Ai Senior Systems Engineer in Austin

1743 - This position is in Austin, Texas. Position Summary We are seeking an experienced Board-Level Hardware Validation Engineer to define and execute the validation and verification of complex electronic systems throughout the product lifecycle. This role is responsible for defining validation strategies, developing test plans, executing hands-on testing, analyzing failures, and working directly with ODM partners to ensure products meet performance, reliability, quality, and compliance requirements before mass production. The ideal candidate combines strong electrical engineering fundamentals with practical lab expertise and is comfortable personally performing validation activities while coordinating with cross-functional teams and manufacturing partners. Key Responsibilities Validation Strategy & Planning Define comprehensive board-level and inter-board validation plans based on product requirements, design specifications, and customer use cases. Develop validation methodologies covering functional, electrical, thermal, power, signal integrity, reliability, and stress testing. Establish test coverage, acceptance criteria, qualification requirements, and release gates. Review hardware architecture, schematics, component specifications, and interface topologies to identify validation risks early in the design cycle. Define incremental validation and regression coverage for component substitutions, design changes, and firmware updates. Hands-On Validation Execution Develop, automate, and execute validation tests on prototype and production-intent hardware. Perform board bring-up, functional verification, electrical characterization, and system-level integration testing. Validate communication interfaces, control signals, and timing requirements. Verify power sequencing, reset behavior, leakage current, and recovery across operating states. Execute temperature and voltage corner testing against approved operating limits. Use oscilloscopes, logic an

About Graphcore 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 We are looking for an experienced Silicon Test Engineer to join our Product Test and Diagnosis Department (PTD). This is a pivotal role and will involve building a team of engineers to develop System Level Test (SLT) capability within the company. Working closely with a cross-functional team you will implement SLT tests for a family of next generation AI Processors. The ideal candidate should have a focus on quality and demonstrate a good understanding of the importance of production test on the success of a product. T hey will have a proven Functional Test or ATE Test Engineering background, and will have a pragmatic, hands-on and flexible approach to a fast-changing environment. The Team The Product Test and Diagnostics team’s role is to detect and manage hardware defects that arise from the manufacture and use of our products. This covers chips, boards and finished systems and takes place both in the manufacturing sites and in the field. Responsibilities and Duties Managing a team of

About Graphcore Graphcore is a global leader in artificial intelligence computing systems. We design advanced semiconductors and data center hardware that deliver 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 some of the world’s most transformative technologies. Our new AI Engineering Campus in Austin will play a central role in building the future of AI computing. The Opportunity We are seeking a system validation engineering intern to help drive server blade and rack validation efforts for next-generation AI infrastructure hardware systems. This role focuses on post-silicon system validation across the full lifecycle of server hardware systems, ensuring functional and performance meets product objectives. You will help drive end-to-end blade and rack validation including development, execution, and debug while collaborating across silicon, firmware, systems, and platform teams. The Blade and Rack Validation team is responsible for ensuring system readiness and quality at scale. The team works cross-functionally with firmware, silicon, and system engineering teams to validate complex AI compute platforms. Type: 12-week summer internship Timing: May - August (exact dates to be confirmed) Commitment: Full-time What You’ll Do Help drive and execute post-silicon validation goals of AI compute blades and racks including testcase planning, development, and automation Help drive validation testcase execution and system debug against program achievements and report validation progress and risks. Drive provisioning and integration of system components (SoC FW, BMC, RMC, OS) for rack-level readiness Triage test failures, collect debug data, and collaborate on root cause analysis. Track validation coverage and continuously improve test processes and infrastructure. What You’ll Bring Working towards a Bachelor's

About Graphcore Graphcore is a global leader in artificial intelligence computing systems. We design advanced semiconductors, software, and data center systems 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 U.S. engineering teams contribute to the hardware and software platforms that support the next generation of AI systems. The Opportunity We are looking for a computer engineering, electrical engineering, or computer science student or recent graduate to join the BMC Development team as a Firmware Engineering Intern. You will work with experienced engineers on low-level and embedded firmware that supports the operation, control, and manageability of advanced compute systems. This internship provides hands-on experience in firmware development, test automation, engineering experiments, and lab-based system testing in a Linux development environment. You will own clearly defined technical tasks with guidance from the team and contribute to production-quality engineering work. Type: 12-week summer internship Timing: May - August (exact dates to be confirmed) Commitment: Full-time What You Will Do Contribute to the design, implementation, and testing of system and embedded firmware. Develop and maintain firmware and supporting software in C, C++, or Python. Support firmware development and debugging in a Linux-based engineering environment. Create automated tests and scripts that improve firmware validation, test coverage, and engineering efficiency. Contribute to continuous integration and delivery workflows for firmware development and testing. Plan and conduct well-defined engineering experiments, record results accurately, and draw conclusions from test data. Support lab setup, system configuration, hardware bring-up, and firmware testing. Use debugging and diagnostic techn

About Graphcore Graphcore is a global leader in artificial intelligence computing systems. We design advanced semiconductors, software, and data center systems 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 U.S. engineering teams contribute to the hardware and software platforms that support the next generation of AI systems. The Opportunity We are looking for a recent graduate or early-career engineer to join the BMC Engineering team as a Graduate Firmware Engineer. You will develop low-level and embedded firmware that supports the operation, control, monitoring, and validation of advanced compute systems. You will work with experienced firmware, hardware, systems, and software engineers throughout the development lifecycle. The role combines hands-on implementation with automated testing, lab-based debugging, hardware bring-up, and analysis of interactions between firmware and the underlying platform. Start: September, 2027 Location: Austin, Texas, USA What You Will Do Design, implement, test, and maintain system and embedded firmware in C, C++, or Python. Take ownership of defined firmware features and deliver them from requirements and design through implementation, validation, and documentation. Develop and debug firmware in a Linux-based engineering environment using appropriate diagnostic tools and techniques. Create automated tests and scripts that improve firmware validation, test coverage, and engineering efficiency. Contribute to continuous integration and delivery workflows for firmware development and testing. Plan and conduct engineering experiments, analyze test data, and communicate findings clearly. Support lab setup, system configuration, hardware bring-up, and firmware validation on development platforms. Investigate firmware behavior and hardware-software

About us Graphcore is one of the world’s leading innovators in Artificial Intelligence compute. It is developing hardware, software and systems infrastructure that will unlock the next generation of AI breakthroughs and power the widespread adoption of AI solutions across every industry. 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. Together, they share a bold vision: to enable Artificial Super Intelligence and ensure its benefits are accessible to everyone. Responsibilities and Duties We are seeking a highly skilled System Tests & Diagnostics Engineer to develop, extend, and integrate specialized silicon validation and diagnostics tools for next-generation AI SoCs. Unlike traditional validation roles focused on executing test plans, this position is responsible for developing the diagnostic software and stress tools that expose hardware failures, characterize silicon behavior, and improve platform observability throughout bring-up and validation. You will work closely with Arm engineers to understand and extend existing diagnostics technologies while developing Graphcore-specific capabilities for future AI hardware. Role Summary You will work with existing Arm-developed diagnostics technologies and extend them to support Graphcore's next-generation AI silicon. You will be responsible for developing system-level diagnostics and stress tools that integrate with an existing framework to detect data integrity, computational correctness, performance, and reliability issues across CPUs, AI accelerators, memory, storage, PCIe, firmware, BMC, and other platform components. Examples include silent data corruption (SDC) tests, power transient stress tools, and platform diagnostics, with opportunities to develop new diagnostics as future hardware capabilities evolve. This role requires close collaboration with hardware architects, firmware enginee

About us Graphcore is one of the world’s leading innovators in Artificial Intelligence compute. It is developing hardware, software and systems infrastructure that will unlock the next generation of AI breakthroughs and power the widespread adoption of AI solutions across every industry. 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. Together, they share a bold vision: to enable Artificial Super Intelligence and ensure its benefits are accessible to everyone. Responsibilities and Duties We are seeking a highly skilled System Tests & Diagnostics Engineer to develop, extend, and integrate specialized silicon validation and diagnostics tools for next-generation AI SoCs. Unlike traditional validation roles focused on executing test plans, this position is responsible for developing the diagnostic software and stress tools that expose hardware failures, characterize silicon behavior, and improve platform observability throughout bring-up and validation. You will work closely with Arm engineers to understand and extend existing diagnostics technologies while developing Graphcore-specific capabilities for future AI hardware. Role Summary You will work with existing Arm-developed diagnostics technologies and extend them to support Graphcore's next-generation AI silicon. You will be responsible for developing system-level diagnostics and stress tools that integrate with an existing framework to detect data integrity, computational correctness, performance, and reliability issues across CPUs, AI accelerators, memory, storage, PCIe, firmware, BMC, and other platform components. Examples include silent data corruption (SDC) tests, power transient stress tools, and platform diagnostics, with opportunities to develop new diagnostics as future hardware capabilities evolve. This role requires close collaboration with hardware architects, firmware enginee

Graphcore Director-Post Silicon Validation (Functional) 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 Austin, Texas 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. Job Summary We have an exciting opportunity to be part of a collaborative, cross-functional development team validating cutting-edge, high-performance AI chips and platforms. You will play a key role in supporting new product introductions and validation. 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. Working within the Validation team, you will be involved with bringing first silicon to life, functionally validating it 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 provide technical guidance to other engineering team members. In this role, you can leverage our experience and industry knowledge to architect and drive implementation of continuous improvements to test infrastructure and processes. Th

Principal Embedded SW/FW Engineer (Bringup) - Austin, Tx, USA Job Summary We have an exciting opportunity to be part of a collaborative, cross-functional development team validating cutting-edge, high-performance AI chips and platforms. You will play a key role in supporting new product introductions and post-silicon validation. Working within the Post-Silicon Validation team, you will be involved with bringing first silicon to life, functionally validating it 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 provide technical guidance to other engineering team members. In this role, you can leverage our 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. Responsibilities and Duties Plan, design, develop and debug silicon validation tests in bare metal C/C++ on FPGA/Emulator prior to first silicon Deploy silicon validation tests on first silicon and debugging them Develop automated test framework and regression test suites in Python to optimize validation efficiency Collaborate closely with engineers from many other disciplines on a variety of topics Work with Validation and Production Test engineering peers to implement best practices and continuous improvements to test methodologies Analyse test results, identify and debug failures/defects Contribute to shared test and validation infrastructure Provide feedback to architects Candidate Profile Essential: Understanding of ML

About us Graphcore is one of the world’s leading innovators in Artificial Intelligence compute. It is developing hardware, software and systems infrastructure that will unlock the next generation of AI breakthroughs and power the widespread adoption of AI solutions across every industry. 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. Together, they share a bold vision: to enable Artificial Super Intelligence and ensure its benefits are accessible to everyone. Graphcore’s teams are drawn from diverse backgrounds and bring a broad range of skills and perspectives, spanning AI research specialists, silicon designers, software engineers and systems architects. Job Summary We are looking for an experienced Principal Engineer to join our System Management team and help lead the development of critical interfaces used by internal and external customers to manage system state. You will provide technical leadership within assigned areas of System Management, guide architecture and implementation choices, mentor engineers and translate broader technical direction into effective execution. This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who can lead complex technical work, improve reliability and operational readiness, and collaborate effectively across multiple engineering disciplines. The Team The System Management team sits within the Software Platform group and helps build Graphcore products into large-scale AI solutions for our customers. The team is responsible for developing the interfaces between hardware, AI software and frameworks, as well as providing interfaces for public and private cloud environments. This includes system management capabilities that abstract complex hardware administration and enable reliable deployment and operation at scale. As one of the first teams to work with new hardware and software, we regularly solve complex system-level problems

Manufacturing Test Engineer – Server Hardware 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 Austin, which will play a central role in Graphcore's work building the future of AI computing. Role Overview We are seeking an experienced Manufacturing Test Engineer to support high-volume server manufacturing from board-level test through system-level production test. This role will work closely with an ODM manufacturing partner to define, implement, validate, and optimize the manufacturing test strategy for L6 board-level products , including ICT, MDA, and Board Functional Test , as well as support L10 system-level manufacturing test . The ideal candidate has strong experience in server hardware manufacturing, Linux-based test environments, diagnostic test coverage, fixture requirements, yield improvement, and root cause corrective action processes. This role requires both technical depth and hands-on manufacturing execution experience, with the ability to drive best practices across test development, factory readiness, quality planning, and ongoing production support. Key Responsibilities Manufacturing Test Strategy and Planning Work with ODM partners to define and execute the manufacturing test strategy for L6 board-level production . Develop and review test plans covering: In-Circuit Test, or ICT Manufacturing Defect Analyzer, or MDA Board Functional Test Diagnostic coverage requirements Manufacturing line test flow Fai

About Us At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company. At Cloudflare, we’re not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; we’re looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with. We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a "normalized" problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools. Our culture is built on iteration, leveraging AI to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow, while ensuring that every improvement, no matter how small, is shared across the team to lift everyone up. If you’re the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy, and that AI is a partner in solving tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward, you’ll fit right in. About the Role The Product Platform Tools team builds and operates Cloudflare's internal support and admin platform - the foundation that customer-facing and operational teams across the company rely on to do their jobs. As a Systems Engineer on this team, you'll design and build the backend services, infrastructure, APIs, and integrations that power this platform at enterprise scale, working closely with both engineering teams and non-engineering

About Us At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company. At Cloudflare, we’re not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; we’re looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with. We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a "normalized" problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools. Our culture is built on iteration, leveraging AI to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow, while ensuring that every improvement, no matter how small, is shared across the team to lift everyone up. If you’re the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy, and that AI is a partner in solving tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward, you’ll fit right in. About the Team Cloudflare handles traffic for almost 25% of the Internet. That’s a lot of data. On the Town Lake team, our mission is to make that data accessible and valuable for users across the company. We connect data from dozens of source systems and make it available so that any user in the company can answer any question in 5 minutes or less, using SQL or plain english. We’re building a modern, agentic-first data lakehouse platform ba