Staff Hardware System Test Engineer – AI Compute at Scale

Graphcore; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited annual leave

Pension up to 5% matched

Phantom equity – share in Graphcore’s"

Job summary

Graphcore is seeking a Staff Hardware System Test Engineer to build manufacturing test systems for AI hardware at production scale. You will develop test software and diagnostics for complex compute systems, shaping how hardware is tested across modules, server blades, and multi-node racks.

You will work with hardware, firmware, software, and manufacturing teams, delivering reliable test infrastructure and diagnostics while raising quality and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Significant experience developing and deploying manufacturing test solutions for high‑performance servers or comparable large‑scale compute hardware.
• Strong technical leadership as an individual contributor across multiple teams without direct line management responsibility.
• Hands-on experience using Linux, OpenBMC, and vendor test tools in lab and manufacturing environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop test software, design test approaches, and diagnostics for manufacturing test environments.
• Collaborate with hardware, firmware, software and manufacturing teams to improve test coverage and diagnose problems quickly.
• Influence engineering decisions and raise technical standards across the organisation.

Skills

Manufacturing test automation

Technical leadership

Linux & OpenBMC

Test content & diagnostics

Tools

Vendor test tools

Job description

Graphcore is seeking a Staff Hardware System Test Engineer to build manufacturing test systems for AI hardware at production scale. You will develop test software and diagnostics for complex compute systems, shaping how hardware is tested across modules, server blades, and multi-node racks.

You will work with hardware, firmware, software, and manufacturing teams, delivering reliable test infrastructure and diagnostics while raising quality and efficiency.