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
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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. As a Director, Strategy & Solutions in our GTM team, this role defines how Tenstorrent shows up in the market for AI/ML workloads—from positioning and messaging to real customer solutions. Sitting at the intersection of product, sales, engineering, and marketing, this role turns deep technical capability into clear, compelling value across industries and use cases. This role is hybrid OR remote, based out of The United States. 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 Experienced at connecting complex AI/ML systems to real customer outcomes and business value. Comfortable acting as a technical storyteller for developers, architects, and executive audiences. Naturally curious and forward-looking about customer workloads, competitive dynamics, and emerging AI trends. What We Need Ownership of GTM positioning and messaging for Tenstorrent’s AI hardware, software stack, and solutions. Development of application - and vertical-specific value propositions across enterprise, cloud, and regulated markets. Value proposition & GTM strategy, including creation of technical collateral (whitepapers, sales decks, benchmarks, dem
MongoDB is hiring a Senior Manager, Corporate Development & Ventures to help drive our inorganic growth strategy — partnering closely with our Sr. Director of Corporate Development & Ventures on M&A and strategic investment activity. This role is for someone who wants to own M&A execution end-to-end. You'll independently source, evaluate, and run a steady pipeline of deals, partnering with the Sr. Director and VP on our highest-stakes transactions. Once a deal signs an LOI, you become the day-to-day driver — the person Finance, Legal, HR, and the business count on to get it through close and integration. You'll work closely with Product, Engineering, Finance, People, and other business stakeholders to help shape decisions about MongoDB's position in data infrastructure and AI. The role sits primarily in Corporate Development, with regular exposure to our Ventures platform. What you’ll bring Has 4–8 years of experience in Corporate Development, Investment Banking, Private Equity, or Venture Capital Has meaningful experience running deal workstreams and is ready to own transactions end-to-end with real autonomy Is comfortable operating independently, while knowing when to bring in the Sr. Director, VP, or other senior leaders Demonstrates strong judgment, particularly under time pressure and incomplete information Holds a high bar for analytical rigor, but knows when to move without perfect data Can engage credibly with technical leaders while maintaining a clear business perspective Is direct, low-ego, and accountable — focused on outcomes, not process What you will do Own Deals, End-to-End Independently source, evaluate, and run your own pipeline of M&A and investment opportunities, from initial engagement through LOI Build and pressure-test valuation, structure, and strategic rationale, partnering with the Sr. Director and VP on the most complex or highest-stakes calls Know when to move on your own judgment and when to escalate Be the Function's
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 AI Engineering Campus in Austin plays an important role in building the future of AI computing. The Opportunity As Technical Services Director, you will lead the teams that operate and evolve Graphcore's engineering labs, high-performance computing (HPC) platforms, and data center environments globally. You will be accountable for reliable, secure, cost-effective infrastructure that supports demanding engineering, AI, silicon-development, and validation workloads. This role combines people leadership, infrastructure strategy, operational excellence, capacity and financial planning, procurement, and program delivery. You will partner with Engineering, Information Technology, Security, Finance, Facilities, Supply Chain, customers, and external suppliers. The position is based onsite in Austin and requires travel to company facilities, data centers, and supplier locations, including international travel. What You'll Do Lead, recruit, mentor, and develop the systems administration, lab operations, and technical services teams responsible for the facility supporting global Engineering and Research and Development. Own the reliability, efficiency, protection, safety, supportability, and continuous improvement of engineering labs, HPC systems, and infrastructure facilities. Establish service levels, operating standards, escalation paths, performance measures, monitoring, observability, automation, ticketing, and configuration-management practices. Translate engineering and customer requirements into infrastructure roadmaps, capacity p
About the job Lead the team that proves our AI silicon performs reliably before it reaches customers. You will build and lead Graphcore's characterisation capability for next generation silicon and system platforms. Your work will help ensure our products perform consistently across real world conditions. You will define bring up and characterisation strategies, lead technical execution, and shape the lab infrastructure needed for success. You'll work across silicon, hardware, manufacturing, architecture and product teams to solve complex engineering challenges. This is a hands on leadership role with the opportunity to influence both product design and how Graphcore validates future AI systems. The team and culture This is a newly formed team within Manufacturing Operations. You'll have the opportunity to establish how the team works while building strong partnerships across engineering and operations. Day to day, you'll work closely with architecture, silicon, hardware, production test and product teams. Decisions are driven by data, technical evidence and close collaboration across disciplines. We value ownership and clear communication. You'll be trusted to lead technical direction, remove blockers and help teams make progress with confidence. What we're looking for Essential Proven track record of delivering complex technical projects as an individual contributor, manager, or project manager, with the ability to work independently and drive execution. Strong expertise in silicon digital device design, bring-up, characterisation, and silicon process technologies, with an understanding of their impact on transistor- and system-level performance. In-depth knowledge of high-performance processors, system-on-chip (SoC) architectures, and high-speed digital interfaces such as PCIe, Ethernet, and DDR. Experience with measurement automation, data analysis, and scripting/coding to develop automated test and analysis workflows, with familiarity of ATE systems and t
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. A melting pot of AI research specialists, silicon designers, software engineers and systems architects, Graphcore enjoys a culture of continuous learning and constant innovation. Job Summary We are seeking an experienced Principal Hardware Diagnostics Engineer to design and develop diagnostics software used to monitor hardware health and diagnose system-level issues across Graphcore’s AI infrastructure platforms. This role focuses on building diagnostics agents, tools, and analytics frameworks that enable engineers and automation systems to identify, isolate, and resolve hardware issues across blade-level servers and rack-scale clusters. The Team 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. The Systems Engineering and Platform Validation team ensures Graphcore’s AI compute platforms are reliable, diagnosable, and operationally robust at scale. The team co
Manufacturing Test Engineering Manager Position Summary We are seeking an experienced Manufacturing Test Engineering Manager to lead the development and execution of the end-to-end manufacturing test strategy for next-generation AI server platforms and datacenter infrastructure. This role is responsible for defining and driving the manufacturing test architecture from L6 board assembly through L11 rack-level integration and final system validation , ensuring world-class product quality, manufacturability, and production scalability. This leader will manage a team of 3–5 Manufacturing Test Engineers while partnering closely with Hardware, Firmware, Platform, Validation, Quality, Operations, and Joint Design Manufacturing (JDM) partners. The role owns the manufacturing test strategy, test coverage, factory test infrastructure, manufacturing capacity planning, and continuous improvement of manufacturing quality. Key Responsibilities Manufacturing Test Strategy Define and own the end-to-end manufacturing test strategy from L6 board assembly through L11 rack integration . Develop standardized manufacturing test methodologies that optimize quality, throughput, cost of test, and scalability across multiple products and JDM sites. Establish manufacturing test standards, best practices, and engineering processes that support high-volume server manufacturing. Technical Leadership & People Management Lead, mentor, and develop a team of 3–5 Manufacturing Test Engineers supporting multiple hardware programs. Establish team priorities, allocate resources, and ensure successful execution of manufacturing test deliverables. Foster a culture of technical excellence, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Serve as the primary technical escalation point for manufacturing test and production issues. Cross-Functional Engineering Collaboration Partner with Hardware, Platform, Firmware, Validation, Reliability, Quality, and Operations teams to ensure manufac
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
Synthesia is the world’s leading AI video platform for business, used by over 90% of the Fortune 100. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in London, with offices and teams across Europe and the US. As AI continues to shape the way we live and work, Synthesia develops products to enhance visual communication and enterprise skill development, helping people work better and stay at the center of successful organizations. Following our recent Series E funding round, where we raised $200 million, our valuation stands at $4 billion. Our total funding exceeds $530 million from premier investors including Accel, NVentures (Nvidia's VC arm), Kleiner Perkins, GV, and Evantic Capital, alongside the founders and operators of Stripe, Datadog, Miro, and Webflow. We're looking for a Solutions Engineering Manager to lead and grow our presales function in Austin. Reporting to our presales VP of Solutions Engineering, this is a founding leadership role where you'll help us establish the discipline from the ground up, shaping the playbook that drives your region's success while collaborating across the business to share best practices. As a Solutions Engineering Manager, you will have full ownership of your team's success; you'll be hiring and developing Solutions Engineers, while staying hands-on in the highest-impact deals in your market. You'll set the bar for how your team runs discovery, demos, Proofs of Concept, and technical evaluations. You'll regularly partner with Sales leadership, Product, Customer Success, and Product Marketing to connect your team's work to revenue outcomes. You'll own forecasting, performance, and the overall health of your market, collaborating with presales leadership on strategy and priorities. About the role: Recruitment and Development Hire, ramp, and develop a team of 5-10 Solutions Engineers (SEs)in your region, across experience levels, from mid-career to subject matter experts. Run regular 1:1s, deal reviews, and career development con
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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. We're looking for an Engineering Program Manager — or a technical engineer ready to move into program management — to help drive execution on our RISC-V CPU team. You'll work across architecture, design, verification, physical design, and DFT to keep a high-performance CPU program moving from spec through tapeout and post-silicon debug. Partnering with a senior program lead and engineering managers, you'll own schedules, track milestones, surface risks early, and keep cross-functional teams aligned. This role is hybrid, based out of Austin, TX or Santa Clara, CA. 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 Experience in CPU, SoC, or silicon development — as an engineer, technical lead, or program manager. Comfortable working with cross-functional engineering teams and translating technical detail into clear status, dependencies, and trade-offs. Organized and proactive; you chase down open items rather than waiting for them to resolve. A clear communicator who can hold your own in engineering discussions and write updates leadership can act on. What We Need Support the full CPU development cycle — spec, design, verification, DFT, ta
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. A melting pot of AI research specialists, silicon designers, software engineers and systems architects, Graphcore enjoys a culture of continuous learning and constant innovation. Job Summary We are seeking a Staff Hardware Engineer to provide advanced operational, diagnostic, and engineering support for Graphcore’s Arm-based hardware platforms across lab and data center environments. This role focuses on supporting hardware bring-up, validation, and troubleshooting of complex AI compute platforms, including server blades, racks, and rack-scale infrastructure. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with engineering, platform, and data center teams to ensure the reliability and performance of next-generation AI systems. The Team The Systems Engineering and Hardware Engineering teams are responsible for enabling the bring-up, validation, and operational reliability of Graphcore’s AI infrastructure platforms. The team works closely with server engineering, firmware teams, platform architects, and data center operations to support the development, testing, and deployment of next-generation AI compute systems. This collaborative environment enables rapid problem-solving and continuous improvement of Graphcore’s hardware platforms from early development through production deployment.
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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. Tenstorrent builds AI and RISC-V compute hardware that requires best-in-class design tools and intellectual property to compete globally. The Sr. Strategic Sourcing Manager, Engineering Infrastructure leads procurement strategy for the design ecosystem, owning vendor negotiations, IP licensing agreements, and tool sourcing that enable our worldwide engineering teams to innovate at speed. The role suits someone who takes ownership of complex, multidimensional deals, operates independently with minimal oversight, and commands credibility with vendor executives, internal stakeholders, and the C-suite. This role is hybrid or remote, based out of Santa Clara, CA; Austin, TX or Toronto, ON. 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 strategic negotiator with 5+ years of experience sourcing complex technology (IP, design tools, or semiconductor components) in fast-paced environments Someone who builds trust-based vendor relationships and leverages them to unlock better terms, faster delivery, and innovative solutions A detail-oriented operator who thrives managing multiple concurrent deals while maintaining executive visibility and cross-func
Mechanical and Thermal Laboratory Technician Position Summary Graphcore is a globally recognized leader in Artificial Intelligence computing systems. The company designs advanced semiconductors and data center hardware that provide the specialized 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. Responsibilities The Mechanical and Thermal Laboratory Technician is a hands-on technical role supporting the development and validation of advanced AI hardware systems for data center environments. Working as part of a cross-functional engineering team, this individual will be responsible for executing mechanical and thermal laboratory testing, supporting product validation activities, prototype fabrication and assisting with troubleshooting and root-cause analysis of complex hardware systems. Requirements Associate degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology or a related technical field preferred. Equivalent combinations of education, training, and relevant experience will be considered, including experienced non-degreed candidates or candidates with degrees in unrelated disciplines. Minimum of 5 years of experience working in mechanical laboratories, machine shops, test labs, or similar technical environments. Experience with server hardware platforms and data center equipment. Knowledge of Direct Liquid Cooling (DLC) systems and their implementation in server environments. Experience operating forklifts, pallet jacks, and other material-handling equipment. Key Responsibilities Execute mechanical and thermal test plans to validate hardware designs a
About Dialpad Dialpad is the AI platform for customer experience, built to resolve customer problems in real time across voice and digital. Our AI agents learn from your best human agents and improve with every interaction, helping organizations understand their customers, deliver better experiences, increase operational efficiencies, and build a lasting competitive advantage. Unlike legacy systems built to route and answer, or standalone agentic bot vendors built to deflect, Dialpad was built to resolve. Our AI agents and human agents operate on a single platform with shared context, allowing Agentic AI to resolve issues, advance deals, and eliminate busywork through automation while seamlessly handing conversations to humans when needed, with full context preserved. Market-leading brands, including Randstad, Motorola Solutions, Netflix, the San Diego Padres, the Colorado Rockies Baseball Club, and Cal Athletics, trust Dialpad. Dialpad is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, GV, ICONIQ Capital, and T-Mobile. Being a Dialer At Dialpad, AI isn’t just a feature; it’s how our teams do their best work every day. We put powerful AI tools in every employee’s hands so they can move faster, think bigger, and achieve more. We believe every conversation matters. And we’ve built the platform that turns those conversations into insight and action, for our customers and ourselves. We look for people who are intensely curious and hold themselves to a high bar. Our ambition is significant, and achieving it requires a team that operates at the highest level. We seek individuals who embody our core traits: Scrappy, Curious, Optimistic, Persistent, and Empathetic . Your Role As a Sales Engineer, you’ll own running demos and proofs of concept, including gathering success criteria, system configuration, admin training, user training, and troubleshooting. You’ll work closely with Account Executives to identify key customer requirements and present Dialpad solutions that meet those requirement
1671 About the Role We are seeking a Senior Signal Integrity Engineer to develop, validate, and optimize high-speed signaling solutions across blade- and rack-level architectures for advanced compute platforms. This role sits at the intersection of silicon, package, interconnect, board, and system design , with a strong emphasis on hands-on measurement, simulation correlation, and cross-functional technical communication. Key Responsibilities End-to-end signal integrity analysis for blade- and rack-level system architectures. Analyze and optimize high-speed and low-speed I/O interfaces, including PCIe Gen4/5/6, Ethernet, DDR, SerDes, SPI , I2C, etc . and related interconnects. Perform time-domain and frequency-domain simulations using tools such as Ansys HFSS, Keysight ADS, Cadence Sigrity, CST, SPICE , or similar. Support hands-on lab validation using VNA, TDR, BERT, and high-speed oscilloscopes . Correlate simulation results with lab measurements to identify margin gaps, debug issues, and improve design methodology. Collaborate with silicon, package, board, connector, cable, and system design teams to optimize I/O channel performance. Work with interconnect vendors and ODMs to guide board layout, stack-ups, routing rules, and system design decisions. Review schematics, layouts, simulation results, and validation data for blade, backplane, and rack-level hardware. Prepare and communicate clear validation reports, measurement summaries, debug findings, and technical recommendations to internal teams, vendors, and senior technical stakeholders. Required Qualifications Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field . Strong experience in signal integrity for high-speed digital systems. Hands-on measurement expertise using VNAs, TDRs, BERTs, and high-speed oscilloscopes . Experience measuring and analyzing S-parameters, impedance profiles, eye diagrams, jitter, timing margins, insertion loss, return loss, and cro
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