Senior Post-Silicon Bringup Validation Engineer (Phantom Equity)

Graphcore; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 157,000 - 212,000; Full time

Job summary

Graphcore seeks a Senior Post Silicon Validation Engineer (Bringup) in Austin, TX to lead validation of first silicon for AI chips and platforms. You will design and debug tests, build automated Python frameworks, and work with multiple teams to enable production software and firmware bring-up.

The role emphasizes cross-disciplinary collaboration, fault analysis, and continuous improvement of validation methodologies in a fast-paced hardware environment.

Qualifications

• Experience with bare metal/embedded C/C++ in ASIC/FPGA contexts.
• Strong knowledge of digital ASICs and post-silicon validation processes.
• Excellent problem solving, communication and teamwork skills.
• Experience in validation methods and test infrastructure development.

Responsibilities

• Plan, design, develop and debug silicon validation tests on FPGA/Emulator in C/C++.
• Deploy tests on first silicon and debug failures.
• Develop automated test frameworks and regression suites in Python.
• Collaborate with engineers across disciplines to improve validation processes.
• Implement best practices and contribute to test infrastructure.
• Analyze results, identify defects and provide feedback to architects.

Skills

Bare metal C/C++

Embedded systems

Python programming

Digital ASIC knowledge

Root cause analysis

Team collaboration

Post-silicon validation

High-speed troubleshooting

Communications skills

Tools

Python

Job description

Graphcore seeks a Senior Post Silicon Validation Engineer (Bringup) in Austin, TX to lead validation of first silicon for AI chips and platforms. You will design and debug tests, build automated Python frameworks, and work with multiple teams to enable production software and firmware bring-up.

The role emphasizes cross-disciplinary collaboration, fault analysis, and continuous improvement of validation methodologies in a fast-paced hardware environment.