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Together, they share a bold vision: to enable Artificial Super Intelligence and ensure its benefits are accessible to everyone.\n\nGraphcore’s teams are drawn from diverse backgrounds and bring a broad range of skills and perspectives. A melting pot of AI research specialists, silicon designers, software engineers and systems architects, Graphcore enjoys a culture of continuous learning and constant innovation.\n\nJob Summary\nReporting to senior leadership within Architecture and Validation, the Power and Performance Validation Lead will drive validation strategy and execution for advanced AI compute silicon and systems. The role is responsible for leading power, thermal and performance validation activities across pre-silicon and post-silicon environments to ensure products meet efficiency, reliability and scalability expectations.\n\nThis role requires strong technical expertise and collaboration across multiple engineering disciplines to deliver robust validation methodologies, scalable automation frameworks and actionable performance insights.\n\nThe Team\nThe Power and Performance Validation team sits within the Architecture and Validation organisation and is responsible for validating the performance, efficiency and thermal behaviour of Graphcore silicon and systems.\n\nThe team supports the full product lifecycle, from early architectural modelling through to first silicon bring-up, characterization and production readiness. Engineers work closely with cross-functional teams globally to debug complex issues, optimize workloads and continuously improve validation infrastructure and methodologies.\n\nResponsibilities and Duties\n\nDefine and lead validation strategies for power, thermal and performance characterization of AI compute silicon and platforms\n\nContribute to planning and execution of validation activities across multiple projects and milestones\n\nDevelop comprehensive validation plans covering functional, stress, workload and corner-case scenarios\n\nLead post-silicon bring-up and characterization activities for power and performance validation\n\nDrive validation of CPU, memory, interconnect and high-speed I/O subsystems under complex workload conditions\n\nDevelop scalable automation frameworks, regression infrastructure and reporting tools using Python\n\nDesign and execute benchmark workloads, parameter sweeps and performance experiments to identify optimization opportunities\n\nCollaborate with architecture, RTL, firmware, software and systems teams to debug and resolve complex technical issues\n\nDefine validation metrics, pass/fail criteria and reporting methodologies to ensure repeatable and high-quality analysis\n\nGuide development of custom workload generators and micro-benchmarks where required\n\nAnalyse power, thermal and performance data to identify bottlenecks and recommend improvements\n\nContribute to continuous improvement of validation processes, tooling and engineering practices\n\nCommunicate technical findings, project status, risks and recommendations clearly to stakeholders and engineering leadership\n\nSupport knowledge sharing and contribute to continuous improvement across the validation organisation\n\nCandidate Profile\nEssential:\n\nStrong experience in power and performance validation, silicon characterization or system performance engineering\n\nDeep understanding of modern SoC architecture, including CPU, memory, interconnect and high-speed I/O technologies\n\nStrong Linux systems knowledge and low-level performance analysis experience\n\nStrong Python programming skills for automation, orchestration and data analysis\n\nExperience with benchmarking and profiling tools such as stress-ng, fio, perf, iperf or equivalent technologies\n\nExperience debugging complex hardware and software interactions\n\nAbility to define st\n\n#J-18808-Ljbffr","company":"Engineersofai","rawCompany":"engineersofai","city":"Austin","state":"TX","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-07-16T03:37:18.038Z","occupations":[{"code":"17-2112.02","title":"Validation Engineers","slug":"validation-engineers"},{"code":"17-2061.00","title":"Computer Hardware Engineers","slug":"computer-hardware-engineers"},{"code":"17-2199.00","title":"Engineers, All Other","slug":"engineers-all-other"}],"industries":[{"code":"334413","title":"Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing","slug":"semiconductor-and-related-device-manufacturing"},{"code":"334111","title":"Electronic Computer Manufacturing","slug":"electronic-computer-manufacturing"},{"code":"541715","title":"Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)","slug":"research-and-development-in-the-physical-engineering-and-life-sciences-except-nanotechnology-and-biotechnology"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Staff-Power and Performance Validation Engineer","description":"Staff -Power and Performance Validation Engineer\n\nAbout us\nGraphcore is one of the world’s leading innovators in Artificial Intelligence compute.\nIt is developing hardware, software and systems infrastructure that will unlock the next generation of AI breakthroughs and power the widespread adoption of AI solutions across every industry.\n\nAs part of the SoftBank Group, Graphcore is a member of an elite family of companies responsible for some of the world’s most transformative technologies. Together, they share a bold vision: to enable Artificial Super Intelligence and ensure its benefits are accessible to everyone.\n\nGraphcore’s teams are drawn from diverse backgrounds and bring a broad range of skills and perspectives. A melting pot of AI research specialists, silicon designers, software engineers and systems architects, Graphcore enjoys a culture of continuous learning and constant innovation.\n\nJob Summary\nReporting to senior leadership within Architecture and Validation, the Power and Performance Validation Lead will drive validation strategy and execution for advanced AI compute silicon and systems. The role is responsible for leading power, thermal and performance validation activities across pre-silicon and post-silicon environments to ensure products meet efficiency, reliability and scalability expectations.\n\nThis role requires strong technical expertise and collaboration across multiple engineering disciplines to deliver robust validation methodologies, scalable automation frameworks and actionable performance insights.\n\nThe Team\nThe Power and Performance Validation team sits within the Architecture and Validation organisation and is responsible for validating the performance, efficiency and thermal behaviour of Graphcore silicon and systems.\n\nThe team supports the full product lifecycle, from early architectural modelling through to first silicon bring-up, characterization and production readiness. Engineers work closely with cross-functional teams globally to debug complex issues, optimize workloads and continuously improve validation infrastructure and methodologies.\n\nResponsibilities and Duties\n\nDefine and lead validation strategies for power, thermal and performance characterization of AI compute silicon and platforms\n\nContribute to planning and execution of validation activities across multiple projects and milestones\n\nDevelop comprehensive validation plans covering functional, stress, workload and corner-case scenarios\n\nLead post-silicon bring-up and characterization activities for power and performance validation\n\nDrive validation of CPU, memory, interconnect and high-speed I/O subsystems under complex workload conditions\n\nDevelop scalable automation frameworks, regression infrastructure and reporting tools using Python\n\nDesign and execute benchmark workloads, parameter sweeps and performance experiments to identify optimization opportunities\n\nCollaborate with architecture, RTL, firmware, software and systems teams to debug and resolve complex technical issues\n\nDefine validation metrics, pass/fail criteria and reporting methodologies to ensure repeatable and high-quality analysis\n\nGuide development of custom workload generators and micro-benchmarks where required\n\nAnalyse power, thermal and performance data to identify bottlenecks and recommend improvements\n\nContribute to continuous improvement of validation processes, tooling and engineering practices\n\nCommunicate technical findings, project status, risks and recommendations clearly to stakeholders and engineering leadership\n\nSupport knowledge sharing and contribute to continuous improvement across the validation organisation\n\nCandidate Profile\nEssential:\n\nStrong experience in power and performance validation, silicon characterization or system performance engineering\n\nDeep understanding of modern SoC architecture, including CPU, memory, interconnect and high-speed I/O technologies\n\nStrong Linux systems knowledge and low-level performance analysis experience\n\nStrong Python programming skills for automation, orchestration and data analysis\n\nExperience with benchmarking and profiling tools such as stress-ng, fio, perf, iperf or equivalent technologies\n\nExperience debugging complex hardware and software interactions\n\nAbility to define st\n\n#J-18808-Ljbffr","datePosted":"2026-07-16T03:37:18.038Z","dateModified":"2026-07-16T03:37:18.038Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Engineersofai","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Austin","addressRegion":"TX","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"46d48c6a18e8f00a4e946e6f"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/46d48c6a18e8f00a4e946e6f"}}