Hardware Validation & Debug Engineer - Power Electronics

About the Position

Hardware Validation & Debug Engineer - Power Electronics

Bristol, UK

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Validate the power systems that keep advanced AI compute stable, efficient, and ready for real product conditions.

As a Validation and Debug Engineer, you will help prove Graphcore silicon and platforms work across demanding system conditions. You will build a deep understanding of our devices, boards, power delivery, and system behavior.

You will create and execute bring-up and validation plans for new hardware platforms. Your focus will include multi-phase SMPS, power delivery networks, voltage rails, sequencing, ripple, noise, efficiency, and thermal performance.

This is hands-on lab work with real ownership. You will investigate failures, analyze power integrity, and turn complex findings into clear actions across hardware and firmware.

Responsibilities

• Validate power systems for AI compute stability
• Build deep understanding of devices, boards, power delivery, and system behavior
• Create and execute bring-up and validation plans for new hardware platforms
• Focus on multi-phase SMPS, power delivery networks, voltage rails, sequencing, ripple, noise, efficiency, and thermal performance
• Investigate failures and analyze power integrity
• Turn complex findings into clear actions across hardware and firmware

Requirements

• Strong hands-on hardware validation and debug experience, including board bring-up and subsystem debug
• Experience validating multi-phase SMPS and power delivery networks for complex hardware platforms
• Ability to debug PCB, power, signal integrity, and interface issues through to root cause
• Knowledge of voltage rail validation, sequencing, transient response, load regulation, ripple, noise, and thermal behavior
• Confident use of lab instrumentation, including high-bandwidth oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, electronic loads, and power analyzers
• Ability to work independently, take responsibility, and drive issue resolution across hardware and firmware teams

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 validate the power foundations of next-generation AI compute, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now to join Graphcore.