# Firmware Development & Validation Engineer

Firmware Development & Validation Engineer The Role UST is seeking a highly skilled Firmware Development & Validation Engineer to join our hardware and system validation team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for developing embedded firmware and validating functionality across various platforms, ensuring reliability, performance, and compliance with design specifications. What You’ll Do ·Design, develop, and validate firmware for embedded platforms with focus on system-level functionality. ··Develop and debug C++ based drivers for high-speed interfaces such as PCIe, UART, and UMA. ··Execute firmware validation activities including test planning, test case development, automation, and regression execution. ·Perform system-level validation using emulation platforms such as Zebu and Palladium. ·Develop Python-based automation frameworks for firmware validation and regression suites. ·Debug complex hardware–firmware interaction issues using logs, trace tools, and protocol analyzers. ·Collaborate with hardware, silicon, and platform teams to ensure feature readiness and issue resolution. ··Support bring-up activities, root cause analysis, and performance tuning. ·Con

- **Id**: 3617312
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/ust-firmware-development-validation-engineer>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Mountain View, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-30T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-02
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T15:16:53Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 8
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6752
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Life insurance, Retirement plans, Vision insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Information Technology, IT Consulting & Digital Transformation, IT Outsourcing & Dedicated Teams

## Company

- **Id**: 1774626
- **Name**: UST
- **Domain**: ust.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/ust-com>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: services
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: RippleHire

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 78
- **Open postings**: 99
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.889
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 34
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 94000
- **Max**: 141000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 141000

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Cadence Palladium** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Git** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Synopsys ZeBu** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 8

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-02T16:57:46Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 8
- **Expected fill days**: 34
- **Reasons**: conf:2, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 141000
- **Is top pay**: no

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