Lab Technician
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 keep Graphcore's Bristol laboratories safe and reliable for engineers testing AI hardware. You will perform preventative maintenance and troubleshooting, check ESD controls, set up and calibrate test equipment, manage laboratory assets and support board, cable and wire modifications. You will oversee goods in and out of the labs and shape standard operating procedures, giving technical guidance on safety, quality and regulatory requirements.
Requirements
- Experience working in an electronics laboratory
- Ability to set up, calibrate and troubleshoot oscilloscopes, logic analysers and power supplies
- Understanding of ESD controls and lab health and safety
- Experience repairing and modifying PCB assemblies to IPC-7711/21 and J-STD-001 and inspecting to IPC-A-610
- Experience assembling cables and wire harnesses to IPC-620
- Clear communication across engineering disciplines
- Legal right to work in the UK
Responsibilities
- Perform preventative maintenance and troubleshooting of lab equipment
- Check electrostatic discharge controls
- Set up and calibrate test equipment
- Manage laboratory assets
- Support board, cable and wire modifications
- Oversee goods entering and leaving the laboratories
- Shape standard operating procedures
- Provide technical guidance on safety, quality and regulatory requirements
- Mentor junior colleagues
Benefits
- Flexible working
- Generous leave
- Up to 5% matched pension
- Phantom equity
- Free food and on-site barista
- Income protection and life assurance
- Electric Vehicle Scheme via salary sacrifice
- Flexible benefits including private medical insurance, cycle to work scheme and dental cover