Cross-Functional Validation Strategy Lead

Graphcore; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental/vision coverage

401(k) retirement plan

FSAs/HSAs

Disability and life insurance

Wellness services

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Flexible working

Job summary

Graphcore in Austin, Texas seeks a Validation Chief of Staff to drive strategic execution and cross-functional alignment across the validation organisation. This role requires strong technical understanding of silicon validation and bring-up environments, combined with exceptional organisational and stakeholder management skills.

The Chief of Staff will partner with validation leadership, program management, architecture, silicon, firmware, software and systems engineering teams to improve

Qualifications

• Experience in silicon validation, post-silicon bring-up or system validation.
• Understanding hardware/software lifecycles for SoC or platform products.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional engineering activities.
• Excellent organizational, planning and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work across geographically distributed teams.
• Strong communication and reporting capabilities within engineering environments.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate execution across multiple validation and bring-up initiatives.
• Drive planning, prioritisation and tracking across validation programs and milestones.
• Improve visibility of status, risks, dependencies and readiness.
• Coordinate cross-functional activities between validation, architecture, silicon, firmware, software and systems engineering teams.
• Support leadership reviews, engineering readiness assessments and validation status reporting.
• Develop and improve operational processes, engineering workflows and reporting structures.
• Track validation metrics, milestones and deliverables to support execution and decisions.
• Facilitate collaboration across distributed teams and stakeholders.
• Support onboarding and scaling activities across the validation organisation.

Skills

Silicon validation

Hardware lifecycle

Cross-functional coordination

Operational planning

Stakeholder management

Python

Linux

Tools

Python

Linux

Job description

Graphcore in Austin, Texas seeks a Validation Chief of Staff to drive strategic execution and cross-functional alignment across the validation organisation. This role requires strong technical understanding of silicon validation and bring-up environments, combined with exceptional organisational and stakeholder management skills.

The Chief of Staff will partner with validation leadership, program management, architecture, silicon, firmware, software and systems engineering teams to improve