AI Hardware Validation & Debug Engineer

Graphcore, Ltd.; Bristol; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited annual leave

Matched pension (up to 5%)

Phantom equity – share in Graphcore’s?

True flexibility in how and where you?

Office spaces designed for collab

Free food and on-site barista

Health cash plan

Income protection

Life assurance

Job summary

Graphcore, Ltd. is seeking a hands-on hardware validation engineer to validate and debug silicon platforms, ensuring AI compute systems perform at scale.

You will lead lab-based validation across architecture, silicon, hardware and firmware teams, tackling PCIe, Ethernet, and SerDes issues and driving root-cause analysis. You will contribute to product quality, performance, and reliability of the hardware stack, working in a fast, collaborative lab environment with a strong ownership mindset and

Qualifications

• Strong experience validating and debugging complex hardware systems.
• Hands-on expertise with PCIe Root Complex bring-up, debug, and protocol analysis
• Experience debugging Ethernet SerDes systems and high-speed interfaces
• Confident using oscilloscopes, BERT systems, VNA/TDR equipment, and protocol analysers
• Strong root-cause analysis skills across signal integrity and subsystem issues
• Ability to work independently and drive technical issues across multiple teams

Responsibilities

• Lead hands-on system validation in the lab, working with architecture, silicon, hardware and firmware teams
• Debug complex PCIe, Ethernet, and SerDes issues and drive root-cause analysis
• Bring new platform bring-up to life and ensure product quality, performance, and reliability

Skills

PCIe Root Complex

System validation

Oscilloscopes

BERT systems

VNA/TDR

Protocol analysis

Ethernet SerDes

Root-cause analysis

Cross-team collaboration

Tools

Protocol analysers

VNA

Job description

Graphcore, Ltd. is seeking a hands-on hardware validation engineer to validate and debug silicon platforms, ensuring AI compute systems perform at scale.

You will lead lab-based validation across architecture, silicon, hardware and firmware teams, tackling PCIe, Ethernet, and SerDes issues and driving root-cause analysis. You will contribute to product quality, performance, and reliability of the hardware stack, working in a fast, collaborative lab environment with a strong ownership mindset and