Staff Systems Test Operations Engineer
Graphcore is a SoftBank-owned AI-compute company developing AI processors, systems, and software for machine-learning workloads.
Maintainer signals as of 9/23/2026
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 develop test software, create manufacturing test content and improve test infrastructure for server modules, blades and rack-scale systems. You will define test coverage, investigate root causes, collaborate across hardware, firmware and software, and use manufacturing data to improve production quality.
Requirements
- Experience developing manufacturing test solutions for high-performance servers, accelerators or large-scale compute hardware
- Strong technical leadership as an individual contributor
- Deep understanding of silicon, board and system design
- Experience defining test coverage and leading complex root-cause investigations
- Hands-on experience with Linux, OpenBMC and hardware diagnostics
- Experience with scripting or automation using Python, Bash or similar
- Ability to collaborate with hardware, firmware, software and platform teams
Responsibilities
- Build manufacturing test solutions for advanced AI systems
- Develop test software
- Create manufacturing test content
- Improve test infrastructure across server modules, blades and rack-scale systems
- Define test coverage
- Lead complex root-cause investigations
- Collaborate with hardware, firmware, software and platform teams
- Improve testability and manufacturing quality
- Improve yield, test time and false-fail rates through data-driven optimisation
- Design testability and diagnosability features
Benefits
- Unlimited annual leave
- Medical and life insurance
- Eye care cover
- Annual health assessment
- Phantom equity
- Office spaces designed for collaboration
