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Post Silicon Validation

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Senior Embedded SW/FW Engineer (Bringup) Salary $156,500 - $211,700 + Phantom Equity + Benefits  Graphcore is a globally recognised leader in Artificial Intelligence computing systems. The company designs advanced semiconductors and data centre hardware that provide the specialised processing power needed to drive AI innovation, while delivering the efficiency required to support its broader adoption.   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. We are opening a new AI Engineering Campus in Austin which will play a central role in Graphcore's work building the future of AI computing.   We are looking to hire Post-Silicon Validation Engineers to join our collaborative, cross-functional development team validating cutting edge, high performance AI chips and platforms. You will play a critical role in supporting new product introductions and post-silicon validation. Working within the Post-Silicon 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, and be responsible for, leading, mentoring, and providing technical guidance to other engineering team members. In this role, you can leverage your experience and industry knowledge to architect and drive implementation of continuous improvements to test infrastructure and processes.  The Post-Silicon Validation team sits within the Architecture and Validation team, we are responsible for validation of new silicon when it returns from manufacture, enabling and supporting the production SW and FW teams to bring up their software and also supporting the Silicon Characterisation team.   Responsibilities and Duties  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 debugging them  Develop automated test framework and regression test suites in Python to optimize validation efficiency  Collaborate closely with engineers from many other disciplines on a variety of topics  Work with Validation and Production Test engineering peers to implement best practices and continuous improvements to test methodologies  Analyse test results, identify and debug failures/defects  Contribute to shared test and validation infrastructure  Provide feedback to architects  Essential skills:  Strong experience in Bare metal / embedded C/C++  Good knowledge of digital ASICs Be highly motivated, a self starter, and a team player   Ability to work across teams and programming languages to find root causes of deep and complex issues  Experience of the post-silicon validation process applied in digital ASIC environments  Python, Linux  Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate with others to solve problems Excellent problem-solving, analytical & diagnostic skills    Desirable skills:  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 Understanding of ML applications and their workloads Experience in Characterization, Failure Analysis, Test Development, Statistical analysis, and Customer Support  Benefits: In addition to a competitive salary, Graphcore offers a competitive benefits package. 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. 

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