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Senior Firmware Validation Engineer

United States, Washington, Redmond💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-20 → 2026-07-27

Core

Owns coordination, validation environment setup, integration, and debugging of system software/firmware across domains (SoC FWs, Drivers, BIOS, BMC, model frameworks, PCIe) within AI server architecture.

Role type

Senior Firmware Validation Engineer

Builds

AI server firmware and system software releases

Domain

AI Servers / Embedded Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | infrastructure

Required skills

System-level integration and validation, Python/C/C++ programming, automation framework development (e.g., Robot Framework), CI/CD pipeline management, FPGA/Emulation/Simulation testing, issue triaging and debugging, validation plan creation, test content development

Preferred skills

Server space validation experience

Technologies

Robot Framework, CI/CD, FPGA, Emulation, Simulation, Python, C, C++

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## About the role Owns coordination, validation (including validation environment), Integration, and debugging of system software/firmware comprising of different domains (such as SoC FWs, Drivers, BIOS, BMC, model frameworks, PCIe etc.) within AI server architecture Create validation plans, develop test content, automate executions, and debug/triage of observed/reported failures. Debugging and troubleshooting skills with the aim to become point-of-contact for platform level issues. Ensure systematic closure of issues for subsequent releases. Ability to see system level "big picture" to validate that the integrated firmware/system software aligns to architectural goals of product. Passionate about exploring and deploying noble methods to improve test coverage, release/test automation, and efficiency of our FW releases. ## Requirements Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 1+ year(s) technical engineering experience OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience OR equivalent experience. 3+ years of experience in design/development, integration, validation, or system level debugging in embedded systems Experience in programing in Python or C or C++ Demonstrated experience in system level Integration, validation (including validation infrastructure setup), automation framework (such as Robot Framework), and debugging of system software. Experience in validation / development in server space is big plus. Experience of creating validation test plans, developing test content to achieve the validation plan and automating the execution of test contents. Experience of creating or working with automated testing pipeline aka CI/CD (integration + validation) Experience of firmware development and testing on multiple HW test environments (FPGA, Emulation, Simulation etc.) Experience of system level debugging (including customer issues) with good understanding of managing and triaging production level issues.
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