Graphcore is an AI infrastructure and hardware company.
<h1 class="PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer" data-section-id="cxqrzp" data-start="206" data-end="221">About the job</h1> <p data-start="223" data-end="296">Build the test systems that help deliver AI hardware at production scale.</p> <p data-start="298" data-end="522">As a Staff Hardware System Test Engineer, you'll develop manufacturing test solutions for complex compute systems. Your work will help ensure products reach customers with the quality and reliability expected from Graphcore.</p> <p data-start="524" data-end="749">You'll shape how hardware is tested across Host Processor Modules, server blades, and multi-node racks. The tools, test content, and diagnostics you create will directly influence manufacturing efficiency and product quality.</p> <p data-start="751" data-end="978">You'll develop test software, design test approaches, and solve challenging hardware issues. You'll work closely with hardware, firmware, software, and manufacturing teams to improve test coverage and diagnose problems quickly.</p> <p data-start="980" data-end="1236">This role offers broad technical scope across silicon, boards, systems, software, and manufacturing. You'll have the opportunity to influence engineering decisions and raise technical standards across the organisation.</p> <h1 data-section-id="80lep1" data-start="1238" data-end="1260">The team and culture</h1> <p data-start="1262" data-end="1503">The Product Test and Diagnosis team owns the strategy for finding and diagnosing hardware defects throughout the product lifecycle. The team works across silicon, boards, servers, and rack-scale systems.</p> <p data-start="1505" data-end="1724">Day to day, engineers work closely with design, firmware, software, quality, and manufacturing teams. Problems are solved through data, technical debate, and hands-on investigation.</p> <p data-start="1726" data-end="1967">You'll join a global engineering group spanning the UK, Taiwan, India, and the United States. People are trusted to take ownership, make decisions, and drive improvements that deliver measurable results.</p> <h1 data-section-id="kq6nv6" data-start="1969" data-end="1993">What we're looking for</h1> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Essential:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="6" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="13" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-parastyle="p1" data-ccp-parastyle-defn="{"ObjectId":"5608de39-acc8-52c5-8723-06e2503f1031|1","ClassId":1073872969,"Properties":[201342446,"1",201342447,"5",201342448,"3",201342449,"1",469777841,"Times New Roman",469777842,"Times New Roman",469777843,"Times New Roman",469777844,"Times New Roman",201341986,"1",469769226,"Times New Roman",268442635,"24",469775450,"p1",201340122,"2",134233614,"true",469778129,"p1",335572020,"1",335559705,"2057",134233118,"true",134233117,"true",469778324,"Normal"]}">Significant </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="p1">experience</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="p1"> developing and deploying manufacturing test solutions for high-performance servers, accelerators (GPU-class), or comparable large-scale </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="p1">compute</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="p1"> hardware.</span></span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="6" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="13" data-aria-level="1">Strong <span data-ccp-parastyle="p1">technical leadership as an individual contributor, </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="p1">with experience </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="p1">owning </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="p1">substantial</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="p1"> technical workstreams </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="p1">and </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="p1">collaborating </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="p1">across multiple teams without direct line management responsibility.</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="6" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="13" data-aria-level="1">Strong <span data-ccp-parastyle="p1">technical understanding across silicon, board, and system design sufficient to define effective manufacturing test coverage and lead complex debug/root-cause analysis.</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="6" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="13" data-aria-level="1">Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, with experience<span data-ccp-parastyle="p1"> working with</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="p1"> internal software/firmware/platform teams to enable testability and diagnosability.</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="6" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="13" data-aria-level="1">Hands-on experience using Linux, <span data-ccp-parastyle="p1">OpenBMC</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="p1">, and vendor-specific test tools, diagnostics, and system-level utilities to test hardware in lab and manufacturing environments.</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="6" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469