Staff Systems Test Operations Engineer

About the job

Help shape how AI hardware reaches production at scale.

As a Staff Hardware System Test Engineer, you will build manufacturing test solutions for advanced AI systems. Your work will help ensure every product meets the highest quality standards before deployment.

You will develop test software, create manufacturing test content, and improve test infrastructure across server modules, blades, and rack scale systems. You will work closely with hardware, firmware, and software engineers to solve complex technical challenges.

This is an opportunity to influence manufacturing test strategy, improve production quality through data, and raise engineering standards across multiple teams.

The team and culture

You'll join the Product Test and Diagnosis team within Manufacturing Operations. The team owns test strategy across the product lifecycle, from manufacturing through to deployed systems.

Day to day, you'll work across hardware, firmware, software, quality, and manufacturing engineering. Decisions are driven by technical evidence, manufacturing data, and a shared focus on product quality.

You'll have the freedom to own technical problems, contribute to engineering direction, and support colleagues through design reviews, debugging, and technical guidance.

What we're looking for

Essential

• Experience developing manufacturing test solutions for high-performance servers, accelerators, or other large-scale compute hardware.
• Strong technical leadership as an individual contributor, driving complex technical work across multiple teams.
• Deep understanding of silicon, board, and system design, with experience defining test coverage and leading complex root cause investigations.
• Hands-on experience with Linux, OpenBMC, hardware diagnostics, and scripting or automation using Python, Bash, or similar.
• Proven ability to collaborate with hardware, firmware, software, and platform teams to improve testability and manufacturing quality.

Desirable

• Experience with rack-scale or multi-node systems, high-speed interconnects, and production qualification of complex hardware.
• Experience improving manufacturing performance through data-driven optimisation of yield, test time, and false fail rates.
• Knowledge of open-source tools for manufacturing test, system bring-up, and hardware diagnostics.
• Experience designing testability and diagnosability features, such as telemetry, self-test hooks, or debug interfaces, in partnership with design teams.

Benefits

• Unlimited annual leave
• Medical & Life Insurance
• Eye Care Cover
• Annual Health Assessment 
• Phantom equity – share in Graphcore’s success
• Office spaces designed for collaboration

We welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences and are committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone can do their best work.

We’re an equal opportunity employer and recognise that everyone brings different strengths and perspectives. If you need any adjustments during the interview process, just let us know. We're happy to support you.

Join the Team at Graphcore

Graphcore is building the compute platform for the next generation of artificial intelligence. From advanced silicon to intelligent software, our technology is designed to unlock breakthroughs in AI and bring its benefits to every industry.

As part of the SoftBank Group, we’re backed by one of the world’s most ambitious technology investors, working alongside companies shaping the future of AI. Together, we share a bold goal: to help enable artificial superintelligence and ensure it delivers meaningful impact at a global scale.

At Graphcore, you’ll work with people who are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. Our teams bring together AI researchers, chip designers, software engineers and systems experts from a wide range of backgrounds. It’s an environment where we take on big challenges with curiosity and focus, move quickly and decisively, take real ownership of our work, and speak up to challenge ideas, stepping up to support each other and lead through action.