# Hardware Validation & Debug Engineer

**Company**: Graphcore
**Location**: Bristol
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

As a Validation and Debug Engineer, you will help prove Graphcore silicon and platforms work across real product conditions.

You will build deep knowledge of our devices, boards and system behaviour, owning hands-on validation and debug in the lab, focused on SerDes, PCIe Root Complex and Ethernet.

Your work will help resolve complex issues across silicon, hardware, firmware and architecture teams.

The team and culture: You will work closely with Architecture, Silicon Engineering, Hardware Engineering and Firmware. Progress comes through practical evidence, clear communication and fast problem solving.

The team expects ownership without daily oversight. You will drive bring-up, debug issues and help teams reach decisions based on data.

What we're looking for:

- Strong hands-on hardware validation experience, including board bring-up and subsystem debug

- Experience validating and debugging Ethernet, PCIe Root Complex and SerDes systems

- Confident use of lab instrumentation, including oscilloscopes, BERT systems, VNA/TDR equipment and PCIe protocol analysers

- Ability to debug signal integrity, protocol-level and interface issues through to root cause

- Experience with PCIe bring-up, LTSSM analysis, link training, equalization tuning and interoperability testing

- Ability to work independently, take responsibility and drive issue resolution across teams

Benefits:

- Flexible working

- Generous leave

- Retirement planning support: Up to 5% matched pension

- Phantom equity

- 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

- Flexible benefits: Tailor your benefits package with a choice of additional options

## Skills

### Required
- hardware validation
- debug
- SerDes
- PCIe Root Complex
- Ethernet
- lab instrumentation
- signal integrity
- protocol-level
- interface issues

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