Signal and Power Integrity Team Lead

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

Series ERecently funded0 current maintainers0 active leads
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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About the Role

You will lead signal- and power-integrity delivery across silicon, package, PCB and system boundaries. You will provide line management, shape development, set achievable commitments, plan capacity and resources, and coordinate analysis and hardware correlation. You will ensure discrepancies and integrity issues receive appropriate review and closure, communicate trade-offs, and improve engineering methods and shared knowledge.

Requirements

  • People leadership experience, including developing engineers, setting expectations and addressing performance issues
  • Experience in signal integrity or power integrity, with understanding of the other discipline
  • Experience coordinating specialist engineering delivery, including estimates, work allocation, dependencies and capacity
  • Cross-disciplinary communication skills for explaining risks, trade-offs and reaching decisions
  • First-principles reasoning and understanding of simulation, measurement and correlation
  • Understanding of model limitations and when to seek specialist review
  • Experience improving engineering methods or shared knowledge while maintaining clear ownership through investigations
  • Legal right to work in the UK

Responsibilities

  • Lead signal- and power-integrity engineering delivery
  • Provide line management and shape engineers' development
  • Agree achievable delivery commitments and plan tools, licences and compute capacity
  • Coordinate analysis and hardware correlation
  • Ensure discrepancies receive specialist attention and integrity issues reach review and closure
  • Help shape requirements, design margins and acceptance criteria
  • Raise capacity conflicts and make delivery confidence visible
  • Explain risks and trade-offs to support decisions
  • Improve engineering methods and shared knowledge
  • Escalate unresolved disagreements

Benefits

  • Flexible working
  • Generous leave
  • Up to 5% matched pension
  • Phantom equity
  • Free food and on-site barista
  • Income protection
  • Life assurance
  • Electric vehicle salary-sacrifice scheme
  • Private medical insurance
  • Dental cover
  • Health cash plan
  • Cycle-to-work scheme
  • Give-as-you-earn scheme