# Graduate Software Engineer, System Software QA 2027

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

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## Description

Join Graphcore's Graduate Programme as a Graduate Software Engineer in System Software Quality Assurance (QA) and start your career with two years of hands-on learning.

You'll work on software that helps Graphcore's AI systems run reliably, validating low-level firmware, Linux kernel drivers, and platform tools. You'll design and develop tests, investigate issues, and give development teams clear feedback on software quality.

During the two-year programme, you'll deepen your systems knowledge through hands-on testing, designing tests, finding and debugging defects, and collaborating with development teams.

Requirements:

- Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science, Maths, Data Science, or a related field

- Experience working with Linux internals and/or firmware

- Strong proficiency in C/C++ and Python

- Clear written and verbal communication, with a collaborative, practical approach to solving challenging technical problems and taking ownership of quality work

Benefits:

- Flexible working

- Retirement planning support: up to 5% matched pension

- Phantom equity

- Workplace experience: thoughtfully designed office spaces for collaboration, with free food and an on-site barista

- Peace of mind protection: income protection and life assurance

- Electric Vehicle Scheme

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

We welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences and are committed to building an inclusive environment.

## Skills

### Required
- Linux
- firmware
- C/C++
- Python
- software testing

### Nice to have
- low-level software testing
- virtualisation
- hypervisor concepts
- automation pipelines

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