Senior Director of Power Engineering & Sustaining

OpenTalent; Milpitas (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Graphcore is seeking a Principal Engineer, Power Engineering to define the architecture of power delivery from grid to chip. You will collaborate with hardware, firmware, and datacenter teams to ensure performance, reliability, and scalability across the AI infrastructure.

The role is based in the US (Austin or San Jose) with hybrid/on-site options and potential remote work within the US. Candidates should drive improvements in power efficiency and system-level design.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and design for power delivery from datacenter power drop to systems and chips.
• Establish power roadmap; align vendor technologies with our system engineering roadmap and drive innovation for power components.
• Define rack-level power shelves hardware/firmware specs; design for resiliency.
• Set datacenter power policies (buffer/oversubscription, job scheduling by power) and monitor power quality; resolve telemetry for policies.
• Ensure IT power robustness during grid disturbances and compatibility with grid requirements.
• Guide board/system power regulation (VRM/TLDR/POL), improve efficiency, consider manufacturing constraints.
• Advise manufacturers/ODM on testing and validation procedures for power hardware/firmware.
• Develop and test hardware.

Job description

Graphcore is seeking a Principal Engineer, Power Engineering to define the architecture of power delivery from grid to chip. You will collaborate with hardware, firmware, and datacenter teams to ensure performance, reliability, and scalability across the AI infrastructure.

The role is based in the US (Austin or San Jose) with hybrid/on-site options and potential remote work within the US. Candidates should drive improvements in power efficiency and system-level design.