Senior Physical Design Engineer

Graphcore is a SoftBank-owned AI-compute company developing AI processors, systems, and software for machine-learning workloads.

Bristol, United Kingdom
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.

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Candidate Availability

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About the Role

You will contribute to the development of AI superchips, delivering robust, high-performance, and power-efficient designs. You will use EDA tools and internal flows to deliver signoff-quality designs, improve tools and APIs, debug complex issues, optimize methodologies, and work with internal teams and third-party support engineers.

Requirements

  • Degree in Electronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related subject
  • 3+ years of industry experience
  • Problem-solving and root-cause debugging skills
  • Tcl and Python programming or scripting ability
  • Experience with 7nm or smaller technologies
  • Experience with floorplanning, budgeting, synthesis, place and route, clock CTS, logical equivalence, timing analysis, and physical verification

Responsibilities

  • Develop high-performance and power-efficient AI superchip designs
  • Use EDA tools and internal flows to deliver signoff-quality designs
  • Enhance physical-design flows and internal tools and APIs
  • Analyse and debug complex engineering problems
  • Optimize flows and methodologies for emerging technical issues
  • Work with internal teams and third-party support engineers

Benefits

  • Flexible approach to interview