Director

About the company

• Graphcore is building the future of AI compute, a team of semiconductor, software and AI experts creating the complete AI compute stack.
• Part of the SoftBank Group.

Responsibilities

• Define the long-term vision, roadmap and strategy for silicon functional verification across all Graphcore silicon programs.
• Build, lead, and develop a high performing, globally distributed verification organisation.
• Establish scalable methodologies and best practice processes; drive automation, tooling and infrastructure evolution.
• Own verification planning, execution and sign off for all RTL blocks and top-level SoCs.
• Oversee test plans including functional coverage targets; direct debugging strategies and root-cause analysis workflows.
• Steer integration of verification technologies including formal methods, simulation acceleration/emulation and system level validation.
• Collaborate with Architecture, Logical Design, Physical Design, DFT and Systems teams.
• Deliver verification sign off on schedule across multiple parallel projects; drive metrics-based verification management.

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to lead, scale and inspire high performing verification teams.
• Extensive verification leadership experience within CPU, GPU, ASIC or SoC environments.
• Deep understanding of modern verification methodologies, flows, and infrastructure.
• Strong capability in SystemVerilog, Python, C++ and Linux-based workflows.
• Expertise in diagnosing complex logic issues across RTL, testbench and system level domains.
• Desirable: UVM and SVA, assembly languages and compiler toolchains (LLVM, GCC), Git, distributed compute systems, XML/XPath/XSLT, web technologies, emulation/FPGA prototyping/formal verification tools.

Conditions

• Flexible working, generous annual leave, private medical insurance, dental plan, pension (matched up to 5%), life assurance and income protection.