Senior Board Test Architect — Strategy & Diagnostics

EngineersOfAI; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Generous leave

Pension plan

Phantom equity

Office perks

Job summary

Graphcore is seeking a Principal Board Test Engineer to lead the test strategy for complex circuit card assemblies and advanced manufacturing debugging. You will shape defect coverage, diagnostics, and production quality while influencing test architectures, methods and suppliers.

You will design and direct test strategies across optical and X-ray inspection, in-circuit/functional tests, and boundary scan. This senior role includes mentoring engineers and expanding Graphcore's test capabilities

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in manufacturing test for advanced, high-complexity Circuit Card Assemblies.
• Ability to define test methods and evaluation criteria independently.
• Strong influence across engineering, suppliers and manufacturing partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead advanced manufacturing test strategy for complex circuitry and boards.
• Define methods, evaluation criteria and technical approaches for test through production.
• Design and direct test strategies across inspection, boundary scan and functional test.
• Mentor engineers and help Graphcore build stronger test capability for future products.

Skills

Test strategy leadership

Electronics fundamentals

Boundary scan (JTAG 1149.x)

MDA/ICT bed-of-nails

Test method definition

Cross-functional influence

Tools

JTAG boundary scan

iJTAG

ICT bed-of-nails

Job description

Graphcore is seeking a Principal Board Test Engineer to lead the test strategy for complex circuit card assemblies and advanced manufacturing debugging. You will shape defect coverage, diagnostics, and production quality while influencing test architectures, methods and suppliers.

You will design and direct test strategies across optical and X-ray inspection, in-circuit/functional tests, and boundary scan. This senior role includes mentoring engineers and expanding Graphcore's test capabilities