Senior SLT Test Engineer — AI Silicon Diagnostics

Graphcore; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) retirement plan

Commuter benefits

Wellness programs

Job summary

Graphcore seeks an experienced System Level Test Engineer to strengthen the Product Test and Diagnostics group. You will help develop SLT solutions for next‑generation AI processors, building test content, automation, diagnostics, and characterization capabilities for silicon bring‑up, yield learning, and manufacturing deployment.

The role emphasizes strong debugging, semiconductor fundamentals, and collaboration with hardware, software, validation, and manufacturing teams to improve product

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 debugging 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 & validation

Python

Debug & root-cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Data analysis

Digital systems understanding

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

Python scripting

Shell/Tcl

Test instrumentation

Job description

Graphcore seeks an experienced System Level Test Engineer to strengthen the Product Test and Diagnostics group. You will help develop SLT solutions for next‑generation AI processors, building test content, automation, diagnostics, and characterization capabilities for silicon bring‑up, yield learning, and manufacturing deployment.

The role emphasizes strong debugging, semiconductor fundamentals, and collaboration with hardware, software, validation, and manufacturing teams to improve product