Engineering Quality Manager, CPU - Austin, Texas, United States
$249,900 - $338,100 USD yearly
Originally posted 28 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
Arm is seeking an Engineering Quality Manager to join the Central Engineering Quality and Compliance team and work with CPU teams to improve product quality throughout the IP development lifecycle.
What you'll do
- Provide independent quality oversight for CPU product development and readiness, reviewing evidence and supporting decisions across the product lifecycle. - Lead quality circles, engineering review boards, defect investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective action programs. - Support urgent customer issues and errata resolution, evaluating technical impact alongside CPU engineering teams. - Improve verification effectiveness and engineering quality practices across requirements, design, and verification to detect defects earlier. - Analyze quality data, errata trends, quality metrics, and customer feedback to address recurring issues and simplify development workflows.
What you'll need
- Experience in semiconductor development, verification, or engineering quality. - Understanding of RTL/VLSI design, defect management, or complex IP development. - Analytical and problem-solving skills, including root cause analysis, risk identification, and engineering data analysis. - Experience challenging engineering decisions constructively and collaborating across multi-disciplinary teams.
Nice to have
- Experience in CPU architecture, semiconductor productization, or hardware/software integration. - Familiarity with engineering standards, Quality Management Systems, Functional Safety, Automotive Quality, or Cybersecurity. - Experience with engineering quality metrics, data analytics, AI, or automation tools.
Skills: quality oversight, defect management, root cause analysis, errata resolution, CPU
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 49-day median for Reliability Engineering roles.
Reliability Engineering · Reliability Engineering
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Open roles in category
487
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Median days open
49 d
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Median salary
$149k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Arm Holdings | All employers we track in this specialty (487 roles · 76 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 4 | 487 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 8 | 10291 · 107 employers |
| Median days open | 0 d | 49 d (−49 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $149k |
Skills observed across this category: quality oversight, defect management, root cause analysis, errata resolution, CPU
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 78 open roles · median 114 d
- Infineon Technologies · 34 open roles · median 41 d
- Renesas Electronics · 25 open roles · median 24 d
- STMicroelectronics · 19 open roles · median 28 d
- Analog Devices · 17 open roles · median 66 d
- Applied Materials · 17 open roles · median 63 d
How we counted: 487 open Reliability Engineering (Reliability Engineering) roles from 76 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 29 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family row. Figures refresh nightly.