Principal Engineering Lead - San Jose, California, United States
$262,700 - $355,400 USD yearly
Originally posted 22 June 2026 by the employer.
Lead customer engineering teams resolving system-level integration issues for SoC-based products and Edge AI applications.
About the role
As a Principal Engineering Lead, you will build and lead a multi-disciplinary team working onsite with customers to drive the integration of Arm technology from prototyping to volume production. You will address platform implementation challenges around complex SoCs with a focus on Edge AI applications.
What you'll do
- Act as the primary technical interface between Arm and customer product engineering teams, establishing relationships with senior engineers and leadership. - Lead the timely resolution of complex, system-level issues spanning hardware, software, integration, and manufacturing. - Establish and maintain clear reporting and prioritization, delivering technically grounded progress updates to senior management. - Build, mentor, and develop the Customer Engineering team to support individual career progression. - Leverage customer-driven insights to influence Arm's future product roadmap.
What you'll need
- Relevant university degree or equivalent experience, with demonstrated experience in a senior customer-facing technical role. - Deep system-level understanding of complex SoC-based products. - Experience working with global teams and customers, including exposure to Asia-based manufacturing ecosystems. - Strong organizational, interpersonal, and technical communication skills.
Nice to have
- Experience within the Arm ecosystem or semiconductor/IP industry. - Background in embedded systems, low-power design, or edge/AI-enabled consumer devices.
Skills: customer technical interface, system-level issues, hardware, software, integration, program roadmap, Edge AI applications, SoC-based products
This role has been open 120 days — well above the 50-day median for Technical Program Management roles.
Technical Program Management · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
176
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Median days open
50 d
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Median salary
$220k
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| Metric | Arm Holdings | All employers we track in this specialty (176 roles · 50 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 10 | 176 |
| Median days open | 89 d | 50 d (+39 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $220k |
Skills observed across this category: customer technical interface, system-level issues, hardware, software, integration, program roadmap, Edge AI applications, SoC-based products
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 25 open roles · median 51 d
- AMD · 20 open roles · median 27 d
- NVIDIA · 20 open roles · median 37 d
- Synopsys · 14 open roles · median 51 d
- Arm Holdings (this employer) · 10 open roles · median 88 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 7 open roles · median 31 d
How we counted: 176 open Technical Program Management (SOC Architecture) roles from 50 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 22 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. Figures refresh nightly.