Arm

Staff Software Engineer – Release & Defect Lead

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6 days ago
Cambridge, United KingdomStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Lead post-silicon firmware releases for Arm datacenter SoC software projects, including release planning, readiness, quality, and delivery.
  • Own defect management, including triage, prioritization, release-blocker visibility, and delivery-risk management.
  • Coordinate development-environment requirements such as development boards, system configurations, debug equipment, and lab capacity.
  • Align priorities and dependencies across engineering teams and locations, resolve issues, and improve firmware delivery effectiveness.

Requirements

  • Strong experience in firmware or low-level system software and delivering production-quality software for complex systems.
  • Experience leading software releases, defect management, or system integration across multiple engineering teams in the SoC domain.
  • Good understanding of post-silicon firmware development, software integration, validation, release processes, and hardware development and debug environments.
  • Strong technical judgment, problem-solving, communication, and cross-team collaboration skills.
  • Preferred: knowledge of server-class SoCs and production firmware for infrastructure platforms.
  • Preferred: familiarity with Arm-based systems, Trusted Firmware-A, UEFI EDK II, SCP/MCP firmware, Linux, or OpenBMC.
  • Preferred: experience with release automation, software configuration management, defect tracking, or hardware debug environments.

Benefits

  • Arm offers the opportunity to influence firmware quality and delivery across sophisticated infrastructure platforms.
  • Hybrid working patterns are determined by the team, with role-specific details provided during the application process.
  • Reasonable accommodations are available during the application and interview process and for performing job functions.
  • If skilled worker sponsorship is required, Arm will cover employer sponsorship costs; individual application fees and the Immigration Health Surcharge are the candidate’s responsibility.

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