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Firmware Validation Engineer

San Francisco Bay Area, United States of America💼 Full-time🗓 2026-02-03 → 2026-09-28

Core

Develop test automation and execute firmware test cases for wireless System on a Chip (SoC) to ensure manufacturability and user experience.

Role type

Firmware Validation Engineer

Builds

Wireless silicon products for hundreds of millions of customers

Domain

Wireless silicon development (RF/Analog, Systems/PHY/MAC, VLSI)

Required skills

Test automation framework design, CI/CD flow development, firmware test plan design, root-cause analysis, embedded SW fundamentals, low-level hardware interfaces, wireless/PHY/radio/RF fundamentals, FPGA/SoC test bringup, Python, C, Jenkins, oscilloscope/logic analyzer usage

Preferred skills

Wireless technologies (WiFi/Bluetooth/UWB), FW/SW white box testing, hardware/firmware development life cycle knowledge

Technologies

Python, C, Jenkins, FPGA, SoC, WiFi, Bluetooth, UWB

Responsibilities

Design and implement robust test automation frameworks; develop test infrastructure and CI flows for pre/post-silicon validation; drive firmware test coverage and release quality; triage and debug issues with development teams; develop firmware test plans and cases based on system requirements

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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