Post-Silicon Validation Engineer

About the company

• Graphcore is one of the world's leading innovators in Artificial Intelligence compute, part of the SoftBank Group.
• Develops hardware, software and systems infrastructure for next-generation AI.

Responsibilities

• Plan, design, develop and debug silicon validation tests in bare metal C/C++ on FPGA/Emulator prior to first silicon
• Deploy silicon validation tests on first silicon and debug them
• Develop automated test framework and regression test suites in Python
• Collaborate with engineers from many other disciplines
• Work with Validation and Production Test engineering peers to implement best practices
• Analyse test results, identify and debug failures/defects
• Contribute to shared test and validation infrastructure
• Provide feedback to architects

Requirements

• Strong experience in bare metal / embedded C/C++
• Good knowledge of digital ASICs
• Experience of the post-silicon validation process in digital ASIC environments
• Python, Linux
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical & diagnostic skills
• Desirable: driver-level experience with PCIe, Ethernet, memory technologies (LPDDR, DDR, HBM), peripherals (I2C, I3C, SPI)
• Desirable: knowledge of mixed-signal blocks (PLLs, high speed PHYs), Arm CPUs, AMBA protocols, ML workloads

Conditions

• Competitive salary, flexible working, generous annual leave, private medical insurance, dental plan, pension (matched up to 5%), life assurance, income protection
• Parental leave policy and employee assistance programme
• Healthy food and snacks at the central Bristol office