Silicon Verification Engineer

About the Position

Silicon Verification Engineer

Bristol, UK; Cambridge, UK

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Own verification that turns complex silicon architecture into reliable AI compute hardware.

As a Silicon Verification Engineer, you will help ensure Graphcore RTL matches the architecture specification. Your work will protect silicon quality before designs move into physical implementation.

You will sit where architecture, logical design, and verification meet. You will directly influence how issues are found, understood, and resolved before they become costly.

You will plan verification, define coverage, generate tests, and diagnose failures. You will also improve shared infrastructure that helps engineers move faster and identify problems earlier.

The work is technically deep, with clear impact on our silicon. You will help build the discipline, pace, and quality needed for ambitious AI compute programs at scale.

Responsibilities

• Ensure Graphcore RTL matches the architecture specification
• Protect silicon quality before physical implementation
• Plan verification, define coverage, generate tests, and diagnose failures
• Improve shared infrastructure to help engineers identify problems earlier

Requirements

• Verification experience in CPU, ASIC, or closely related silicon environments
• Experience with UVM, SVA, assembly, compilers, Git, or DRMS tools
• Ability to plan verification work and drive functional coverage to closure
• Strong debugging skills across RTL, software, and shared verification infrastructure
• Confident in SystemVerilog and Python

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
• Electric Vehicle Scheme: Choose an electric vehicle and lease it through salary sacrifice
• 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.

Ready to own verification work that directly shapes Graphcore silicon? Apply now to help build the future of AI compute.