Systems Software Engineer, Silicon Bringup

Responsibilities

• Contribute to end-to-end software bringup and validation strategies for new silicon and first-party systems.
• Define software-driven test coverage across compute, memory, interconnect, I/O, and system-level interactions.
• Build diagnostics, test automation, telemetry, and regression infrastructure for issue isolation and first-silicon learning.
• Lead bringup from initial silicon arrival through board and system integration, docking, runtime enablement, and model execution.
• Design stress tests to characterize reliability, performance, and stability across workloads and operating conditions.
• Translate architecture specifications and performance models into acceptance criteria, coverage goals, and pass/fail signals.
• Debug hardware-software failures, perform root-cause analysis, and coordinate fixes across silicon, firmware, electrical, platform, and workload teams.
• Validate integrated system functionality and model performance and convert bringup learnings into reusable infrastructure.

Requirements

• Strong systems programming experience in C, C++, Rust, Python, or comparable low-level environments.
• Experience bringing up or validating complex silicon, accelerators, servers, or other hardware-software systems.
• Understanding of computer architecture and compute, memory, interconnect, and I/O subsystem behavior.
• Low-level debugging skills across firmware, drivers, operating systems, and hardware interfaces.
• Ability to create rigorous test strategies, identify coverage gaps, and build scalable automation and observability.
• Experience with performance characterization, stress testing, reliability testing, or production readiness.
• Ability to communicate across disciplines and drive ambiguous, high-stakes technical work from plan through closure.
• Commitment to building durable tools and processes that make subsequent bringup cycles faster and more predictable.
• Candidates may need to meet legal status requirements under U.S. export control laws and regulations.