Lead Firmware & Software Validation Architect for AI SoC

Ampere Computing; Durham (NC); Hybrid; USD 226,000 - 339,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K retirement plan

Unlimited flextime

Job summary

Ampere Computing is seeking a visionary Firmware/Software Test & Validation Architect to define and guide the test strategy for our Arm-based reference platforms. You will lead the validation of firmware, drivers, OS, AI runtimes, and applications post-silicon, ensuring robust hardware-software co-verification and customer enablement.

You will mentor teams, shape CT pipelines, and drive AI benchmarking and data management while collaborating with Hardware, Firmware, Software, and Product teams

Qualifications

• 10+ years of embedded software/firmware test, verification, or validation experience.
• Experience defining strategy as Architect or Lead.
• Proven expertise in SoC/hardware platform test & validation architectures.
• Familiarity with HIL/SIL simulation environments.

Responsibilities

• Define test and validation strategy for firmware, software, system, and reference platforms.
• Architect end-to-end test infrastructure and automation across firmware/software layers.
• Drive Continuous Testing pipelines and fault-injection testing methodologies.
• Guide AI regression and performance benchmarking for hardware accelerators.
• Collaborate with hardware, firmware, software, and product teams to align test strategies with requirements.
• Document all test plans, results, and decisions.

Skills

Test automation frameworks

Python scripting

CI/CD pipelines

Embedded C/C++

ARM architecture

Linux/RTOS drivers

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s in Electrical/Electronics/Computer Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Robot Framework

pytest

Jenkins

GitLab/GitHub runners

I2C/I3C/PCIe/SPI/Ethernet

Job description

Ampere Computing is seeking a visionary Firmware/Software Test & Validation Architect to define and guide the test strategy for our Arm-based reference platforms. You will lead the validation of firmware, drivers, OS, AI runtimes, and applications post-silicon, ensuring robust hardware-software co-verification and customer enablement.

You will mentor teams, shape CT pipelines, and drive AI benchmarking and data management while collaborating with Hardware, Firmware, Software, and Product teams