Arm is seeking a strategic and technically strong Director of Safety Verification. This leader will scale, define, and drive the strategy for safety-critical products, ensuring compliance with functional safety standards while delivering high-quality, production-ready IP and SoC solutions.
The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise in verification and functional safety with strong interpersonal leadership, multi-functional influence, and a track record of delivering sophisticated silicon products to market.
What You'll Do
* Define and implement the safety verification strategy across IP, Sub-Systems, and SoC programs.
* Build and scale a high-performing global verification team.
* Establish outstanding safety verification methodologies, tools, and automation frameworks.
Lead the Technical Vision
* Own end-to-end safety verification planning and execution, including:
* Requirements verification, fault injection campaigns & safety mechanisms
* FMEDA verification support & diagnostic coverage analysis
* Ensure compliance with relevant the safety standards: ISO 26262, IEC 61508
* Champion advanced verification methodologies (UVM, formal, assertion-based verification, emulation, HW/SW co-verification).
Collaborate and Influence
* Act as the primary technical leader across Architecture, Design, and Product teams.
* Coach and mentor engineers, helping them grow their skills and confidence.
* Support customers, suppliers and external assessors/auditors during safety assessments.
Innovate with Purpose
* Bring creativity and technical excellence to how we verify safety hardware.
* Drive automation and efficiency through scripting and next-generation verification tools.
* Represent Arm’s leadership in safety verification internally and externally.
Required Skills and Experience:
* Minimum requirement of a Bachelors Degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
* 15+ years in semiconductor verification, including senior leadership experience.
* Strong expertise in SystemVerilog/UVM and Coverage Driven Verification (CDV).
* Experience with functional safety standards: ISO 26262, IEC 61508
* Hands-on knowledge of fault injection, safety analysis, and safety mechanism verification.
* Consistent track record delivering complex IP or SoCs to production.
Nice To Have Skills and Experience:
* Experience with Arm processors or safety architectures for Automotive and Robotics.
* Experience in safety design or safety architecture.
Accommodations at Arm
At Arm, we want to build extraordinary teams. If you need an adjustment or an accommodation during the recruitment process, please email accommodations@arm.com. To note, by sending us the requested information, you consent to its use by Arm to arrange for appropriate accommodations. All accommodation or adjustment requests will be treated with confidentiality, and information concerning these requests will only be disclosed as necessary to provide the accommodation. Although this is not an exhaustive list, examples of support include breaks between interviews, having documents read aloud, or office accessibility. Please email us about anything we can do to accommodate you during the recruitment process.
Hybrid Working at Arm
Arm’s approach to hybrid working is designed to create a working environment that supports both high performance and personal wellbeing. We believe in bringing people together face to face to enable us to work at pace, whilst recognizing the value of flexibility. Within that framework, we empower groups/teams to determine their own hybrid working patterns, depending on the work and the team’s needs. Details of what this means for each role will be shared upon application. In some cases, the flexibility we can offer is limited by local legal, regulatory, tax, or other considerations, and where this is the case, we will collaborate with you to find the best solution. Please talk to us to find out more about what this could look like for you.
Equal Opportunities at Arm
Arm is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal opportunities are available to all applicants and colleagues. We are a diverse organization of dedicated and innovative individuals, and don’t discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
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