Principal Real Time Interconnect Architect

Salary: £45,000 - 80,000 per year

Requirements:

• We are looking for someone with experience building systems with robust QoS capabilities, including hard real-time devices and related QoS considerations.
• We need strong communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build consensus across multiple teams on technical topics.
• You should understand QoS theory and be able to evaluate alternative approaches.
• Experience in RTL design is required, sufficient to understand how architectural decisions affect area, speed, and power.
• You should be proficient in Python or a similar scripting language.
• You should be self-motivated and able to set and achieve goals.
• Nice to have: experience in performance modelling.
• Nice to have: experience in systems power management.
• Nice to have: experience in systems architecture across client, automotive, and datacenter.

Responsibilities:

• We will rely on you to specify Quality of Service requirements across our IP portfolio to meet system-level requirements for real-time predictability, power management, performance, freedom from interference, and noisy neighbor service level containment.
• You will work with solution architects to distil QoS requirements and define the QoS aspects of system architecture that meet them.
• You will collaborate with architects for AMBA and the Arm architecture to enable future QoS capabilities.
• You will define and lead methodologies for demonstrating that QoS architecture meets requirements, both in theory and in real systems.

Technologies:

• ARM
• Embedded
• Support
• Python
• AI
• Architect

More:

We are offering an outstanding opportunity to help shape the strategic direction of Arm-based systems, from smartphones to cars to datacenters. Your work will be embedded in world-leading digital products and will have influence and visibility across technologies central to the industry. You will join a team of highly capable, innovative, and committed engineers in a supportive environment. Our Cambridge office is our global headquarters and a key hub for architects and technologists, while our Sheffield office offers a collaborative and inclusive atmosphere with a reasonable cost of living and easy access to the Peak District National Park. We work with a 10x mindset built on curiosity, ambition, and collaboration, and we support hybrid working, recruitment accommodations, and equal opportunities for all applicants and colleagues.

last updated 34 week of 2026