Graphcore Senior Principal AI SoC Validation (Bring-up lead) Graphcore is a globally recognised leader in Artificial Intelligence computing systems. The company designs advanced semiconductors and data centre hardware that provide the specialised processing power needed to drive AI innovation, while delivering the efficiency required to support its broader adoption. As part of the SoftBank Group, Graphcore is a member of an elite family of companies responsible for some of the world’s most transformative technologies. We are opening a new AI Engineering Campus in Bengaluru which will play a central role in Graphcore's work building the future of AI computing. We are developing the next generation of AI compute, a large-scale system-on-chip (SoC) designed to power future high-performance AI systems. As the SoC Validation Lead, you will be responsible for enabling pre-production software to run reliably on new silicon quickly and efficiently, before showing that the silicon meets the highest standards of quality, reliability and functionality, ready for production deployment. You will lead a team delivering post-silicon validation across the full AI SoC, working across silicon, firmware, and platform levels. The role requires a deep technical understanding, strong hands-on debug experience, and the ability to collaborate effectively with hardware, software, and systems engineering teams. Key responsibilities Define and lead post-silicon validation strategy Develop and refine the overall post-silicon validation approach for our AI SoCs, ensuring reliable and timely delivery of validated silicon, architectural correctness, feature robustness, and at-scale system reliability. Drive cross-domain debug and issue resolution Lead investigation and resolution of complex issues spanning silicon, firmware, operating systems, and platform interactions. Ensure that fixes are effective and sustainable. Promote collaboration and shared understanding Work closely with
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Silicon Verification Engineer Multiple roles across different levels Graphcore is a globally recognised leader in Artificial Intelligence computing systems. The company designs advanced semiconductors and data centre hardware that provide the specialised processing power needed to drive AI innovation, while delivering the efficiency required to support its broader adoption. As part of the SoftBank Group, Graphcore is a member of an elite family of companies responsible for some of the world’s most transformative technologies. We are opening a new AI Engineering Campus in Bengaluru which will play a central role in Graphcore's work building the future of AI computing. The verification team sits within the Silicon design team and is responsible for ensuring that the RTL created by the logical design team and used by the physical design team matches the architecture specification for Graphcore silicon. The silicon verification engineer is responsible for verification activities within Graphcore, helping the team meet the company objectives for quality silicon delivery. Responsibilities Verification planning, specification and closure of functional coverage Providing feedback to architects Test generation and failure diagnosis/triage Contributing to shared verification infrastructure Ensuring good communication between sites Essential skills: • Verification experience in relevant industry • Proven leadership and planning skills • Highly motivated, a self starter, and a team player • Ability to work across teams and programming languages to find root causes of deep and complex issues • Experience of the verification process applied in CPU and/or ASIC environments • System Verilog, Python, C++, Linux Desirable skills: • UVM • SVA • Assembly languages • LLVM, GCC • DVCS e.g. Git • SGE or other DRMS • XML and XPath/XSLT • Web programming – HTML/DOM, Javascript, SQL Benefits: In addition to a competitive salary, Graphcore offers a competitive benefit
Staff Embedded SW/FW Engineer (Bringup) Graphcore is a globally recognised leader in Artificial Intelligence computing systems. The company designs advanced semiconductors and data centre hardware that provide the specialised processing power needed to drive AI innovation, while delivering the efficiency required to support its broader adoption. As part of the SoftBank Group, Graphcore is a member of an elite family of companies responsible for some of the world’s most transformative technologies. We are opening a new AI Engineering Campus in Bengaluru which will play a central role in Graphcore's work building the future of AI computing. Job Summary We have an exciting opportunity to be part of a collaborative, cross-functional development team developing C code used to validate cutting-edge, high-performance AI chips and platforms. You will play a critical role in supporting new product introductions and post-silicon validation. Working within the Post-Silicon Bringup team, you will be involved with bringing first silicon to life, developing code primarily in C to configure and exercise systems and sub-systems on new silicon devices, and working closely with many other teams to help it become a fully characterised and working product, reporting project status/progress to program management on a regular basis. You will have the opportunity to, and be responsible for, leading, mentoring, and providing technical guidance to other engineering team members. In this role, you can leverage your experience and industry knowledge to architect and drive implementation of continuous improvements to test infrastructure and processes. The Team The Post-Silicon Bringup team sits within the Architecture and Validation team, we are responsible for bringup and validation of new silicon when it returns from manufacture, enabling and supporting the production SW and FW teams to bring up their software and supporting the Silicon Characterisation team. Respons
Graphcore is a globally recognised leader in Artificial Intelligence computing systems. The company designs advanced semiconductors and data centre hardware that provide the specialised processing power needed to drive AI innovation, while delivering the efficiency required to support its broader adoption. As part of the SoftBank Group, Graphcore is a member of an elite family of companies responsible for some of the world’s most transformative technologies. We are opening a new AI Engineering Campus in Bengaluru which will play a central role in Graphcore's work building the future of AI computing. The physical design team sits within the wider silicon design team which includes RTL, verification and DFT. Our work also involves strong links with architecture, packaging and product engineering. We are responsible for working with those teams to create high-quality RTL and building the final chip layout (e.g. GDSII) ensuring a signoff-quality design is delivered to the Foundry (e.g. TSMC). We are looking to hire high-quality silicon physical design engineers to join our team. The successful candidate will support the team with achieving our goals and creating the right engineering solutions. We are a collaborative team and good communication is essential, as is the ability to adapt and learn. For the successful candidate we offer an open, honest and collaborative environment working on leading-edge designs at the most advanced nodes. Our engineers are not siloed, and they are trusted and encouraged to ta ke ownership of their designs and problem solutions. You will be part of a team that looks for improvements to everything we do: our designs, our flows, our methodologies, our infrastructure. Responsibilities and Duties Applicants will be expected to contribute technically to the development of Graphcore's next generation of AI superchips, focusing on achieving robust, high-performance and power-efficient designs
About Us Graphcore is a globally recognised leader in Artificial Intelligence computing systems. The company designs advanced semiconductors and data centre hardware that provide the specialised processing power needed to drive AI innovation, while delivering the efficiency required to support its broader adoption. As part of the SoftBank Group, Graphcore is a member of an elite family of companies responsible for some of the world’s most transformative technologies. Job Summary Working within the logical design team, the silicon logical design engineer is responsible for a wide range of logical design tasks. The team is responsible for delivering the Microarchitecture and RTL design to implement the chip architecture specification for Graphcore Silicon, working closely with other engineers within the Silicon team. The successful candidate will be responsible for helping the team deliver high quality micro-architecture and RTL for Graphcore chips, working within the logical design team and with the broader Silicon team to ensure we meet the company objectives for Silicon delivery. Responsibilities and Duties Integrate IP and subsystems into top-level SoC designs Develop and maintain build and configuration environments Perform synthesis, linting, CDC/RDC, and timing checks at the SoC level Support verification and physical design teams through clean interface hand-offs Debug and resolve integration-related issues across multiple hierarchies Contribute to the continuous improvement of integration flows and automation Producing high quality microarchitecture and other documentation Ensure good communication between sites to maintain consistent working practises Candidate Profile Essential skills: Logical design experience in relevant industry Experience range 8-12 years in Semiconductor Industry/Product development exposure. Be highly motivated, a self-starter, and a team player Ability to work across teams and debugging issues seen to find root cau
About us Graphcore is a globally recognised leader in Artificial Intelligence computing systems. The company designs advanced semiconductors and data centre hardware that provide the specialised processing power needed to drive AI innovation, while delivering the efficiency required to support its broader adoption. As part of the SoftBank Group, Graphcore is a member of an elite family of companies responsible for some of the world’s most transformative technologies. Job Summary Working within the Silicon verification team, the silicon verification engineer is responsible for a wide range of tasks within the silicon verification team. This person is responsible for verification activities within Graphcore, helping the silicon team meet the company objectives for quality silicon delivery. The Team The verification team sits within the Silicon design team. We are responsible for ensuring that the RTL created by the logical design team and used by the physical design team matches the architecture specification for Graphcore silicon. Responsibilities and Duties V erification activit i es within the verification team Ensuring good communication between sites Verification planning, specification and closure of functional coverage Providing feedback to architects Test generation and failure diagnosis/triage Contributing to shared verification infrastructure Candidate Profile Essential: verification experience in relevant industry Proven leadership and planning skills Be highly motivated, a self starter, and a team player Ability to work across teams and programming languages to find root causes of deep and complex issues Ability to research along with the knowledge to solve complex problems Presents technical and functional knowledge to design experiments/ projects that contribute to overall
Silicon Verification Engineer Multiple roles across different levels Graphcore is a globally recognised leader in Artificial Intelligence computing systems. The company designs advanced semiconductors and data centre hardware that provide the specialised processing power needed to drive AI innovation, while delivering the efficiency required to support its broader adoption. As part of the SoftBank Group, Graphcore is a member of an elite family of companies responsible for some of the world’s most transformative technologies. We are opening a new AI Engineering Campus in Bengaluru which will play a central role in Graphcore's work building the future of AI computing. The verification team sits within the Silicon design team and is responsible for ensuring that the RTL created by the logical design team and used by the physical design team matches the architecture specification for Graphcore silicon. The silicon verification engineer is responsible for verification activities within Graphcore, helping the team meet the company objectives for quality silicon delivery. Responsibilities Verification planning, specification and closure of functional coverage Providing feedback to architects Test generation and failure diagnosis/triage Contributing to shared verification infrastructure Ensuring good communication between sites Essential skills: • Verification experience in relevant industry • Proven leadership and planning skills • Highly motivated, a self starter, and a team player • Ability to work across teams and programming languages to find root causes of deep and complex issues • Experience of the verification process applied in CPU and/or ASIC environments • System Verilog, Python, C++, Linux Desirable skills: • UVM • SVA • Assembly languages • LLVM, GCC • DVCS e.g. Git • SGE or other DRMS • XML and XPath/XSLT • Web programming – HTML/DOM, Javascript, SQL Benefits: In addition to a competitive salary, Graphcore offers a competitive benefit
Silicon Physical Design Engineer Multiple roles across different levels Graphcore is a globally recognised leader in Artificial Intelligence computing systems. The company designs advanced semiconductors and data centre hardware that provide the specialised processing power needed to drive AI innovation, while delivering the efficiency required to support its broader adoption. As part of the SoftBank Group, Graphcore is a member of an elite family of companies responsible for some of the world’s most transformative technologies. We are opening a new AI Engineering Campus in Bengaluru which will play a central role in Graphcore's work building the future of AI computing. The physical design team sits within the wider silicon design team which includes RTL, verification and DFT. Our work also involves strong links with architecture, packaging and product engineering. We are responsible for working with those teams to create high-quality RTL and building the final chip layout (e.g. GDSII) ensuring a signoff-quality design is delivered to the Foundry (e.g. TSMC). We are looking to hire high-quality silicon physical design engineers to join our team. The successful candidate will support the team with achieving our goals and creating the right engineering solutions. We are a collaborative team and good communication is essential, as is the ability to adapt and learn. For the successful candidate we offer an open, honest and collaborative environment working on leading-edge designs at the most advanced nodes. Our engineers are not siloed, and they are trusted and encouraged to ta ke ownership of their designs and problem solutions. You will be part of a team that looks for improvements to everything we do: our designs, our flows, our methodologies, our infrastructure. Responsibilities and Duties Applicants will be expected to contribute technically to the development of Graphcore's next generation of AI superchips, fo
About Us Graphcore is a globally recognised leader in Artificial Intelligence computing systems. The company designs advanced semiconductors and data centre hardware that provide the specialised processing power needed to drive AI innovation, while delivering the efficiency required to support its broader adoption. As part of the SoftBank Group, Graphcore is a member of an elite family of companies responsible for some of the world’s most transformative technologies. Job Summary Working within the logical design team, the silicon logical design engineer is responsible for a wide range of logical design tasks. The team is responsible for delivering the Microarchitecture and RTL design to implement the chip architecture specification for Graphcore Silicon, working closely with other engineers within the Silicon team. The successful candidate will be responsible for helping the team deliver high quality micro-architecture and RTL for Graphcore chips, working within the logical design team and with the broader Silicon team to ensure we meet the company objectives for Silicon delivery. Responsibilities and Duties Integrate IP and subsystems into top-level SoC designs Develop and maintain build and configuration environments Perform synthesis, linting, CDC/RDC, and timing checks at the SoC level Support verification and physical design teams through clean interface hand-offs Debug and resolve integration-related issues across multiple hierarchies Contribute to the continuous improvement of integration flows and automation Producing high quality microarchitecture and other documentation Ensure good communication between sites to maintain consistent working practises Candidate Profile Essential skills: Logical design experience in relevant industry Experience range 4-8 years in Semiconductor Industry/Product development exposure. Be highly motivated, a self-starter, and a team player Ability to work across teams and debugging issues seen to find root caus
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