Staff Software Engineer - Product Validation

Salary: £45,000 - 80,000 per year

Requirements:

• Proven experience in Firmware Validation, Platform Validation, Embedded Software Validation, Quality Engineering, or related domains, with a consistent record of delivering high-quality products from concept through production release.
• Proven experience defining and delivering validation strategies, quality assurance frameworks, and release qualification plans for complex firmware, embedded software, and hardware-software integrated platforms.
• Strong expertise in developing validation architectures, test strategies, test plans, and coverage models across component, subsystem, integration, and system-level validation.
• Background in firmware, platform software, or low-level system software validation on pre-silicon and silicon platforms, preferably on Arm-based systems, demonstrated through ownership, review, and mentorship of complex technical validation strategies.
• Excellent programming skills in C/C++, with proficiency in automation and scripting languages such as Python, Shell, or Perl.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end validation and product quality assurance strategy for embedded software, firmware, and platform solutions across the entire product lifecycle, ensuring product reliability, robustness, and release readiness.
• Develop robust test strategies, test plans, and automation methodologies for pre-silicon and post-silicon validation environments.
• Provide deep technical expertise in one or more platform domains, including High-Speed I/O (HSIO), Low-Speed I/O (LSIO), BIOS/UEFI, Reliability, Availability and Serviceability (RAS), Telemetry, and BMC technologies.
• Collaborate with architecture, design, firmware, software, hardware, and program management teams to define validation requirements, quality metrics, and release criteria early in the development cycle.
• Support silicon bring-up activities, board validation, firmware integration, and system-level debugging during pre-silicon emulation and post-silicon validation phases.
• Define and monitor key quality indicators (KQIs), validation metrics, and coverage goals to drive data-driven quality improvements and release decisions.
• Mentor and provide technical leadership to validation engineers by promoting standard processes in test architecture, automation development, debugging techniques, root-cause analysis, and engineering excellence.

Technologies:

• ARM
• Cloud
• Embedded
• Firmware
• Hardware
• Support
• Perl
• Python
• AI
• C++
• Security

More:

We are Arm, and we build the worlds most pervasive compute architecture, powering computing from embedded and automotive systems to cloud and data centre infrastructure. This role sits within our System Solutions software organization and focuses on Arm Neoverse-based platforms, spanning initial pre-silicon verification through production-quality firmware and software on real silicon. You will join a collaborative, highly skilled engineering environment where you can influence the quality, readiness, and success of our solutions. We offer hybrid working, with patterns shaped by the teams needs, and we support equal opportunities and recruitment accommodations. Please note that no relocation package is available for this role, and any required skilled worker sponsorship costs are handled as stated in the posting.

last updated 36 week of 2026