CPU Validation Engineer - Outside IR35 - Fully Remote

WA Consultants; England; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable engineering firm is seeking a CPU Validation Engineer to work remotely across Europe and the UK. This role involves developing and executing validation tests, ensuring compliance and interoperability across various simulation and silicon platforms. Ideal candidates will have strong scripting skills and experience with validation frameworks. Join a passionate team pushing the boundaries in CPU validation technologies.

Benefits

Fully remote, flexible work environment

Engagement with cutting-edge technologies

Collaborative team culture

Qualifications

• Advanced UNIX/Linux scripting skills including Makefiles and Bash.
• Expertise in compliance-driven verification and test planning.
• Experience with instruction set simulators is essential.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute validation tests across simulation and silicon platforms.
• Design and maintain verification infrastructures.
• Debug failures within instruction set simulators and silicon models.

Skills

Advanced UNIX/Linux Scripting

Compliance/interoperability verification

Hands-on experience with instruction set simulators

Proficient in SystemVerilog

Track record in validation tests

Job description

Overview

Job Title: CPU Validation Engineer (Remote - Europe/UK | Outside IR35)

A CPU Validation Engineer is needed to join a reputable, rapidly growing engineering firm that is pushing the boundaries of CPU validation across simulators, FPGA, and silicon environments. The role focuses on ensuring functional correctness, industry compliance, and overall operational excellence.

Location & Contract

• Fully remote across Europe and the UK
• Outside IR35

Responsibilities

• Develop, configure, and execute validation tests across simulation (pre-silicon), FPGA, and silicon platforms—ensuring alignment with specifications and interoperability standards
• Design and maintain verification infrastructures: test-benches, coverage monitors, assertions, and test plans
• Debug failures within instruction set simulators, silicon models, and FPGA environments
• Collaborate closely with architecture, design, and software teams to trace bugs and drive resolution
• Contribute to building coverage-driven verification frameworks, ensuring thorough spec compliance

Required Skills & Experience

• Advanced UNIX/Linux Scripting (Makefiles, Bash, Perl, Python, etc.)
• Expertise in coverage-driven, compliance/interoperability verification and test planning
• Hands-on experience with instruction set simulators
• Proficient in SystemVerilog for test and environment development
• Proven track record developing validation tests across silicon, simulator, and FPGA platforms

Desired (Nice-to-Have) Skills

• Familiarity with RISC-V ISA and assembly language
• Experience with simulators such as QEMU, Spike, or Sail
• Background in open-source hardware or software community contributions
• Proficiency with GitHub workflows, especially CI and regression test automation

Why Join Us?

• Fully remote, flexible work environment across Europe/UK
• Engage deeply with cutting-edge CPU validation and verification technologies
• Collaborate with a passionate, technically driven team
• Opportunity to shape and innovate test frameworks that influence real silicon

How to Apply

Please apply and feel submit your CV to (see below)

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