Senior Bring up and Characterization 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 create and execute characterization plans for silicon devices and system platforms. You will document requirements, coordinate available tests with engineering teams, build automated test and data-capture systems, run manual tests when needed, analyze results, report progress and issues, and produce characterization reports.
Requirements
- Experience delivering technical output as an individual contributor, manager, or project manager
- Experience and understanding of silicon digital device design characterization
- Knowledge of silicon process technology and its impact on device performance
- Knowledge of high-performance processors and system-on-chip systems
- Experience with PCIe, Ethernet, or DDR interfaces
- Knowledge of measurement automation and data analysis
- Ability to code or script automation and data analysis using languages such as Python or JMP
- Ability to work independently
Responsibilities
- Understand silicon-device and system architecture and document characterization requirements
- Create product-specific characterization plans
- Coordinate characterization tests with engineering teams
- Create and maintain automated characterization test systems and central data capture
- Perform data analysis
- Execute manual characterization tests where automation is unsuitable
- Report characterization progress and issues
- Produce characterization reports containing platform test results
Benefits
- Flexible interview approach and reasonable adjustments