Graduate Silicon Engineer
Graphcore is a SoftBank-owned AI-compute company developing AI processors, systems, and software for machine-learning workloads.
Funding history
About Graphcore
Graphcore develops Intelligence Processing Units (IPUs) and the Poplar SDK for building and running machine-learning applications. It continues operating under the Graphcore name as a wholly owned SoftBank Group subsidiary.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will join a logical design, verification, physical design or design-for-test specialty and contribute to chip development. Depending on your assignment, you will work on RTL design, SoC integration, verification methods, physical implementation or DFT. You will use EDA tools, complete defined engineering tasks and build practical silicon-design skills through reviews and problem solving.
Requirements
- Degree in Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Maths or a related subject, or expected completion of one
- Coding skills in C, C++ or Python
- Interest in digital design, ASICs, verification, physical design, computer architecture or AI compute
- Motivation to learn silicon design techniques and EDA tools
Responsibilities
- Contribute to chip development
- Work on RTL design, SoC integration, verification, physical implementation or design for test
- Use electronic design automation tools
- Complete defined silicon engineering tasks
- Apply modern silicon design techniques
Benefits
- Flexible working
- Generous leave
- Up to 5% matched pension
- Phantom equity
- Thoughtfully designed office spaces
- Free food
- On-site barista
- Income protection
- Life assurance
- Electric vehicle salary-sacrifice scheme
- Flexible benefits, including private medical insurance and dental cover
- Dental cover
- Health cash plan
- Private medical insurance
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Give-as-you-earn scheme
Hiring Process
Application questions and CV/cover-letter submission → technical assessment → in-person final-stage assessment.