Arm designs the instruction-set architectures that power billions of chips worldwide and maintains a global workforce of roughly 2,900 employees. Recent staffing data shows the company added about 530 new team members, offset by 160 recorded departures, producing net growth of roughly 13%. The blend of technical, commercial, and operational roles reflects Arm’s position as both a research-driven semiconductor licensor and a customer-facing technology partner.
Engineering dominates Arm’s organisation with 1,829 employees—approximately 63% of total headcount—underscoring the firm’s emphasis on research, design, and intellectual-property development. Customer-oriented functions such as Marketing & Product (210 employees) and Sales & Support (120) form the next-largest clusters, while Business Management (175) and Information Technology (131) provide strategic and infrastructure support. Finance & Administration (101), Operations (79), Human Resources (77), and Program & Project Management (62) round out the organisational chart, with an additional 109 employees classified in other specialised groups. The distribution highlights a technology-first culture complemented by the commercial and operational teams required to bring Arm-based solutions to market.
Arm’s workforce is geographically diverse. Austin, Texas, hosts the single largest concentration with 589 employees, followed by the company’s original base in Cambridge, UK (298), and the engineering hub in Bengaluru, India (239). U.S. operations are further spread across San Jose (111), the broader San Francisco Bay Area (81), San Diego (53), Chandler, Arizona (46), and Raleigh, North Carolina (47). London supports 64 staff in corporate and customer-facing roles. An additional 1,365 employees are distributed across smaller offices and remote locations worldwide, illustrating Arm’s commitment to accessing talent and customers on multiple continents.