Hands-On Electronics Lab Ops Lead for AI Hardware

Graphcore; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Up to 5% matched pension

Phantom equity – share in Graphcore’s 

Office spaces designed for collab

Free food and on-site barista

Health cash plan

Income protection

Life assurance

Job summary

Graphcore Bristol electronics labs require a hands-on Electronics Laboratory Manager to ensure safe, reliable operation across facilities, equipment, and infrastructure. You will enable hardware bring-up, validation, and testing by creating controlled environments.

You will lead the technician team, manage ESD controls, and coordinate maintenance and upgrades, shaping how labs run and scale for Graphcore’s next stage.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of electronic test equipment and lab infrastructure setup.
• Experience with calibration, troubleshooting and ESD controls.

Responsibilities

• Own safe, reliable operation of Bristol electronics labs.
• Manage test equipment, lab infrastructure and ESD controls.
• Build and lead a team of technicians to support lab users.
• Coordinate maintenance, calibration, upgrades and technical services.

Skills

Test equipment

Lab infrastructure

Calibration

Health & safety

Leadership

Subcontractor coordination

Tools

ESD controls

Maintenance planning tools

Job description

Graphcore Bristol electronics labs require a hands-on Electronics Laboratory Manager to ensure safe, reliable operation across facilities, equipment, and infrastructure. You will enable hardware bring-up, validation, and testing by creating controlled environments.

You will lead the technician team, manage ESD controls, and coordinate maintenance and upgrades, shaping how labs run and scale for Graphcore’s next stage.