Staff Software Engineer – SoC SW Productisation

Arm is redefining what is possible in cloud and data center computing. Our Neoverse platforms are helping power a new era of infrastructure – combining advanced silicon with the system software required to turn ambitious technology into production-ready solutions.

Are you excited by solving complex system-level problems, driving validation strategy and ensuring sophisticated SoC platforms meet the quality standards required for production?

We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer in the Infrastructure Solutions Software team in our CE-SW group. This is currently a hands-on technical contributor role, with no line management responsibilities, focused on driving system-level validation and quality for our infrastructure platforms. You will provide technical leadership in validation, develop effective test strategies and automation, and help ensure high-quality delivery across pre-silicon and silicon environments.

As the team grows, there may be opportunities for the role to evolve to include team leadership responsibilities.

Come and make an impact at scale!

Responsibilities You will:

• Provide technical leadership in system-level validation, test methodology and automation.
• Develop test automation and infrastructure, improving tools, frameworks, CI and regression capabilities.
• Drive system-level validation and defect resolution across pre-silicon and silicon environments.
• Collaborate across software, firmware and hardware teams to resolve issues and support product readiness.

**Required Skills and Experience :**

• Strong experience in software testing and system-level validation for SoC, firmware, platform software or embedded systems.
• Proven technical leadership, with the ability to guide engineering decisions and influence across teams.
• Solid understanding of test methodologies, automation, CI and regression testing.
• Experience using test coverage, quality metrics and defect management to drive quality.
• Strong debugging, problem-solving and communication skills across software, firmware and hardware.

**“Nice To Have” Skills and Experience :**

• Knowledge of server-class SoCs, including RAS, power management, PCI Express (PCIe), Compute Express Link (CXL), memory and virtualization.
• Familiarity with the Linux kernel, Trusted Firmware-A (TF-A), UEFI EDK II, OpenBMC or Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM).
• Experience with automated system validation, hardware test environments, server farms or continuous integration infrastructure

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