Director, Sustaining Engineering

About the company

Graphcore is an AI infrastructure and hardware company.

About this role

<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Location: Milpitas, CA - Please note this a hybrid role with a minimum of 3 days onsite.</span></strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">About Us</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":278}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Graphcore&nbsp;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. &nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":210,"335559739":210}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">As part of the SoftBank Group,&nbsp;Graphcore&nbsp;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&nbsp;a central role&nbsp;in&nbsp;Graphcore's&nbsp;work building the future of AI computing.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":210,"335559739":210}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Job Overview:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"201341983":0,"335559740":240}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Graphcore&nbsp;is seeking a Principal Engineer, Power Engineering to aid in defining the architecture of the power delivery components from grid to chip. You will work closely with multiple cross-functional teams, including hardware engineers, firmware developers, and data&nbsp;center&nbsp;operations, to ensure the infrastructure we build meets customer requirements as well as&nbsp;attaining&nbsp;standards of performance, reliability, and scalability.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">This role will be based in Austin or San Jose and could potentially be performed onsite or remotely within the US.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}">&nbsp;<br><br></span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Responsibilities:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"201341983":0,"335559740":240}">&nbsp;</span></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Provide thought leadership, planning, and design for power delivery from data&nbsp;center&nbsp;power drop through delivery to systems &amp; chips</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"201341983":0,"335559740":240}">&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Establish power roadmap. Work with vendors to ensure their planned future technologies are pulled into our system engineering roadmap AND ensure that our (system engineering)&nbsp;required&nbsp;technological innovation is being driven into their (power vendor) roadmap. Work to improve reliability and efficiency of power engineering&nbsp;component&nbsp;over time.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"201341983":0,"335559740":240}">&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Rack-level power components. Competency with specification of hardware and firmware for rack-level power shelves. Competency with design for resiliency.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"201341983":0,"335559740":240}">&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Set power policies in the data&nbsp;center&nbsp;for: power buffer/oversubscription, scheduling of jobs based on power, and monitoring (power quality faults) / accommodation faults. Resolve telemetry and data needed to support power policy algorithms.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"201341983":0,"335559740":240}">&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="5" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Ensure robustness of IT power in the presence of grid disturbances and make sure that IT power loads are compatible with grid power requirements (“good grid power citizen”)</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"201341983":0,"335559740":240}">&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[