{"id":2121064,"url":"https://alion.io/job/arm-holdings-senior-design-engineer-security-ip","title":"Senior Design Engineer - Security IP","company":{"id":268,"name":"Arm Holdings","domain":"arm.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/arm","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Radancy","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":76,"open_postings":65,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.969,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":32,"computed_at":"2026-10-23T05:54:15Z"}},"role":"Hardware","role_family":"Hardware","seniority":"senior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Toronto, Canada"],"countries":["CA"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":82000,"max_usd":166000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":39},"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Perl","optional":false},{"name":"Python","optional":false},{"name":"Verilog","optional":false},{"name":"SystemVerilog","optional":true},{"name":"UVM","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-08-05T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-08-05","last_verified_at":"2026-10-23T06:39:01Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":79,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":79},"description":"Overview\nThe Arm Solutions Engineering Security IP Team is seeking creative and enthusiastic Security Hardware Designers to join our team. This is a fantastic opportunity for Security Designers to make a difference in an innovative and inclusive team, with great opportunity for professional growth and technical advancement.\nWe have exciting opportunities to work with a groundbreaking team. We seek Designers with expertise in SoC Security Solutions including Applied Cryptography, Key Management, Embedded Microprocessor Systems, Hardware Root of Trust, Secure Boot, and Access Control. Our team owns and contributes to the specification, development, and verification and productization of Hardware Security IP and Security Sub-Systems for pioneering SoC designs.\nResponsibilities\nAs a creative and diligent Security Hardware Designer, you will be part of a team that will develop Security IP and Subsystems. You will develop architectures, specifications, and design sophisticated security hardware functions. We will partner with verification and implementation peers to build test plans, drive verification closure, support debug, and achieve functional, power, and performance sign off.\nThe Designer's primary responsibilities will include architecture specification, RTL and constraint development, bug fixing, and leading design exploration, optimization, and structural checks. You will contribute to the development and enhancement of processes and methodologies shared by the team. You will mentor team members and balance demands working with the leadership team on project management, roadmaps, initiatives, and schedules.\nRequired Skills & Experience:\nPreferred candidates will have successfully completed a Bachelor's or Graduate degree in Computer Science or Electrical/Computer Engineering. Successful applicants will have established track records of sophisticated ownership and leadership in the successful design and productization of Compute, Multimedia, or Security Sub-Systems and SoCs.\nAdvanced understanding of hardware Verilog RTL design, verification, and EDA methodologies.\nProven experience in Security Hardware, Embedded Processor Systems, Applied Cryptography, Secure Boot, Key Management, and Access Controls.\nProven experience in SoC architecture including multi-clock domains, AXI/AHB protocols, multi-power domains, and reset architectures.\nCompetency with synthesis, timing analysis, and constraints development. \nFamiliarity with design checks including CDC, RDC, X-Propagation, LINT.\nFamiliarity with power management techniques, UPF, power estimation, and power optimization.\nExperience with Perl, Python, TCL, or other scripting language.\nNice to have:\nFamiliarity with ARM-based designs and/or ARM System Architectures.\nFamiliarity with ECO methodologies.\nExperience with SystemVerilog and verification methodologies - UVM/OVM, Portable Stimulus, Hardware/Firmware co-verification.\nIn Return:\nWe are proud to have a set of behaviors that reflect our culture and guide our decisions, defining how we work together to innovate, defy ordinary, and shape outstanding products!\nPartner and Customer focus - We anticipate and exceed customer needs.\nTeamwork and Communication - We collaborate optimally across diverse teams.\nCreativity and Innovation - We challenge the status quo. We develop careers and personal growth.\nImpact and influence - We deliver measurable, trusted results.\nDeliver on your promises -You demonstrate ownership and accountability.\nUnited in Purpose, Empowered Through Inclusion - We value diversity to build better solutions.\nSalary Range:\n$125,800-$170,200 per yearWe value people as individuals and our dedication is to reward people competitively and equitably for the work they do and the skills and experience they bring to Arm. Salary is only one component of Arm's offering. The total reward package will be shared with candidates during the recruitment and selection process.\nOur 10x Mindset\nAt Arm, we believe progress happens when people are empowered to think bigger and push beyond what seems possible. Our 10x mindset is about curiosity, ambition and creating impact that will be used by millions. We learn fast, prioritise collaboration and turn bold ideas into real technology. We look for people who are inspired by this way of working and want to grow in an environment where bold ideas are welcomed. Discover how the 10x mindset shapes life at Arm: https://careers.arm.com/10x-mindset\nUse of AI in Your Application\nAt Arm, we embrace the benefits AI can bring, including in recruitment. You may use AI to support your preparation, such as improving the clarity of written responses, practicing interview questions, or learning more about our industry. However, your application and interview responses must reflect your own thinking, experience, and abilities. We want to understand your authentic perspective, creativity, and approach to problem solving. As such, you may not use AI to complete assigned tasks as part of any assessments. If you plan to use AI-supported or assistive technologies as part of a reasonable adjustment, please contact  so we can support you.\nRecruitment Adjustments and Accommodations\nAt Arm, we want to build extraordinary teams. If you need an adjustment or an accommodation during the recruitment process, please email . 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.\nHybrid Working\nArm’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.\nEqual Opportunities\nArm 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.","description_format":"text","description_chars":7121,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":true},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Hybrid work"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"Canada","iso":"CA","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Processors, MCUs & AI Chips","Semiconductor IP & Chip Design Services"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-08T23:55:06Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":11,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.4,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":79,"expected_fill_days":32,"reasons":["conf:3","stale_co","velocity","win:tail","crowd:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-23T05:54:15Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/arm-holdings-senior-design-engineer-security-ip","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/arm-holdings-senior-design-engineer-security-ip.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-23T07:41:25Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":12389,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":268},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=268"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Farm-holdings-senior-design-engineer-security-ip"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Farm-holdings-senior-design-engineer-security-ip"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Farm-holdings-senior-design-engineer-security-ip"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/arm-holdings-senior-design-engineer-security-ip\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Farm-holdings-senior-design-engineer-security-ip"}]}