Director - Post-Silicon Validation (Functional)
Role Overview
We have an exciting opportunity to be part of a collaborative, cross-functional development team validating cutting-edge, high-performance AI chips and platforms.
You will play a key role in supporting new product introductions and validation.
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.
Working within the Validation team, you will be involved with bringing first silicon to life, functionally validating it and working closely with many other teams to help it become a fully characterised and working product, reporting project status/progress to program management on a regular basis.
You will have the opportunity to provide technical guidance to other engineering team members.
In this role, you can leverage our experience and industry knowledge to architect and drive implementation of continuous improvements to test infrastructure and processes.
Key Skills for This Role
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Minimum Qualifications:
- Understanding of ML applications and their workloads • A self-starter who can apply independent judgement • A team player able to lead and support colleagues with difficult concepts • Strong experience in Bare metal / embedded C/C++ • Excellent problem-solving, analytical & diagnostic skills • Ability to work across teams and programming languages to find root causes of critical and complex issues • Experience of the post-silicon validation process applied in digital ASIC environments • Python, Linux • Excellent communication skills and the ability to explain difficult concepts to resolve issues
- Understanding of ML applications and their workloads
- A self-starter who can apply independent judgement
- A team player able to lead and support colleagues with difficult concepts
- Strong experience in Bare metal / embedded C/C++
- Excellent problem-solving, analytical & diagnostic skills
- Ability to work across teams and programming languages to find root causes of critical and complex issues
- Experience of the post-silicon validation process applied in digital ASIC environments
- Python, Linux
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to explain difficult concepts to resolve issues
Preferred Qualifications:
- 10+ years experience • Experience building and leading, multi-site teams • Driver level experience with one or more of the following is highly desirable:
- PCIe
- Ethernet
- Memory technologies (LPDDR, DDR, HBM, ...)
- Other peripherals such as I2C, I3C, SPI, ...
- Good knowledge of mixed-signal building blocks such as PLLs, high speed PHYs and IC control/communication protocols is highly desirable. • Experience of Arm CPUs, System IP and debug tools. • Experience of AMBA protocols. • Experience in Characterization, Failure Analysis, Test Development, Statistical analysis, in addition to functional validation
- Why Join Us
- This is an opportunity to play a central role in developing an advanced AI compute platform that pushes the boundaries of performance and efficiency. You will be part of a highly skilled and motivated team, working on technology that will have a significant impact across future AI systems.
- USA Benefits
- In addition to a competitive salary, Graphcore offers flexible working and a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health, wellbeing and financial future. Our benefits include medical, dental and vision coverage, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), disability and life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, commuter benefits, wellness services and an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP). We welcome people of different backgrounds and experiences; we're committed to building an inclusive work environment that makes Graphcore a great home for everyone. We offer an equal opportunity process and understand that there are visible and invisible differences in all of us. We can provide a flexible approach to interview and encourage you to chat to us if you require any reasonable adjustments.
- 10+ years experience
- Experience building and leading, multi-site teams
- Good knowledge of mixed-signal building blocks such as PLLs, high speed PHYs and IC control/communication protocols is highly desirable.
- Experience of Arm CPUs, System IP and debug tools.
- Experience of AMBA protocols.
- Experience in Characterization, Failure Analysis, Test Development, Statistical analysis, in addition to functional validation
About Graphcore
Semiconductor company that developed the Intelligence Processing Unit (IPU), a processor purpose-built to accelerate machine learning and AI workloads.
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