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Principal Hardware System Test Engineer
Graphcore —Bristol
- Continuous improvement
- Quality control
- Scripting
- Annual leave
Principal Quality Test Engineer (Hardware)
Rowden —Bristol
- £75,000 - £95,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
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Principal Integration and System Validation Engineer
MBDA —Bristol
- Up to £50,000 a year
- Overtime
- Hybrid work
- Communication skills
- Free parking
Machine Learning Engineer (All Levels)
Rowden —Bristol
- £50,000 - £95,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Doctoral degree
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- Mentoring
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Principal Test Development Engineer
MBDA —Bristol
- £55,000 a year
- Overtime
- Hybrid work
- Travel
- In-person
- Leadership
- Free parking
- Relocation assistance
Principal Systems Engineer
Leonardo UK Ltd —Bristol
- £55,000 - £68,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Bachelor's degree
- Machine learning
- No degree
- Flexible schedule
- Referral programme
Principal Product Engineer
Graphcore —Bristol
- Manufacturing
Principal FPGA Engineer
Thales —Bristol
- Full-time
- Doctoral degree
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- Master's degree
- Annual leave
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Principal FPGA Design Engineer
Renishaw —Wotton-under-Edge
- Up to £90,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
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- Mentoring
- Training & development
- Free parking
- Employee assistance programme
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SPX —Bristol
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Principal Hardware System Test Engineer

Graphcore -
Bristol

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Benefits

Private dental insurance
Annual leave
Discounted or free food
Company pension
Private medical insurance

Qualifications

Technical troubleshooting
Stakeholder collaboration
Test automation
Continuous improvement
Computer hardware
Quality control
Scripting
Multidisciplinary collaboration
Root cause analysis
Debugging

Full job description

About the job

Shape how advanced AI hardware is tested before it reaches customers.

You'll lead the technical direction of manufacturing test solutions for Host Processor Modules, Server Blades, and multi-node rack systems. Your work will help ensure every system meets the highest quality standards before deployment.

You'll own the architecture of the test executive software and develop manufacturing test content that validates complex hardware at scale. Working across hardware, firmware, and software teams, you'll enable reliable, efficient testing throughout production.

This role offers broad technical influence. You'll solve complex engineering challenges, improve manufacturing quality through data, and help shape the future of Graphcore's production test capability.

The team and culture

You'll join the Product Test and Diagnosis team within Manufacturing Operations. The team defines and delivers test strategies across silicon, boards, server systems, and rack-scale platforms.

Day to day, you'll work closely with engineers across hardware, firmware, software, manufacturing, and quality. Decisions are driven by technical evidence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

You'll have the freedom to lead technically, mentor other engineers, and influence how manufacturing test evolves across globally distributed teams.

What we're looking for

Essential

Extensive experience developing and deploying manufacturing test solutions for high-performance servers, accelerators (GPU-class), or comparable large-scale compute hardware.

Proven technical leadership as an individual contributor, owning architecture and driving alignment across multiple teams without direct line management responsibility.

Deep technical understanding across silicon, board, and system design sufficient to define effective manufacturing test coverage and lead complex debug/root-cause analysis.

Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, with experience driving requirements and delivery with internal software/firmware/platform teams to enable testability and diagnosability.

Hands-on experience using Linux, OpenBMC, and vendor-specific test tools, diagnostics, and system-level utilities to test hardware in lab and manufacturing environments.
Strong software engineering skills with scripting and automation (e.g., Python, Bash, or similar), including building reliable test infrastructure and integrating heterogeneous test content.

Desirable

Familiarity with rack-scale/multi-node systems, high-speed interconnects, and production qualification of complex assemblies.

Experience improving manufacturing KPIs (yield, test time, false fail reduction) through data-driven test optimisation and robust statistical/diagnostic approaches.

Knowledge of open-source tools commonly used for manufacturing test, system bring-up, and hardware diagnostics.

Experience designing testability/diagnosability features into products (e.g., telemetry, self-test hooks, debug interfaces) in partnership with design teams.

Benefits

Unlimited annual leave
Up to 5% matched pension
Phantom equity – share in Graphcore's success
True flexibility in how and where you work
Office spaces designed for collaboration
Free food and an on-site barista
Health cash plan
Income protection
Life assurance
Along with other benefits you can choose from (private medical insurance, dental plan etc)

We welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences and are committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone can do their best work.

We're an equal opportunity employer and recognise that everyone brings different strengths and perspectives. If you need any adjustments during the interview process, just let us know. We're happy to support you.

Join the team at Graphcore

Graphcore is building the compute platform for the next generation of artificial intelligence. From advanced silicon to intelligent software, our technology is designed to unlock breakthroughs in AI and bring its benefits to every industry.

As part of the SoftBank Group, we're backed by one of the world's most ambitious technology investors, working alongside companies shaping the future of AI. Together, we share a bold goal: to help enable artificial superintelligence and ensure it delivers meaningful impact at a global scale.

At Graphcore, you'll work with people who are pushing the boundaries of what's possible. Our teams bring together AI researchers, chip designers, software engineers and systems experts from a wide range of backgrounds. It's an environment where we take on big challenges with curiosity and focus, move quickly and decisively, take real ownership of our work, and speak up to challenge ideas, stepping up to support each other and lead through action.

If you want to lead the engineering behind manufacturing test for advanced AI hardware and help deliver quality at scale, we'd love to hear from you. Apply now to join Graphcore.

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