Staff Hardware System Test Engineer
Graphcore is a Bristol-based AI chipmaker (IPU accelerators), a SoftBank subsidiary and a Molten Ventures portfolio company.
Maintainer signals as of 8/20/2026
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.
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Candidate Availability
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About the Role
You will develop and deploy manufacturing test solutions for complex compute systems, including host processor modules, server blades, and multi-node racks. You will create test software, test content, automation, and diagnostics; define test coverage; investigate hardware issues; and improve manufacturing efficiency and product quality across silicon, boards, systems, software, and manufacturing processes.
Requirements
- Significant experience developing and deploying manufacturing test solutions for high-performance servers, GPU-class accelerators, or comparable large-scale compute hardware
- Technical leadership as an individual contributor
- Experience owning substantial technical workstreams and collaborating across multiple teams
- Technical understanding of silicon, board, and system design
- Experience defining manufacturing test coverage and leading complex debugging and root-cause analysis
- Experience collaborating with software, firmware, and platform teams
- Hands-on experience with Linux, OpenBMC, vendor-specific test tools, diagnostics, and system-level utilities
- Software engineering experience with Python, Bash, or similar scripting and automation tools
- Familiarity with rack-scale or multi-node systems and high-speed interconnects
- Experience improving manufacturing yield, test time, or false-failure rates through data-driven optimization
- Knowledge of open-source tools for manufacturing test, system bring-up, and hardware diagnostics
- Experience designing testability and diagnosability features such as telemetry, self-test hooks, or debug interfaces
Responsibilities
- Develop manufacturing test solutions for high-performance compute hardware
- Shape hardware testing across host processor modules, server blades, and multi-node racks
- Develop test software, test content, automation, and diagnostics
- Define effective manufacturing test coverage
- Diagnose complex hardware issues and perform root-cause analysis
- Collaborate with hardware, firmware, software, quality, and manufacturing teams
- Improve test coverage, manufacturing efficiency, and product quality
Benefits
- Unlimited annual leave
- Up to 5% matched pension
- Phantom equity
- Flexible work location and arrangements
- Free food
- On-site barista
- Health cash plan
- Income protection
- Life assurance
- Private medical insurance
- Dental plan