diff --git a/libdaggy/src/executors/task/SSHTaskExecutor.cpp b/libdaggy/src/executors/task/SSHTaskExecutor.cpp
index 86958e1..61a796b 100644
--- a/libdaggy/src/executors/task/SSHTaskExecutor.cpp
+++ b/libdaggy/src/executors/task/SSHTaskExecutor.cpp
@@ -130,7 +130,15 @@ bool SSHTaskExecutor::validateTaskParameters(const ConfigValues &job)
 {
   return fe_.validateTaskParameters(job);
 
-  // TODO add in requirement for memory, cores, users, privkey, port
+  // TODO add in requirement for users, privkey, port
+  if (job.count("cores") == 0 or
+      !std::holds_alternative<std::string>(job.at("cores")))
+    throw std::runtime_error(
+        R"(Job must define the number of cores it requires)");
+
+  if (job.count("memoryMB") == 0 or
+      !std::holds_alternative<std::string>(job.at("memoryMB")))
+    throw std::runtime_error(R"(Job must define the memoryMB it requires)");
 
   return true;
 }