Component Engineer

About the Position

Component Engineer

Location: Bristol, UK

About the Job

Own the component choices that help Graphcore products reach manufacturing with quality built in.

As Component Engineer, you will support NPI and volume manufacturing across Graphcore’s hardware products. You will help specify, select and source the components needed for performance, reliability, quality, and yield.

Your work will connect engineering requirements with supplier capability and manufacturing reality. You will manage component data, BOM revisions, compliance checks, supply risks, and alternative sourcing routes.

You will work with manufacturing, test, quality, supply chain, suppliers, and contract manufacturers. You will also help identify enabling component technologies for next-generation products.

This role suits someone who enjoys detail, electronics, and practical problem-solving. You will influence decisions that protect product delivery and strengthen manufacturing resilience.

Responsibilities

• Support NPI and volume manufacturing across Graphcore’s hardware products
• Help specify, select, and source components for performance, reliability, quality, and yield
• Connect engineering requirements with supplier capability and manufacturing reality
• Manage component data, BOM revisions, compliance checks, supply risks, and alternative sourcing routes
• Collaborate with manufacturing, test, quality, supply chain, suppliers, and contract manufacturers
• Identify enabling component technologies for next-generation products

Requirements

• Strong electronics knowledge, including component parameters, datasheets, and practical selection trade-offs
• In-depth working knowledge of BOM management and sourcing systems, such as Arena and Silicon Expert
• Good understanding of PCB manufacturing and SMT assembly processes
• Ability to understand interactions between silicon, package, and PCB design
• Experience working with electronics supply chain suppliers, preferably including offshore contract manufacturers
• Strong communication, organization, and problem-solving skills, supported by Excel, Power BI, or similar tools

Nice to Have

• Transferable skills and diverse experiences

We Offer

• Flexible working: Balance your work and personal life with greater flexibility
• Generous leave: Take time to rest, recharge, and enjoy life outside of work
• Retirement planning support: Up to 5% matched pension
• Phantom equity: Share in Graphcore’s success
• Workplace experience: Enjoy thoughtfully designed office spaces for collaboration, with free food and an on-site barista to support your day
• Peace of mind protection: Income protection and life assurance to provide financial security for you and your loved ones
• Flexible benefits: Tailor your benefits package with a choice of additional options, including private medical insurance and dental cover
• Optional benefits: Dental cover, health cash plan, private medical insurance, cycle to work scheme, give as you earn

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.

Graphcore’s teams are drawn from diverse backgrounds and bring a broad range of skills and perspectives. A melting pot of AI research specialists, silicon designers, software engineers, and systems architects, Graphcore brings together deep expertise to solve complex problems and deliver meaningful progress in AI compute.

If you want to shape the component decisions behind reliable AI compute products, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now to help Graphcore build with quality from the start.