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Principal/Staff Software Engineer - Functional Safety, Cambridge

Client: arm limited

Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference: 77cb0333759e

Job Views: 9

Posted: 25.08.2025

Expiry Date: 09.10.2025

Job Description:

The Role

Job Overview:

We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our Functional Safety compiler team to work on our next generation C++17 compiler.

The Arm Compiler for Embedded product is based on LLVM and Clang, and our team works on the qualification and certification of the compiler to Functional Safety standards such as ISO 26262 and the Cybersecurity standard ISO 21434.

Responsibilities:

• Help drive all aspects of team development activities such as planning, specification, documentation, and verification, and help lead code reviews.
• Lead the impact analysis of potential safety or security issues found as bugs or during static analysis, and resolve and document as appropriate.
• Support the long-term maintenance of support branches, providing new fixes or cherry-picking fixes and testing as needed.
• Document the design, define requirements, and assist in achieving certification.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Extensive development experience in C and C++.
• Experience in the full software development lifecycle from requirements to development, testing, delivery, and maintenance.
• Scripting experience, ideally including Python in large frameworks.
• Dedicated, flexible, technically versatile, with the ability to learn new skills applicable across multiple work types.
• Excellent interpersonal skills in English, a strong team player, and experience in agile development.

“Nice To Have” Skills and Experience:

• Experience in Functional Safety software development per standards like ISO 26262, EN 50128, IEC 61508, IEC 62304.
• Familiarity with C and C++ Standard Libraries and C++14/17/20 features.
• Contributing to Open-Source projects, especially LLVM.
• Awareness of Secure Development Lifecycle and security vulnerabilities.
• Mentoring junior colleagues and peers.

In Return:

You will receive training and an environment to excel. We offer a hybrid remote and office work approach to promote collaboration and adaptability.