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Principal Systems Test Operations Engineer

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Graphcore

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

Maintainer signals as of 8/14/2026

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 lead the technical direction of system-level manufacturing tests, translate product requirements into test strategies, and solve complex test issues across boards, blades, and rack-level systems. You define and maintain test platforms, fixtures, and diagnostics while partnering with hardware, software, and manufacturing teams and mentoring engineers.

Requirements

  • Experience in PCBA and system product validation
  • Experience with manufacturing testing in production environments
  • Understanding of electronics fundamentals and PCBA, blade, and rack-level manufacturing processes
  • Proficiency with Linux command-line environments
  • Experience operating test equipment including oscilloscopes, DMMs, clock generators, SMUs, and PSUs
  • Problem-solving, communication, and presentation skills
  • Knowledge of PCIe Gen5/6, Ethernet, DC-SCM, and IPMI
  • Experience with server and data-center functional testing
  • Experience developing platform-level manufacturing test programs
  • Proficiency in C, Python, or Java
  • Experience with Git revision control
  • Experience with Statistical Process Control, run charts, and control charts

Responsibilities

  • Lead the technical direction for system-level manufacturing tests
  • Translate product requirements into manufacturing test strategies
  • Define, deploy, and maintain test platforms, fixtures, and diagnostic solutions
  • Solve complex test issues
  • Drive test improvements across products
  • Partner with hardware, software, and manufacturing teams
  • Mentor engineers
  • Establish practical testing standards across teams

Benefits

  • Unlimited annual leave
  • Medical insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Eye care cover
  • Annual health assessment
  • Phantom equity
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