Staff Board Test Operations Engineer
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.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will develop and deploy PCB assembly test solutions across a manufacturing network. You will lead flying probe and ICT test development, support manufacturing partners, deploy test platforms from new product introduction through mass production, identify defects, improve test coverage, resolve production issues, and drive yield and quality improvements.
Requirements
- Experience developing and maintaining PCB assembly test solutions
- Experience with Teradyne, Keysight, TRI, or SPEA
- Understanding of SMT and PCB manufacturing processes
- Understanding of failure mechanisms and test coverage principles
- Ability to debug issues across design, test, and manufacturing environments
- Experience working with manufacturing partners
- Experience supporting production test operations
- Hands-on experience with oscilloscopes, DMMs, SMUs, and power supplies
- Problem-solving
- Yield improvement
- Continuous improvement
Responsibilities
- Develop and deploy PCB assembly test solutions
- Lead flying probe and ICT test solution development
- Support external manufacturing partners
- Deploy test platforms from new product introduction through mass production
- Identify defects early
- Improve test coverage
- Resolve complex production challenges
- Improve yield performance and manufacturing efficiency
- Drive continuous improvement
Benefits
- Unlimited annual leave
- Medical insurance
- Life insurance
- Eye care cover
- Annual health assessment
- Phantom equity
- Private medical insurance
- Critical illness insurance
- Family healthcare coverage
- Eye care reimbursement
