SoC Functional Safety and Cybersecurity Manager - Austin, Texas, United States
$198,100 - $268,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 21 May 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role supports automotive SoC programs across Functional Safety, Automotive Cybersecurity, and quality activities within the Arm Global Standards and Compliance team. The position focuses on practical compliance approaches for ISO 26262 and ISO/SAE 21434 across Arm automotive and robotic products.
What you'll do
- Enable 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 engineering practices across SoC programs. - Contribute to 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, ISO/SAE 21434, 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, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
Skills: ISO 26262, ISO/SAE 21434, functional safety, cybersecurity assessments, semiconductor development
This role has been open 120 days — well above the 62-day median for Automotive/Functional Safety Engineering roles.
Automotive/Functional Safety Engineering · Automotive Safety
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Open roles in category
125
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Median days open
62 d
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Median salary
$246k
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| Metric | Arm Holdings | All employers we track in this specialty (125 roles · 27 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 10 | 125 |
| Median days open | 91 d | 62 d (+29 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $246k |
Skills observed across this category: ISO 26262, ISO/SAE 21434, functional safety, cybersecurity assessments, semiconductor development
Who's hiring in this category
- NXP Semiconductors · 31 open roles · median 34 d
- NVIDIA · 17 open roles · median 58 d
- Infineon Technologies · 13 open roles · median 48 d
- Arm Holdings (this employer) · 10 open roles · median 90 d
- Qualcomm · 9 open roles · median 196 d
- Renesas Electronics · 8 open roles · median 57 d
How we counted: 125 open Automotive/Functional Safety Engineering (Automotive Safety) roles from 27 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.