Principal Hardware System Test Engineer
Graphcore is a Bristol-based AI chipmaker (IPU accelerators), a SoftBank subsidiary and a Molten Ventures portfolio company.
Maintainer signals as of 8/20/2026
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 lead the technical direction of manufacturing test solutions for host processor modules, server blades, and multi-node rack systems. You will own test executive software architecture, develop manufacturing test content, collaborate across hardware, firmware, and software, and improve production quality through data-driven testing.
Requirements
- Extensive experience developing manufacturing test solutions for high-performance servers, accelerators, or comparable large-scale compute hardware
- Technical leadership experience as an individual contributor
- Deep understanding of silicon, board, and system design
- Cross-functional collaboration experience with software, firmware, and platform teams
- Hands-on experience with Linux, OpenBMC, vendor-specific test tools, diagnostics, and system-level utilities
- Software engineering skills with scripting and automation using Python, Bash, or similar
- Familiarity with rack-scale and multi-node systems
- Experience with high-speed interconnects
- Experience improving manufacturing KPIs through data-driven test optimization
- Knowledge of open-source manufacturing test, system bring-up, and hardware diagnostic tools
- Experience designing product testability and diagnosability features
Responsibilities
- Lead the technical direction of manufacturing test solutions
- Own the architecture of test executive software
- Develop manufacturing test content for complex hardware
- Enable reliable and efficient testing throughout production
- Drive requirements and delivery with hardware, firmware, software, manufacturing, and quality teams
- Perform complex hardware debugging and root-cause analysis
- Mentor other engineers
- Improve manufacturing quality through data-driven testing
Benefits
- Unlimited annual leave
- Up to 5% matched pension
- Phantom equity
- Flexible work arrangements
- Free food
- On-site barista
- Health cash plan
- Income protection
- Life assurance
- Private medical insurance
- Dental plan