SeniorValidationEngineer

### Job Summary We are looking for a Validation Engineer to validate and qualify AI software, firmware, hardware, and system-level features for edge AI accelerator platforms. The role involves designing validation strategies, developing automation frameworks, executing functional and performance testing, and ensuring high-quality releases across embedded and AI workloads. The ideal candidate should have strong experience in Linux systems, automation, AI/ML validation, CI/CD workflows, and debugging complex hardware-software interactions. ## Key Responsibilities * Design and execute validation plans for AI accelerator platforms, embedded systems, and SDK releases. * Validate AI/ML workloads including LLMs, VLMs, vision, audio, and NLP models across different hardware targets. * Develop and maintain automation frameworks using Python, Bash, Jenkins, and CI/CD pipelines. * Perform functional, regression, stress, performance, and scalability testing. * Validate PCIe, USB, networking, memory, storage, and system-level interfaces. * Debug issues across firmware, kernel drivers, runtime, and application layers. * Work closely with software, compiler, runtime, hardware, and DevOps teams for issue triaging and release qualification. * Build automated validation pipelines for nightly, release, and PR-based testing. * Analyze logs, crashes, performance bottlenecks, and system stability issues. * Create detailed validation reports, dashboards, and quality metrics. * Support customer-specific validation and benchmarking activities. * Manage and maintain lab infrastructure, devices, and automated execution environments. * Validate deployments across x86, ARM, Linux, containerized, and cloud-based environments. * Ensure release readiness through comprehensive test coverage and execution. ## Required Skills ### Technical Skills * Strong experience in: * Python scripting and automation * Linux systems and shell scripting * CI/CD tools such as Jenkins/GitHub Actions * Docker and cont