interpersonal, and communication skills
  • Ability to present technical content internally and externally
  • Understanding of software use cases, benchmarks, workloads, and hardware low-power features
  • Python experience for automation and modeling
  • Experience with SoC use-case power-budget decomposition to IP power budgets

Arm Compensation & Benefits Highlights

  • Leave & Time Off Breadth — Flexible leave, quarterly Days of Care, paid volunteering time, and a fully paid four‑week sabbatical after four years are prominently featured. These programs point to generous long‑term time off and recovery opportunities.
  • Healthcare Strength — U.S. coverage includes Blue Shield PPO, with Kaiser HMO available in San Jose, alongside wellbeing services, health assessments, gym options, and mental‑health support. This mix signals broad medical access paired with wellness resources.
  • Retirement Support — The U.S. program is described as including a 401(k) with company match and immediate vesting, with specifics confirmed in offer materials. This indicates meaningful support for long‑term savings.

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Year Founded: 1990

What We Do

We bring brilliant people together in a global ecosystem that is sparking the world’s potential. Arm technology enables specialized processing built on the economics, design freedom and accessibility of general-purpose compute that has, so far, led to more than 180 billion chips being shipped by our partners.

Why Work With Us

At Arm, we build the future of computing, powering everything from smartphones to AI. Our 10x mindset drives bold thinking and deep collaboration to solve complex problems together. With a people first culture, flexible work, and strong support for growth and wellbeing, your ideas can make a global impact while your career thrives.

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