AI Infrastructure Validation Intern

Graphcore Early Careers; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 24,797,000 - 35,818,000; Full time

Job summary

Graphcore is seeking a system validation engineering intern to help drive post-silicon validation for next‑generation AI infrastructure hardware. You will work on server blades and racks, developing tests, automating validation, and debugging across silicon, firmware, systems, and platform teams.

The role focuses on end-to-end validation, collaborating with firmware, silicon, and system engineering teams to ensure readiness and quality at scale.

Qualifications

• Working towards a Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Demonstrated passion to learn and gain experience in large-scale server or AI infrastructure hardware validation environments.
• Exposure to hardware validation or debugging on x86 or ARM server systems, racks, or embedded validation.
• Understanding of CPU/GPU, memory, IO, and BIOS testing concepts.
• Experience with Linux/server OS and automation using Python/Bash.
• Familiar with CI/CD pipelines and large-scale test automation infrastructures.

Responsibilities

• Help drive and execute post-silicon validation goals for AI compute blades and racks, including testcase planning, development, and automation.
• Assist in validation testcase execution and system debug against program achievements; report validation progress and risks.
• Assist provisioning and integration of system components (SoC FW, BMC, RMC, OS) for rack-level readiness.
• Triage test failures, collect debug data, and collaborate on root-cause analysis.
• Track validation coverage and contribute to improving test processes and infrastructure.

Skills

Python scripting

Linux/Server OS

Automation/testing

CI/CD pipelines

Hardware validation

Debugging

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer/Electrical Engineering

Tools

OpenBMC

Redfish

BMC

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Graphcore is seeking a system validation engineering intern to help drive post-silicon validation for next‑generation AI infrastructure hardware. You will work on server blades and racks, developing tests, automating validation, and debugging across silicon, firmware, systems, and platform teams.

The role focuses on end-to-end validation, collaborating with firmware, silicon, and system engineering teams to ensure readiness and quality at scale.