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About Graphcore Graphcore is a global leader in artificial intelligence computing systems. We design advanced semiconductors and data center hardware that provide the specialized processing power needed to advance AI while improving the efficiency required for broad adoption. As part of SoftBank Group, Graphcore belongs to a family of companies developing transformative technologies. Our AI Engineering Campus in Austin plays an important role in building the hardware platforms that support the next generation of AI systems. The Opportunity As a Systems Engineering Intern, you will contribute to projects that combine hardware, firmware, and software engineering for advanced AI compute platforms. You will work with experienced engineers on subsystem design, laboratory testing, system validation, automation, and performance analysis. The internship provides hands-on experience with modern hardware development and system-level engineering. You will own clearly defined technical tasks with guidance from the team and document your methods, results, and conclusions. What You Will Do Support the design and testing of CPU and high-speed input and output subsystems for advanced compute platforms. Run laboratory tests and measurements to help evaluate performance, power, signal behavior, and reliability. Contribute to system-level validation by creating scripts and tools that streamline testing, data collection, and analysis. Explore emerging input and output technologies, including PCIe 6.0 and 800G Ethernet, and learn how they support advanced computing workloads. Assist with investigations into platform power, cooling, and energy efficiency, including liquid-cooling systems for high-performance processors. Use power meters, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, or comparable lab equipment under appropriate supervision. Analyze test results, identify unexpected behavior, and work with engineers to reproduce and investigate issues. Collaborate across hardware, firmware, software, m

About Graphcore Graphcore is a leading innovator in artificial intelligence computing. We develop hardware, software, and data center infrastructure that provide the specialized processing and systems capabilities needed to advance AI while improving the efficiency required for broad adoption. As part of SoftBank Group, Graphcore works alongside companies developing advanced technologies. Our teams bring together AI researchers, silicon designers, hardware and software engineers, and systems architects to solve complex technical problems across the computing stack. The Opportunity As Principal Datacenter Technologist, you will turn new platform architectures into repeatable operating models for Graphcore's AI data centers. You will lead the technical definition of how Graphcore introduces, deploys, services, and sustains new compute, networking, storage, memory, power, and cooling technologies at scale. Working within Advanced Architecture, you will connect platform design with data center engineering and site reliability operations. You will define new-product-introduction workflows, readiness criteria, diagnostics, and cross-functional handoffs so that new systems can move from architecture through deployment with clear ownership, supportability, and operational feedback. What You Will Do Own the technical operating model and new-product-introduction framework for new hardware and infrastructure technologies entering Graphcore data centers. Define end-to-end workflows for installation, configuration, validation, deployment, service, repair, upgrade, and sustained operation across the product lifecycle. Translate architecture requirements into data center readiness criteria covering software, firmware, compute, networking, storage, memory, rack integration, power, cooling, space, and site operations. Create clear runbooks, interface definitions, ownership models, acceptance criteria, and escalation paths that align architecture, engineering, data center, and site r

NVIDIA’s invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern computer graphics, and revolutionized parallel computing. More recently, GPU deep learning ignited modern deep learning — the next era of computing — with the GPU acting as the brain of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can perceive and understand the world. Today, we are increasingly known as “the AI computing company.” We're looking to grow our company and establish teams with the most thoughtful people in the world. We are looking for an excellent engineering manager to own and deliver an end to end manageability stack for Data Center Systems. We are seeking an experienced manager who is deeply technical, hands-on, and has a wide system view. You will manage a team of experts, design & build OpenBMC based manageability software stack for NVIDIA’s next generation Data Center Compute Systems. We want to grow our teams with the smartest people in the world. If you're creative and autonomous, we want to hear from you! What you’ll be doing: Own and deliver OpenBMC based manageability stack for next generation Data Center Compute Systems. Own firmware delivered to data centers in terms of quality, reliability and telemetry performance. Manage and lead a distributed team of software engineers to deliver firmware stack with high quality. Work with data center architects and cloud customers for correct requirements and scope implementation to ensure speed of light product development. Work closely with cross functional teams to ensure scalable manageability architecture for all data centers products Drive efficiency, reliability and optimization in firmware architecture from a data center view point. Work closely with customers and internal teams to resolve issues at Speed of Light. What we need to see: BS, MS, or PhD in EE/CS or related field o

Tenstorrent is leading the industry on cutting-edge AI technology, revolutionizing performance expectations, ease of use, and cost efficiency. With AI redefining the computing paradigm, solutions must evolve to unify innovations in software models, compilers, platforms, networking, and semiconductors. Our diverse team of technologists have developed a high performance RISC-V CPU from scratch, and share a passion for AI and a deep desire to build the best AI platform possible. We value collaboration, curiosity, and a commitment to solving hard problems. We are growing our team and looking for contributors of all seniorities. This role sits at the center of cutting-edge AI hardware development, keeping the servers, PCIe systems, and engineering infrastructure running that power next-generation compute. You’ll be hands-on with rapidly evolving prototype and production systems, installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting hardware in fast-paced R&D and data center environments. Acting as a critical bridge between hardware engineers, software teams, and IT, you’ll help ensure seamless access to the platforms that turn ideas into working silicon and systems. This role is onsite, based out of Toronto, Canada or Austin, Texas. We welcome candidates at various experience levels for this role. During the interview process, candidates will be assessed for the appropriate level, and offers will align with that level, which may differ from the one in this posting. Who You Are A hands-on hardware professional who enjoys building, maintaining, and troubleshooting complex computing systems. Comfortable working in fast-paced R&D environments where hardware, firmware, and software are constantly evolving. Knowledgeable in computer architecture, operating systems, and hardware diagnostics, with strong problem-solving skills. Collaborative, detail-oriented, and motivated to improve processes through documentation, scripting, and automation. What We Need Inst

About Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems. About the role As a Staff Engineer on the Datacenter Server Lifecycle team, you will own the end-to-end operational journey of every machine in our datacenters – from initial provisioning and deployment, steady-state operation, maintenance, and repair. This is greenfield work: you will help define the services, tooling, standards and processes that govern how we operate critical hardware at scale, powering frontier model development and serving. You will have the opportunity to define AI-native workflows for datacenter operations and to help drive innovations on efficiency, performance, and reliability. A distinguishing aspect of this role is its deep intersection with security. The machines in our datacenter handle some of the most sensitive workloads in AI – training frontier models and serving millions of users interacting with Claude. Ensuring that every machine in the fleet is trusted, attested, and operating with a verified chain of integrity from the hardware up is a core part of the job, not an afterthought. You will partner closely with our Infrastructure Security team to define and enforce trusted compute standards across the lifecycle, from secure provisioning through end-of-life handling. Key responsibilities Build automation to support datacenter fleets at scale. Define and own the end-to-end system lifecycle strategy – from provisioning and deployment through operation, maintenance, refresh, and decommissioning – and maintain automation and operational procedures for common lifecycle events (e.g., hardware failures, firmware upgrades, fleet rotations). Partner closely with Infrastructure Security to design an

Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all . Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate and advance faster than ever. Job Description As an SSD Firmware Validation Engineer at Micron Technology, Inc., your responsibilities will include: Define Test Plan/Design, test cases and develop Test Scripts to validate Firmware for Enterprise and Datacenter class NVMe SSD products. As part of Firmware Test Engineering team, you would demonstrate high degree of skills to understand one or more areas of FW: Front End, Back end/Media management, FTL or Security. You would also exhibit high degree of competency in understanding NVMe/PCIe specifications, NVMe Cloud SSD Specifications, along with understanding Customer specific requirements. You will be working in partnership with Firmware development teams through the lifecycle of the product while finding defects and validating the fixes by create grey and Whitebox tests. Be able to demonstrate success in communicating status, issues, concerns, strategies of programs and projects - including development of appropriate indicators. Must be able to deal with ambiguity and operate with little direction to meet defined goals. Must be able to collaborate with others to achieve goals and task completion. Comprehend and articulate validation strategies, plans and status. Review, track and document test results and sightings Drive issues to closure by interfacing/collaborating with other product development team. Experience : Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering with 10+ years of experience in SSD Firmware Validation. Pro

Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all . Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate and advance faster than ever. Job Description As an SSD Firmware Validation Engineer at Micron Technology, Inc., your responsibilities will include: Define Test Plan/Design, test cases and develop Test Scripts to validate Firmware for Enterprise and Datacenter class NVMe SSD products. As part of Firmware Test Engineering team, you would demonstrate high degree of skills to understand one or more areas of FW: Front End, Back end/Media management, FTL or Security. You would also exhibit high degree of competency in understanding NVMe/PCIe specifications, NVMe Cloud SSD Specifications, along with understanding Customer specific requirements. You will be working in partnership with Firmware development teams through the lifecycle of the product while finding defects and validating the fixes by create grey and Whitebox tests. Be able to demonstrate success in communicating status, issues, concerns, strategies of programs and projects - including development of appropriate indicators. Must be able to deal with ambiguity and operate with little direction to meet defined goals. Must be able to collaborate with others to achieve goals and task completion. Comprehend and articulate validation strategies, plans and status. Review, track and document test results and sightings Drive issues to closure by interfacing/collaborating with other product development team. Experience : Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering with 7&#43; years of experience in SSD Firmware Validation. <

Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all . Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate and advance faster than ever. Join our forward-thinking engineering group at Micron, where you will have a key role in changing how the world accesses information. As a Staff Engineer for SSD Validation, you will coordinate the validation, system integration, and joint qualification of our elite Enterprise and Datacenter NVMe SSD products. This is your chance to contribute in a cooperative and welcoming setting while promoting technical excellence and innovation! Position Overview The Staff Engineer for SSD Validation directs the technical activities in validation, system integration, and collaborative qualification of Enterprise and Datacenter NVMe SSD products. This position oversees the validation strategy and actively engages in firmware, hardware, and system testing. It holds primary responsibility for assisting new customers through joint qualification (JQ). The Staff Engineer serves as a specialist in NVMe/PCIe, encourages automation and early quality improvements, and mentors other engineers. They also guarantee that products are prepared for production on both internal and customer platforms. Working with Firmware, Hardware, Product Engineering, Manufacturing, and Customer Engineering teams, this role fosters internal coordination and uniform qualification outcomes. Responsibilities Lead system-level validation and qualification, performing end-to-end testing across SSDs, firmware, drivers, OS, networking, and platform configurations. Direct validation test plans from development through completion, includi

Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all . Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate and advance faster than ever. Job Description Join our forward-thinking engineering group at Micron, where you will have a key role in changing how the world accesses information. As a Staff Engineer for SSD Validation, you will coordinate the validation, system integration, and joint qualification of our elite Enterprise and Datacenter NVMe SSD products. This is your chance to contribute in a cooperative and welcoming setting while promoting technical excellence and innovation! Position Overview The Staff Engineer for SSD Validation directs the technical activities in validation, system integration, and collaborative qualification of Enterprise and Datacenter NVMe SSD products. This position oversees the validation strategy and actively engages in firmware, hardware, and system testing. It holds primary responsibility for assisting new customers through joint qualification (JQ). The Staff Engineer serves as a specialist in NVMe/PCIe, encourages automation and early quality improvements, and mentors other engineers. They also guarantee that products are prepared for production on both internal and customer platforms. Working with Firmware, Hardware, Product Engineering, Manufacturing, and Customer Engineering teams, this role fosters internal coordination and uniform qualification outcomes. Responsibilities Lead system-level validation and qualification, performing end-to-end testing across SSDs, firmware, drivers, OS, networking, and platform configurations. Direct validation test plan

SCG sits at the crossroads of design, architecture, marketing, and productization—owning the journey from the architecture stage through final product definition across Gaming, Datacenter, Automotive, and Embedded markets. As a System Verification CoDesign Engineer, you will work on system-level speed features, develop the verification collaterals and automation infrastructure to characterize and validate them, and lead debug of the complex silicon issues that stand between a program and on-time shipment. This is a hands-on role for an engineer who combines deep technical craft with the drive to compress cycle time using modern tooling—including AI—without losing rigor. What You’ll Be Doing: Collaborate cross-functionally with system architects, hardware, firmware/software, process/reliability, and operations teams to co-design system-level speed features and deliver industry-defining products. Understand system level behavior and speed reliability margins, bounding box constraints and identify solutions that optimize margins . Translate hardware features and architectural requirements into verification techniques that achieve full coverage across testing flows. Perform closed loop validation by correlat ing silicon behavior against timing simulation and design expectations; provide actionable feedback to improve future designs. Define, prototype, and refine pre- and post-silicon bring-up flows to ensure

NVIDIA is seeking a System Test Engineer to join our Test Solutions Group, where you will develop and deploy manufacturing test solutions for next-generation datacenter systems. You will combine hardware and software expertise to expand test coverage, automate diagnostics, and solve complex production challenges at scale. NVIDIA has been reinventing computing for more than two decades. From pioneering the GPU and transforming computer graphics and gaming to powering the AI revolution, we continue to tackle problems that matter. Join a team dedicated to amplifying human creativity and intelligence. What you’ll be doing Define, develop, and implement manufacturing test solutions for datacenter system products. Investigate and introduce new test technologies and methodologies to improve quality, coverage, throughput, and production efficiency. Develop test strategies for new product features, including test identification, specification, fixture and equipment design, diagnostic software development, and qualification. Provide Design-for-Test (DFT) feedback early in the product design cycle. Debug complex hardware, firmware, and software issues throughout prototype and production build phases. Build and improve automated diagnostic-generation and validation infrastructure. Collaborate across engineering, operations, and manufacturing teams to deliver robust, scalable test solutions. Coordinate technical work across team members and drive execution on shared deliverables. What we need to see Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent practical experience. 3&#43; years of post-silicon validation experience with board-level or system-level products. Experience developing or supporting platform-level manufacturing test programs. </l

Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all . Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate and advance faster than ever. Design and develop test plans, test cases and test scripts to validate Enterprise and Datacenter class NVMe SSD products. Work with Architecture, Design, Hardware and Firmware engineering teams to build and execute SSD validation test cases, triage failures, and drive it to resolution. Analyze project requirements and technical specifications for Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) SSDs. Troubleshoot SSD and software integration issues, implement systematic approaches to reproduce and root cause the problem. Own development of test sequences and libraries to validate SSD. Review current test plans, coverage, and testing activities to drive both increased effectiveness and efficiencies across the product portfolio. Recommend and instrument new validation approaches that drive better end-to-end coverage, more accurate testing, and expanded testing services. Plan test schedules or strategies in accordance with project scope and delivery dates. Be able to demonstrate success in communicating status, issues, concerns, strategies of programs and projects - including development of appropriate indicators. Employer will accept a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Communications Engineering, or related field followed by 5 years of experience in job offered or in a related occupation. Position requires: 1. Test design and test case development 2. Test configuration setup 3. Execute test cases and report test results 4. Use of protocol analyzer 5. Creating and using scripts

Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all . Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate and advance faster than ever. Department Intro Join Micron’s SSD Product Validation organization and help develop the storage solutions powering the world’s datacenter infrastructure and next-generation AI applications. Micron is a global leader in data retention and storage solutions. It offers the chance to work on SSD technologies in a collaborative environment. Innovation, product quality, and technical excellence come together here to develop real market impact. Position Overview We are looking for a Firmware Test and Product Test Engineer who is excited to work at the heart of SSD innovation. In this role, you will define and test strategies to validate SSD firmware for datacenter applications, working closely with product development teams to ensure robust coverage of product requirements. You will also work in an engineering environment supported by a growing set of AI-enabled develop and verification tools. Come and join us! Responsibilities: Build and develop known, grey-box, and closed system validation tests for SSD firmware used in datacenter applications. Partner with firmware, hardware, and product development teams to translate product requirements into effective and scalable validation coverage. Create, execute, and analyze test plans that verify functionality, quality, and reliability across the SSD development lifecycle, with a strong focus on identifying firmware issues and improving overall product robustness. Use C, Python, and automation frameworks to accelerate firmware bug finding, support debug and root-cause analysis, and collaborate close

Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all . Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate and advance faster than ever. As a Principal Engineer- Validation, at Micron Technology, Inc., your responsibilities will include: Define Test Plan, test cases and develop Test Scripts to validate SSD FW for Micron NAND based Systems and Solutions. Test areas will span across Functional, System level and Customer Qual centric tests. You would exhibit high degree of competency in understanding NVMe/PCIe specifications, NVMe Cloud SSD Specifications, along with understanding Customer specific requirements. You will be working in partnership with the Micron’s Hyperscale/Datacenter customers throughout the Product Life Cycle to improve the cycle time and customer quality of Micron’s SSD products. Be able to demonstrate success in communicating status, issues, concerns, strategies of programs and projects - including development of appropriate indicators. Must be able to deal with ambiguity and operate with little direction to meet defined goals. Must be able to work with and through others to achieve goals and task completion. Comprehend and articulate validation strategies, plans and status. Experience : 8-14 Years in Embedded firmware or 8&#43; years in SSD Product Validation would be a strong plus. Ability to work with Datacenter Compute and Storage solutions like Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware vSphere/VSAN is a strong plus, but not mandatory. Good hands-on experience in debugging NVMe Protocol issues using Lecroy/JDSU analyzers is must. Must have prepared good test plans involving IO workloads,

About us At Graphcore, we’re building the future of AI compute. We’re a team of semiconductor, software and AI experts, with deep experience in creating the complete AI compute stack - from silicon and software to infrastructure at datacenter scale. As part of the SoftBank Group, backed by significant long-term investment, we are delivering key technology into the fast-growing SoftBank AI ecosystem. To meet the vast and exciting AI opportunity, Graphcore is expanding its teams around the world. We are bringing together the brightest minds to solve the toughest problems, in a place where everyone has the opportunity to make an impact on the company, our products and the future of artificial intelligence. Job Summary Reporting to Senior Director of Post Silicon Validation, the Debug Validation Engineer will drive post-silicon debug and validation activities for next-generation AI compute silicon and systems. You will lead teams passionate about identifying, reproducing, analyzing, and resolving complex silicon, firmware, and system-level issues during bring-up, characterization, and product readiness. This role combines deep technical debugging expertise with strong cross-functional collaboration across multiple engineering fields. The Team The Post-Silicon Debug and Validation team manages bring-up, fault diagnosis, and validation of Graphcore silicon and systems. Our team participates throughout the entire product lifecycle, supporting initial silicon bring-up, subsystem validation, system integration, and production readiness tasks. We coordinate closely with hardware, firmware, software, and systems teams to examine complex failures, develop debug strategies, and advance validation infrastructure. Responsibilities and Duties Lead post-silicon debugging and validation efforts for AI compute silicon and platform technologies Contribute to debug and validation activities across multiple projects and achievements Analyze and address intricate sili