DRV8461EVM: Control DRV8461EVM over SPI using external MCU

Tool/software:

Hello-

Our company bought a DRV8461EVM to test its suitability using the evaluation software. We would like to move forward with this chip and are now looking at writing code to control it using our test MCUs (A stm32 nucleo f446re). What would be the best way to attempt to control the driver over spi using our mcu. Is it okay to simply unplug the SPI, SDO, and SCK jumpers and plug our mcu into those slots and then upload code that way?
I appreciate your support

Thank you
Ethan