Staff Embedded Software Engineer

Job Title

Staff Embedded Software Engineer

Role Summary

Join the System Solutions team to support, maintain and develop product-quality system firmware for Arm Neoverse CSS-based infrastructure platforms. The role is focused on downstream firmware support, defect management, and collaborating with firmware and release teams to deliver stable customer releases.

Experience Level

Senior (Staff) level — senior/lead experience expected.

Responsibilities

The role centers on sustaining and improving production firmware and coordinating customer-facing release activity.

• Support and maintain downstream product-quality firmware for Neoverse CSS platforms.
• Act as primary customer interface for post-launch support and maintenance requests.
• Perform defect triage, defect management, and defect fixing.
• Back-port features and fixes to downstream releases as required.
• Coordinate with release teams on downstream update schedules and delivery.
• Work with firmware development teams on design and implementation for Neoverse CPU and system IP platforms.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and domain experience; nice-to-have items listed separately.

• Must-have: Expert C programming for embedded systems and strong debugging skills.
• Experience in development and maintenance of product-quality firmware, including bootloaders and device drivers.
• Defect triaging and defect management experience for system software.
• Practical knowledge of industry specifications such as UEFI and ACPI.
• Familiarity with RAS, hypervisors, CXL, power management, and security concepts.
• Nice-to-have: Experience supporting production firmware in the server segment; experience contributing to open-source projects (Linux kernel, TF-A, UEFI EDK II, OpenBMC); customer triage and support experience; Rust programming knowledge.

Education Requirements

Not specified.

About the Company

Company: Arm

Headquarters: Cambridge, United Kingdom

ARM is a global leader in semiconductor and software design, driving innovation in computing technology. The company specializes in designing processors and systems that provide the essential building blocks for electronic devices. ARM's architecture is widely used in smartphones, servers, and IoT devices, and its collaborative culture fosters bold thinking, diversity, and high-impact benefits for its talented workforce.