# Board Test Engineer

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

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## Description

Expose manufacturing defects in Graphcore's advanced circuit boards with tests you build and deploy.

Based in Bristol, UK, you'll develop board and PCBA hardware tests that help turn complex designs into reliable products. You'll take tests from initial design analysis to deployment, then support them in factories and the field.

You'll examine PCB testability and susceptibility to manufacturing defects, then use that analysis to define and develop test solutions. You'll build boundary scan and embedded functional tests, turning your understanding of board behaviour into practical diagnostic tools.

The Product Test and Diagnosis team tackles hardware defects across chips, boards and finished systems. You'll work directly with Hardware Design, Manufacturing Operations and contract electronics manufacturers, connecting design knowledge with factory experience.

Use evidence to guide test decisions, challenge gaps in coverage and take responsibility for moving improvements forward. Move quickly from diagnosis to action, bringing the right people together to resolve hardware problems.

## What we're looking for

- Strong electronics fundamentals, particularly digital electronics.

- Commercial experience in board or PCBA hardware testing.

- Understanding of manufacturing test for advanced electronic systems.

- Knowledge of surface-mount technology (SMT), PCB manufacturing processes and their failure mechanisms.

- Understanding of automated optical inspection (AOI) and automated X-ray inspection (AXI) capabilities.

- Ability to diagnose electronic defects to component level.

## Benefits

- 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

## Skills

### Required
- digital electronics
- board hardware testing
- PCBA hardware testing
- manufacturing test for advanced electronic systems
- surface-mount technology (SMT)
- PCB manufacturing processes
- automated optical inspection (AOI)
- automated X-ray inspection (AXI)
- electronic defect diagnosis

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