Validation Chief of Staff

Originally posted 4 November 2026 by the employer.

About the role

Reporting to senior leadership within Architecture and Validation, the Validation Chief of Staff supports strategic execution, operational coordination, and cross-functional alignment across the validation organisation.

What you'll do

• Partner with validation leadership to coordinate execution across multiple validation and bring-up initiatives.
• Drive organisational planning, prioritisation, and operational tracking across validation programs and milestones.
• Improve visibility of project status, technical risks, dependencies, and execution readiness across teams.
• Coordinate cross-functional activities between validation, architecture, silicon, firmware, software, and systems engineering teams.
• Track key validation metrics, deliverables, and support escalation management for complex technical issues.
• Define and improve operational processes, engineering workflows, and communication structures across distributed sites.

What you'll need

• Experience working within silicon validation, post-silicon bring-up, system validation, or related engineering environments.
• Understanding of hardware and software development lifecycles for complex SoC or platform products.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional engineering activities across multidisciplinary technical disciplines.
• Experience creating structured reporting, tracking, and operational review mechanisms using project tracking tools.
• Linux and Python familiarity within engineering workflows and validation environments.

Skills: silicon validation, bring-up, operational coordination, program management, SoC

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