Head of CPU Software Validation & Platform Reliability

NUVACORE, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Nuvacore, Inc. is seeking an experienced CPU Software Validation Engineering Lead to head the validation organization for next-generation processor platforms.

You will shape strategy, architecture, and execution for firmware, OS enablement, toolchains, and runtime software across pre-silicon and silicon environments. The role demands leadership of teams responsible for validation frameworks, telemetry, and large-scale regression, with a focus on correctness, performance, reliability, and

Qualifications

• 15+ years in system software validation, firmware or low-level platform software
• 5+ years in leadership of validation or system software teams
• Strong experience with CPU software validation across firmware, OS, toolchains

Responsibilities

• Define and drive software validation strategy for next-gen CPU platforms
• Lead validation across firmware, OS, toolchains, and runtime libraries
• Architect large-scale validation frameworks and automated pipelines
• Ensure coverage for correctness, performance, power, reliability and security
• Partner with architecture, silicon design and hardware teams

Skills

C/C++

CPU architecture

Firmware interactions

OS interactions

Debugging

Linux basics

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/EE

Tools

Git/GitHub/GitLab

LLVM/GCC toolchains

JTAG/Hardware emulators

CI/CD tooling

Telemetry/tracing tools

Job description

Nuvacore, Inc. is seeking an experienced CPU Software Validation Engineering Lead to head the validation organization for next-generation processor platforms.

You will shape strategy, architecture, and execution for firmware, OS enablement, toolchains, and runtime software across pre-silicon and silicon environments. The role demands leadership of teams responsible for validation frameworks, telemetry, and large-scale regression, with a focus on correctness, performance, reliability, and