About Careertakes

👉 Important disclosure: Careertakes is a third-party recruiting platform supporting this hiring process. If selected, you will be employed directly by our client, Semiconductor Manufacturing, Software Development, Computer Hardware Manufacturing.

Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.

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Overview

Confidential Client is hiring a Staff Software Engineer — Post‑Silicon Infrastructure to join their characterization and validation engineering efforts in Chandler, AZ. This hands-on engineering role builds scalable software tooling and automation that connects hardware, firmware, workloads, instrumentation, and data collection to enable repeatable post-silicon validation and characterization.

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What You’ll Do

• Develop reusable software infrastructure and frameworks for post-silicon validation and characterization.
• Build Python automation to orchestrate workloads, platform controls, lab instrumentation, telemetry, and data collection.
• Design and implement scalable test orchestration for reliable, unattended test execution (CI/regression).
• Collaborate with firmware, validation, systems, and infrastructure teams to integrate and debug automated test methodologies.
• Instrument systems with logging, telemetry and diagnostic tooling to speed root-cause analysis and improve reliability.
• Turn complex engineering workflows into reliable infrastructure that scales across platforms and users.

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Required (Minimum) Qualifications

• Strong Python development skills with experience building automation, orchestration, or reusable frameworks.
• Experience with Linux systems, APIs, and software architecture for hardware-connected environments.
• Experience building CI, regression, or automated test infrastructure designed for unattended execution.
• Proven debugging skills for complex software ↔ hardware interactions using logging, telemetry and diagnostics.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across firmware, validation, systems and infrastructure teams to deliver reusable solutions.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.

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Preferred (Nice-to-Have) Qualifications

• Experience with C/C++ and embedded systems or firmware interfaces.
• Background in hardware-in-the-loop (HIL), lab instrumentation automation, telemetry, or equipment control.
• Experience developing APIs for hardware control, workload execution, data collection and failure recovery.
• Familiarity with YAML-driven automation platforms or config-driven orchestration.
• Understanding of silicon validation, characterization, power/performance analysis, or system-level testing.

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Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary range (Confidential Client): $198,100 - $268,000 per year.
• Confidential Client offers a total rewards package including benefits and equity details that will be shared during recruitment.
• Reasonable accommodations are available during the hiring process; request details from the recruiter.

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Work Model & Location

• Role location: Chandler, AZ (on-site / hybrid expectations will be discussed during interview).
• This position is classified as FULL_TIME.

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Keywords (for candidates & search)

• Staff Software Engineer
• Post-Silicon Infrastructure
• Python automation
• Linux systems engineering
• CI / test infrastructure
• Embedded systems validation

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.

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