Principal Quality & Safety Engineer - Austin, Texas, United States
$249,900 - $338,100 USD yearly
Originally posted 23 August 2026 by the employer.
About the role
Arm is seeking a Principal Quality & Safety Engineer to join the Global Standards and Compliance team to support automotive SoC initiatives in Functional Safety and Automotive Cybersecurity. You will establish compliance strategies for ISO 26262 and ISO/SAE 21434 while supporting automotive and robotics programs across development and certification.
What you'll do
- 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 practices across SoC programs. - Help ensure internal and external safety readiness initiatives across Automotive, robotics, AI, and industrial domains.
What you'll need
- 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.
Skills: ISO 26262, ASPICE, Functional Safety, IEC 61508, SoC, Compliance
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 68-day median for Automotive/Functional Safety Engineering roles.
Automotive/Functional Safety Engineering · Automotive Safety
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Open roles in category
129
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Median days open
68 d
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Median salary
$260k
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| Metric | Arm Holdings | All employers we track in this specialty (129 roles · 27 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 6 | 129 |
| Median days open | 0 d | 68 d (−68 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $260k |
Skills observed across this category: ISO 26262, ASPICE, Functional Safety, IEC 61508, SoC, Compliance
Who's hiring in this category
- NXP Semiconductors · 32 open roles · median 40 d
- NVIDIA · 17 open roles · median 64 d
- Infineon Technologies · 13 open roles · median 54 d
- Arm Holdings (this employer) · 10 open roles · median 96 d
- Renesas Electronics · 10 open roles · median 56 d
- Qualcomm · 9 open roles · median 202 d
How we counted: 129 open Automotive/Functional Safety Engineering (Automotive Safety) roles from 27 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 28 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.