Staff System Software Engineer – Validation Leader

United States Digital Space LLC; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 97,300 - 131,700; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC in Cambridge, UK is seeking a Staff Engineer with strong system software expertise to lead validation across Neoverse-based platforms. You will drive end-to-end QA for embedded firmware and software stacks, from pre-silicon verification to production readiness, and provide technical leadership to a focused team.

You will shape validation strategies, expand coverage, mentor engineers, and collaborate across firmware, hardware, and platform teams.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Quality Assurance, Firmware Validation, or System Software Engineering.
• Strong test architecture, validation methodologies, and quality engineering practices for firmware, embedded software, and system-level platforms.
• Excellent programming and debugging skills in C/C++, with scripting in Python, Shell, or Perl for automation.
• Solid understanding of embedded Linux software stacks, including system services, device drivers, kernel interactions, and platform integration.
• Demonstrated expertise in both pre-silicon and post-silicon validation, including simulation, emulation, FPGA prototyping, silicon bring-up, platform integration, and system-level debug.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end Quality Assurance activities for embedded system software, firmware, and platform validation across the product lifecycle, ensuring high product reliability and release quality.
• 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.
• Develop and complete functional, regression, stress, stability, and performance test cases for embedded Linux-based software stacks and firmware components.
• Define and drive comprehensive validation architectures, test strategies, and coverage models spanning component, subsystem, system integration, and full system-level validation for firmware and/or software stacks.
• Drive validation coverage expansion by identifying quality gaps and implementing targeted test solutions across firmware, software, hardware, and platform interactions.
• Support silicon bring-up activities, board validation, firmware integration, and system-level debugging during pre-silicon emulation and post-silicon validation phases.
• Mentor and provide technical leadership to validation engineers by promoting standard methodologies in test design, automation development, debugging techniques, root-cause analysis, and engineering excellence.

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC in Cambridge, UK is seeking a Staff Engineer with strong system software expertise to lead validation across Neoverse-based platforms. You will drive end-to-end QA for embedded firmware and software stacks, from pre-silicon verification to production readiness, and provide technical leadership to a focused team.

You will shape validation strategies, expand coverage, mentor engineers, and collaborate across firmware, hardware, and platform teams.