graphcore
AI SoC Validation / Bring-up Lead
At a Glance
- Location
- Bristol, UK; Cambridge, UK
- Experience
- 20+ years
- Posted
- 2026-03-04T08:49:21-05:00
Key Requirements
Required Skills
Domain Knowledge
- Automation
- Engineering
- Insurance
- Medical
Benefits & Perks
ave policy, private medical insurance and health cash plan, a dental plan, pe
Requirements
A systems thinker comfortable working across hardware, software, and integration boundaries.
Skilled in technical problem solving and debugging complex post-silicon issues.
20+ years in silicon, system, or platform validation, including 10+ years in technical leadership.
Proven experience leading post-silicon validation and bring-up for complex SoCs (AI, GPU, or CPU).
Strong understanding of SoC architecture, coherency protocols, power management, and interconnects.
Expertise in debug tools, DFT infrastructure, and validation automation frameworks.
Responsibilities
We are developing the next generation of AI compute, a large-scale system-on-chip (SoC) designed to power future high-performance AI systems.
As the SoC Validation Lead, you will be responsible for enabling pre-production software to run reliably on new silicon quickly and efficiently, before showing that the silicon meets the highest standards of quality, reliability and functionality, ready for production deployment.
You will lead a team delivering post-silicon validation across the full AI SoC, working across silicon, firmware, and platform levels.
The role requires a deep technical understanding, strong hands-on debug experience, and the ability to collaborate effectively with hardware, software, and systems engineering teams.
Define and lead post-silicon validation strategy
Develop and refine the overall post-silicon validation approach for our AI SoCs, ensuring reliable and timely delivery of validated silicon, architectural correctness, feature robustness, and at-scale system reliability.
About the Company
Graphcore
is one of the world’s leading innovators in Artificial Intelligence compute.
It is developing hardware, software and systems infrastructure that will unlock the next generation of AI breakthroughs and power the widespread adoption of AI solutions across every industry.
As part of the SoftBank Group,
Graphcore
is a member of an elite family of companies responsible for some of the world’s most transformative technologies. Together, they share a bold vision: to enable Artificial Super Intelligence and ensure its benefits are accessible to everyone.