Description
As a Principal Execution and Quality Validation Engineer at Graphcore, you will drive validation execution, automation, product quality, and release readiness across Graphcore silicon and platform technologies.
The role combines deep expertise in hardware validation, test automation, and quality engineering with a strong focus on execution excellence. You will work closely with architecture, design, verification, firmware, software, systems engineering, and validation teams to develop scalable validation methodologies, improve test coverage and execution efficiency, and ensure products meet the highest standards of functionality, reliability, and performance before customer deployment.
Key responsibilities:
- Define and drive validation strategies for complex silicon, subsystem, and platform technologies
- Leverage advanced hardware knowledge to plan, optimize, verify, and test critical electronic systems
- Develop and execute validation plans that ensure products meet quality, reliability, and performance objectives
- Create detailed test plans from high-level validation requirements and test cases
- Design, develop, and maintain automation frameworks for rapid execution of test plans and validation activities
- Lead silicon and platform validation activities from bring-up through product readiness
- Conduct complex analysis of validation results and system behaviour to identify issues and opportunities for improvement
Requirements:
- Strong experience in silicon validation, hardware validation, system validation, or related engineering disciplines
- Deep understanding of validation methodologies, test planning, test execution, and quality processes
- Expert-level Python programming skills for automation, data analysis, and infrastructure development
- Strong understanding of hardware systems, silicon bring-up, and validation workflows
- Experience translating high-level requirements into structured validation plans, test cases, and measurable quality outcomes
Desirable skills:
- Experience with post-silicon bring-up and system integration activities
- Experience developing large-scale regression systems and automated test execution infrastructure
- Experience with FPGA-based validation environments
- Familiarity with CI/CD systems and continuous testing methodologies