Senior SLT Test Engineer — AI Processor Bring-Up

Graphcore; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Graphcore in Austin is seeking an experienced System Level Test Engineer to join the Product Test and Diagnostics team. You will develop SLT content, automate tests, and create diagnostics and characterization workflows to support silicon bring-up, yield learning, and manufacturing deployment.

You will collaborate with Design, DFT, Validation, Product Engineering, Manufacturing and OSAT to improve test coverage, debug complex failures, and drive manufacturing readiness.

Qualifications

• Experience in semiconductor test, validation, characterization, post-silicon bring-up, or manufacturing environments.
• Understanding of semiconductor fundamentals, digital systems, power delivery, signal integrity, and board-level debugging.
• Familiarity with DFT concepts including scan, JTAG, BIST, MBIST, boundary scan, and manufacturing test methodologies.
• Experience with Python, Tcl, Shell, or similar scripting languages for automation and data analysis.
• Strong debug, problem-solving, root-cause analysis, and data interpretation skills.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams including Design, DFT, Validation, Product Engineering, or Manufacturing.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain SLT test content, automation, diagnostics, and characterization workloads for silicon bring-up and manufacturing readiness activities.
• Execute characterization, voltage/frequency margining, reliability screening, and performance correlation activities while analyzing results and identifying improvement opportunities.
• Support development and deployment of SLT hardware including test boards, sockets, instrumentation, and thermal solutions.
• Integrate validation and bring-up workloads into the SLT environment and support development of manufacturing screening solutions.
• Debug failures, perform root-cause analysis, and support correlation activities across Simulation, ATE, Bench, SLT, and manufacturing environments.
• Develop software tools, scripts, and automation flows for test execution, telemetry collection, data analysis, and reporting.
• Contribute to improvements in test coverage, test-time optimization, DPPM reduction, and manufacturing readiness.
• Work closely with Design, DFT, Silicon Validation, Product Engineering, Manufacturing, and OSAT teams to support product development and deployment activities.
• Support transfer of SLT solutions into production environments and assist with manufacturing ramp activities.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to continuous improvement of SLT methodologies and best practices.

Skills

Semiconductor test

Debugging

Automation scripting

Cross-functional collaboration

Post-silicon bring-up

Power integrity

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering

Tools

Python

Tcl

Shell

Job description

Graphcore in Austin is seeking an experienced System Level Test Engineer to join the Product Test and Diagnostics team. You will develop SLT content, automate tests, and create diagnostics and characterization workflows to support silicon bring-up, yield learning, and manufacturing deployment.

You will collaborate with Design, DFT, Validation, Product Engineering, Manufacturing and OSAT to improve test coverage, debug complex failures, and drive manufacturing readiness.