Staff Software Engineer - Post-Silicon Infrastructure - Chandler, Arizona, United States
$198,100 - $268,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 11 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a Staff Software Engineer – Post-Silicon Infrastructure, you will build software infrastructure, scalable tools, and frameworks that connect hardware, firmware, workloads, instrumentation, and data collection to enable post-silicon validation and characterization of Arm SoCs.
What you'll do
- Develop reusable software infrastructure for post-silicon validation and characterization. - Build Python automation for workloads, platform controls, instrumentation, and data collection. - Develop scalable frameworks for repeatable and reliable test execution. - Collaborate across engineering teams to integrate, debug, and improve automated test methodologies.
What you'll need
- Strong Python development skills with experience building automation, frameworks, or orchestration tools. - Systems software experience focused on Linux, APIs, software architecture, and development guided by configuration parameters. - Experience developing CI, regression, or automated test infrastructure for reliable unattended execution. - Experience debugging complex software and hardware interactions using logging, telemetry, and diagnostic methods. - Demonstrated ability to develop reusable solutions in physical hardware environments alongside firmware, validation, systems, and infrastructure teams.
Nice to have
- Experience with C/C++, embedded systems, firmware interfaces, or SoC platforms. - Experience with hardware-in-the-loop (HIL), lab instrumentation, telemetry, or equipment automation. - Experience developing APIs for hardware control, workload execution, data collection, and failure recovery. - Experience with YAML or other automation platforms guided by configuration data. - Understanding of silicon validation, characterization, power/performance, or system-level testing.
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 76-day median for Post-Silicon Validation roles.
Post-Silicon Validation · Design Verification
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Open roles in category
114
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Median days open
76 d
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Median salary
$185k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Arm Holdings | All employers we track in this specialty (114 roles · 31 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 7 | 114 |
| Open roles in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family | 21 | 2320 · 114 employers |
| Median days open | 0 d | 76 d (−76 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $185k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 19 open roles · median 43 d
- AMD · 16 open roles · median 76 d
- NVIDIA · 12 open roles · median 79 d
- Graphcore · 10 open roles · median 133 d
- Altera · 5 open roles · median 69 d
- Micron Technology · 5 open roles · median 223 d
How we counted: 114 open Post-Silicon Validation (Design Verification) roles from 31 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 28 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family row. Figures refresh nightly.