Staff Software Engineer - Product Validation

Job Title

Staff Software Engineer - Product Validation

Role Summary

Senior engineering role in Arm's System Solutions software organization focused on validation and quality of Neoverse-based platforms. The role leads a validation focus group responsible for system readiness, release confidence, and customer-facing adaptability across pre-silicon and post-silicon phases.

The engineer will define validation processes and metrics, support silicon bring-up and platform integration, and mentor validation engineers to improve test automation and evidence-driven release decisions.

Experience Level

Level: Senior. The posting specifies a senior/Staff engineer role; no explicit years-of-experience requirement was stated.

Responsibilities

Lead validation strategy and delivery across the product lifecycle; collaborate with cross-functional teams and provide technical leadership.

• Define and lead end-to-end validation and product quality assurance for firmware, embedded software, and platform solutions.
• Develop test strategies, plans, automation methodologies for pre-silicon and post-silicon environments.
• Provide deep technical expertise in platform domains (e.g., HSIO, LSIO, BIOS/UEFI, RAS, telemetry, BMC).
• Support silicon bring-up, board validation, firmware integration, and system-level debugging.
• Define and monitor key quality indicators, validation metrics, and coverage goals to inform release decisions.
• Mentor and lead validation engineers on test architecture, automation, debugging, and root-cause analysis.

Requirements

Must-have skills and background relevant to leading validation for complex firmware and platform software.

• Proven experience in firmware/platform/embedded software validation, quality engineering, or equivalent roles delivering products from concept to production.
• Experience defining and delivering validation strategies, quality frameworks, and release qualification plans for hardware–software integrated platforms.
• Expertise in validation architecture, test strategies, test plans, and coverage across component, subsystem, integration and system levels.
• Background in pre-silicon and post-silicon validation and silicon bring-up; experience on Arm-based systems is desirable.
• Strong programming skills in C/C++; proficiency with automation and scripting (Python, Shell, Perl).

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with server or infrastructure platforms and customer-facing production environments.
• Knowledge of system architecture, bootloaders, firmware interfaces, device drivers, and board bring-up flows.
• Experience with platform compliance/readiness programs (e.g., SystemReady, ACS), firmware conformance, security validation, or customer acceptance testing.
• Experience building/scaling validation teams, lab automation, hardware-in-the-loop testing, or release-readiness processes.
• Experience working in globally distributed teams.

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.