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From the employer's careers site First seen 25 Oct 2026

Hardware Summer Intern 2027

Graphcore Bristol On-site entry internship

Salary

£2500 per month

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Description

We encourage you to apply early for this 12-week summer internship, gaining hands-on experience on real projects at Graphcore, a company building next-generation AI compute.

You'll work on a clearly scoped design, analysis, validation or debugging task, contributing to Graphcore's AI compute platforms, focusing on Hardware Design, Signal Integrity or both.

In Hardware Design, tasks could include:

  • Schematic and circuit design
  • Component evaluation
  • PCB development
  • Board bring-up
  • Laboratory testing

In Signal Integrity, you could explore:

  • High-speed links such as PCIe and Ethernet
  • DDR and other memory interfaces
  • Clocks and timing-critical signals

Your team and support:

  • Work closely with Hardware Design and Signal Integrity engineers, PCB layout, silicon, validation, firmware, mechanical and thermal engineering, manufacturing and system teams
  • Receive guidance from Staff Hardware Engineers and Team Leads
  • Encouraged to ask questions, speak up and try out ideas early

Learning and growth:

  • Connect your studies with how boards are designed, analysed, brought up and validated
  • Develop a methodical approach to defining a problem, testing your thinking and explaining what the evidence shows
  • Gain exposure to professional tools such as Mentor Expedition, Ansys HFSS and Keysight ADS

We're looking for:

  • Current students in Electronic Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics or a closely related technical discipline
  • Strong electrical and electronic engineering foundations, with an interest in hardware design or signal integrity
  • A logical, first-principles approach to unfamiliar problems, with practical engineering experience
  • Ability to work with measurements or technical data and explain your conclusions clearly

Benefits:

  • Flexible working
  • 5 days of annual leave
  • Collaborative office spaces with free food, ice cream and an on-site barista
  • Access to O'Reilly online learning platform

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • Mentor Expedition
  • Ansys HFSS
  • Keysight ADS

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/graphcore/jobs/8894753002

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