Supply Quality 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.
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Candidate Availability
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About the Role
You manage supply chain quality across a high-tech manufacturing organisation and ensure global supply chain readiness for production ramp. You facilitate APQP, FMEA and control plan activities, maintain quality plans, assess production metrics, support personnel training, develop standard operating procedures, participate in Kaizen events and lead structured root cause analysis with suppliers and engineering teams.
Requirements
- Experience managing supply chain quality in a high-tech manufacturing organisation
- Ability to work across organisations with engineering leaders and factory operatives
- Expertise in APQP, FMEA, SPC, control plans and ISO audits
- Experience facilitating structured root cause analysis using 8D and 5-Why methods
- Ability to represent the company and act as the Voice of the Customer within the supplier chain
- Problem-solving skills
- Experience in the semiconductor industry or server manufacturing is desirable
- Lean or Six Sigma certification or experience is desirable
Responsibilities
- Facilitate APQP activities including risk assessment, FMEA and control plan development
- Create and maintain quality plans
- Ensure suppliers fulfil NPI requirements for production readiness
- Collect and analyse cycle time and yield metrics
- Support production personnel training and education
- Develop standard operating procedures
- Participate in Kaizen events
- Facilitate structured root cause analysis
- Drive supplier quality improvements
Benefits
- Flexible working
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Health Savings Accounts
- Disability insurance
- Life insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Commuter benefits
- Wellness services
- Employee Assistance Programme
