Staff Hardware System Test Engineer

Join Graphcore, a leading AI hardware company, as a Staff Hardware System Test Engineer. In this role, you will be part of the Product Test and Diagnosis team, responsible for finding and diagnosing hardware defects throughout the product lifecycle. You will work closely with design, firmware, software, quality, and manufacturing teams, solving problems through data analysis, technical debate, and hands-on investigation. This position offers flexible working arrangements, private medical insurance, a pension plan, income protection, and opportunities for career progression and personal development.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and implement effective manufacturing test coverage and lead complex debug/root-cause analysis.
• Utilize strong software engineering skills to build reliable test infrastructure and integrate heterogeneous test content, focusing on automation and scripting.
• Drive improvements in manufacturing KPIs (yield, test time, false fail reduction) through data-driven test optimization and robust statistical/diagnostic approaches.
• Strong technical leadership as an individual contributor, with experience owning substantial technical workstreams and collaborating across multiple teams without direct line management responsibility
• Hands-on experience using Linux, OpenBMC, and vendor-specific test tools, diagnostics, and system-level utilities to test hardware in lab and manufacturing environments
• Strong technical understanding across silicon, board, and system design sufficient to define effective manufacturing test coverage and lead complex debug/root-cause analysis
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, with experience working with internal software/firmware/platform teams to enable testability and diagnosability
• Strong software engineering skills with scripting and automation (e.g., Python, Bash, or similar), including building reliable test infrastructure and integrating heterogeneous test content
• Significant experience developing and deploying manufacturing test solutions for high-performance servers, accelerators (GPU-class), or comparable large-scale compute hardware
• Familiarity with rack-scale/multi-node systems, high-speed interconnects, and production qualification of complex assemblies
• Experience improving manufacturing KPIs (yield, test time, false fail reduction) through data-driven test optimisation and robust statistical/diagnostic approaches
• Knowledge of open-source tools commonly used for manufacturing test, system bring-up, and hardware diagnostics
• Experience designing testability/diagnosability features into products (e.g., telemetry, self-test hooks, debug interfaces) in partnership with design teams