Hardware Validation & Debug Engineer: SerDes, PCIe

Graphcore; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Generous leave

Retirement planning support

Phantom equity

On-site barista & free food

Private medical insurance

Dental cover

Job summary

Graphcore is seeking a Validation and Debug Engineer to verify silicon and platforms in real product conditions. You will own hands-on validation in the lab, tuning SerDes, PCIe Root Complex and Ethernet, and drive issue resolution across silicon, hardware, firmware and architecture teams.

You will work closely with Architecture, Silicon Engineering and Firmware, using lab instruments to debug signal integrity and protocol-level issues, bringing up systems and turning findings into engineering

Qualifications

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Responsibilities

• Hands-on validation and debug in the lab focusing on SerDes, PCIe Root Complex and Ethernet.
• Tune links, investigate failures and drive clear engineering decisions from lab findings.
• Own bring-up, debug issues and help teams reach data‑driven decisions.

Skills

Hardware validation

Board bring-up

Ethernet debugging

PCIe Root Complex

SerDes debugging

Lab instrumentation

Signal integrity

LTSSM analysis

Link training

Interoperability testing

Independent working

Tools

Oscilloscopes

BERT systems

VNA/TDR equipment

PCIe protocol analysers

Job description

Graphcore is seeking a Validation and Debug Engineer to verify silicon and platforms in real product conditions. You will own hands-on validation in the lab, tuning SerDes, PCIe Root Complex and Ethernet, and drive issue resolution across silicon, hardware, firmware and architecture teams.

You will work closely with Architecture, Silicon Engineering and Firmware, using lab instruments to debug signal integrity and protocol-level issues, bringing up systems and turning findings into engineering