Senior Director of System Software
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 lead system software teams delivering firmware, drivers, OpenBMC and system software QA. You will turn strategy into priorities and delivery plans, guide platform bring-up and releases, align technical decisions with product readiness, and develop managers, technical leaders and engineers.
Requirements
- Experience leading system software teams across coupled hardware and software programmes
- Experience managing managers or multiple technical teams
- Experience building, coaching and developing engineering leaders
- Judgement across planning, resourcing, dependencies, risk and production release readiness
- Experience with validation, automated testing, hardware-in-the-loop testing and release criteria
- Technical breadth across firmware, drivers, OpenBMC, QA or related low-level software domains
- Legal right to work in the UK
Responsibilities
- Lead teams delivering firmware, drivers, OpenBMC and system software QA
- Turn software strategy into priorities, plans and outcomes
- Guide platform bring-up, production releases and long-term support
- Align technical decisions with business priorities, delivery milestones and product readiness
- Develop managers, technical leaders and engineers
- Own execution, quality and cross-functional delivery across hardware, silicon, software and product teams
Benefits
- Flexible working
- Generous leave
- Up to 5% matched pension
- Phantom equity
- Free food
- On-site barista
- Income protection
- Life assurance
- Electric Vehicle Scheme
- Private medical insurance
- Dental cover
- Health cash plan
- Cycle to work scheme
- Give as you earn