Graphcore
The Validation and Debug Engineer role at Graphcore focuses on validating memory and system interfaces to ensure advanced AI compute reliability under real product conditions. The position involves building a deep understanding of devices, boards, and system behavior to create and execute validation and debug plans for new hardware platforms. This hands-on lab work includes investigating failures, tuning memory subsystems, and turning complex findings into clear actions across hardware and firmware teams.
Headquarters
Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Company Size
501-1000 employees
Founded
2016
Graphcore is a semiconductor and systems company that designs the Intelligence Processing Unit (IPU), a processor architecture purpose-built for machine intelligence to accelerate machine learning and AI workloads. It offers IPU-based servers and cloud access together with the Poplar software stack, compilers and developer tools to run training and inference at scale and integrate with common ML frameworks. Graphcore’s platform targets researchers and enterprises that need higher performance, efficiency and scalability for large models and intelligent applications across cloud and on‑prem deployments.
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Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
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31% below the average for this role
Oct 9, 2025