Hardware Validation & Debug Engineer - Power Electronics

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Graphcore

Graphcore is a Bristol-based AI chipmaker (IPU accelerators), a SoftBank subsidiary and a Molten Ventures portfolio company.

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About Graphcore

Graphcore (graphcore.ai) is a British semiconductor company building Intelligence Processing Units (IPUs) for AI workloads. Founded in Bristol in 2016, it was acquired by SoftBank in 2024. It is a portfolio company of Molten Ventures.

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About the Role

You will validate power systems for advanced AI compute platforms. You will create bring-up and validation plans, investigate failures, analyse power integrity, and assess multi-phase SMPS, power delivery networks, voltage rails, sequencing, ripple, noise, efficiency, transient response, load regulation, and thermal performance.

Requirements

  • Hands-on hardware validation and debug experience
  • Experience with board bring-up and subsystem debugging
  • Experience validating multi-phase SMPS and power delivery networks
  • Ability to debug PCB, power, signal integrity, and interface issues through root cause
  • Knowledge of voltage rail validation, sequencing, transient response, load regulation, ripple, noise, and thermal behaviour
  • Proficiency with high-bandwidth oscilloscopes, logic analysers, electronic loads, and power analysers
  • Ability to work independently and drive issue resolution across hardware and firmware teams

Responsibilities

  • Create and execute bring-up and validation plans
  • Validate multi-phase SMPS and power delivery networks
  • Investigate hardware failures
  • Analyse power integrity
  • Drive root-cause analysis
  • Turn findings into corrective actions across hardware and firmware teams

Benefits

  • Flexible working
  • Generous leave
  • Up to 5% matched pension
  • Phantom equity
  • Free food
  • On-site barista
  • Income protection
  • Life assurance
  • Private medical insurance
  • Dental cover
  • Health cash plan
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Give as you earn
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