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Principal Platform Validation Engineer

Job ID 2025-13788 Date posted Mar. 07, 2025 Location Austin, Texas Category Hardware Engineering Apply

Overview:

Here at Arm, we are building the Future of Computing. Together. For Everyone. This is a technical engineering role based in the US and part of the rapidly growing Arm Infrastructure Line of Business. Our Neoverse cores are leading a technology disruption! We need a Principal Platform Validation Engineer to work with the Arm Central Engineering and Solution Engineering partners and support the growing demand for Neoverse cores in the Cloud and Datacenter. You will be an individual contributor engaging and collaborating with internal and external partners to enable and support Arm Infrastructure hardware software ecosystem. Join us as we deliver solutions across Cloud, Edge, 5G, and Networking segments!

Responsibilities:

  • Architect, develop and enable Data Center Diagnostic framework and tool on Linux and enable CPU, Memory, IO and Network stress tests on Arm-based Infrastructure devices.
  • Architect, design and implement Arm Diagnostic Test execution engine to enable and scale the validation test suite to qualify OCP reference platforms.
  • Collaborate with post-silicon validation team to engage in debug and test enablement effort on both validation and reference platforms.
  • Debug and resolve hardware issues during the bringup phase.
  • Develop and implement tests as per the test plan for hardware components.
  • Maintain scalability and deployment of production firmware, validation OS and test suite for device screening process.

Required Skills and Experience:

  • A degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
  • Demonstrated experience as a Firmware Engineer, Hardware Test Engineer, and/or similar role.
  • Experience with hardware testing methodologies and tools. bringup and debugging.
  • Familiarity with hardware design and testing.
  • Solid understanding of programming languages such as C, C++, and Assembly.

Nice to Haves: 

  • Knowledge of the OCP Data Center Diagnostic Framework
  • Experience with Arm system architecture specifications, such as the Base System Architecture (BSA), the Server Base System Architecture (SBSA), and the Server Base Manageability Requirements (SBMR)
  • Familiarity with industry standards such as UEFI, DMTF, OCP, OPI, CXL, & UCIe
  • Experience with Linux application development and/or Windows operating systems for use in Cloud and Datacenter solutions
  • Demonstrated knowledge of or experience with Cloud and Datacenter infrastructure and software solutions

In Return:

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Salary Range:

$221,127-$299,172 per year

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