Job Title: CPU Validation Engineer (Remote - Europe/UK | Outside IR35) A CPU Validation Engineer is now needed to join a highly reputable rapidly growing Engineering firm that are pushing the boundaries of CPU validation-spanning simulators, FPGA, and silicon environments. At the heart of our mission is ensuring functional correctness, industry compliance, and overall operational excellence. Location & Contract Fully remote across Europe and the UK Outside IR35 Responsibilities Develop, configure, and execute validation tests across simulation (pre-silicon), FPGA, and silicon platforms-ensuring alignment with specifications and interoperability standards Design and maintain verification infrastructures: test-benches, coverage monitors, assertions, and test plans Debug failures within instruction set simulators, silicon models, and FPGA environments Collaborate closely with architecture, design, and software teams to trace bugs and drive resolution Contribute to building coverage-driven verification frameworks, ensuring thorough spec compliance Required Skills & Experience Advanced UNIX/Linux Scripting (Makefiles, Bash, Perl, Python, etc.) Expertise in coverage-driven, compliance/interoperability verification and test planni...