Senior Software Engineer - Firmware Validation

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Build, develop, and execute validation and quality-assurance scenarios for embedded firmware, system software, and platform components in pre-silicon and post-silicon environments.
• Develop test strategies, test plans, and automation methodologies for validation environments.
• Validate and debug PCIe, DDR, I2C, SPI, SPMI, and UART interfaces.
• Create functional, regression, stress, stability, and performance tests for embedded Linux software stacks and firmware.
• Use logs, crash dumps, traces, and low-level debugging to identify root causes and resolve issues.
• Perform silicon bring-up, board validation, firmware integration, and system-level validation on Arm-based embedded platforms.
• Ensure compliance with quality standards, validation processes, and software development best practices.

Required Skills and Experience

• At least 5 years of quality assurance and test automation experience for product-quality system software.
• Hands-on firmware or system-software test-code and automation development experience with excellent C/C++ programming skills.
• Python and Bash or Shell scripting are required.
• Knowledge of embedded Linux software stacks and high-speed and low-speed I/O protocols is required.
• Experience with boot flow, BIOS/UEFI, boot-critical firmware, RAS, BMC, and telemetry is required.
• Expertise in pre-silicon and post-silicon software, firmware, and system validation is required.
• Understanding of computer architecture and microarchitecture concepts, ideally Arm architecture, is required.
• Proficiency with Git, GitLab/GitHub APIs, and version-control scripting is required.

Nice-to-Have Skills and Experience

• Experience with CI/CD, automation, and software release.
• Experience with defect triaging and defect management for system software releases.
• Familiarity with quality assurance for server-platform software.
• Experience verifying and validating firmware.

Working Arrangement

• Arm describes its working model as hybrid, with teams determining their working patterns and role-specific details shared during the application process.