Senior Principal System Performance Architect - Austin, Texas, United States
$308,600 - $417,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 30 March 2026 by the employer. Relisted by the employer on 24 June 2026.
About the role
Arm Central Technology Systems group is seeking an experienced system performance architect to drive the definition and exploration of compute infrastructure performance across data center and networking domains.
What you'll do
- Define SoC system and subsystem use-case performance and analysis requirements. - Drive the analysis and testing of performance from models to RTL. - Partner with system architects, IP, and technology teams to translate vision and roadmaps into achieved performant systems. - Engage with specialists across Arm spanning modeling, RTL, FPGA, silicon, and software. - Explore and challenge the limits of system and IP performance capabilities.
What you'll need
- At least 10 years of SoC system performance experience using models, RTL simulation, emulation, or FPGA. - Deep knowledge of infrastructure system architecture and performance, including multi-die coherent memory systems and high-speed IO interfaces like PCIe. - Experience with performance, power, area optimization and analysis. - Capable of working both in teams and independently with a high degree of initiative. - Strong communication skills to convey work at both detailed and high levels.
Nice to have
- Experience of the Arm architecture. - University degree (or equivalent experience) or PhD in Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Data Analytics, or a related field.
Skills: SoC system architecture, performance analysis, multi-die coherent memory, PCIe
This role has been open 209 days — well above the 81-day median for SoC/Chip Architecture roles.
SoC/Chip Architecture · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
472
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Median days open
81 d
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Median salary
$240k
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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 (472 roles · 67 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 27 | 472 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 104 | 3310 · 115 employers |
| Median days open | 123 d | 81 d (+42 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $240k |
Skills observed across this category: SoC system architecture, performance analysis, multi-die coherent memory, PCIe
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 80 open roles · median 84 d
- NVIDIA · 54 open roles · median 68 d
- Apple · 37 open roles · median 18 d
- AMD · 36 open roles · median 75 d
- Arm Holdings (this employer) · 27 open roles · median 123 d
- Micron Technology · 21 open roles · median 102 d
How we counted: 472 open SoC/Chip Architecture (SOC Architecture) roles from 67 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 26 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 Digital Design & Verification family row. Figures refresh nightly.