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Graphcore

Power and Performance Validation Engineer

Austin, Texas, United StatesmidAdded 1 month ago

About this role

Graphcore seeks a Power and Performance Validation Engineer to lead validation strategy for advanced AI compute silicon and systems. You'll drive power, thermal, and performance validation across pre-silicon and post-silicon environments, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure products meet efficiency and reliability standards.

What you'll do

  • Define and execute validation strategies for power, thermal, and performance characterization of AI silicon
  • Conduct post-silicon bring-up and characterization activities autonomously
  • Develop scalable automation frameworks and regression infrastructure using Python
  • Design and execute benchmark workloads and performance experiments to identify optimization opportunities
  • Analyze power and thermal data to identify bottlenecks and recommend system improvements
  • Collaborate with architecture, RTL, firmware, and software teams to debug complex technical issues

What they're looking for

  • Power and performance validation or silicon characterization
  • SoC architecture (CPU, memory, interconnect, high-speed I/O)
  • Linux systems and low-level performance analysis
  • Python programming for automation and data analysis
  • Benchmarking and profiling tools (stress-ng, fio, perf, iperf)
  • Hardware-software debugging
  • Data analysis and bottleneck identification
  • Cross-functional collaboration and communication
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Graphcore

Graphcore builds advanced AI compute silicon and systems designed for high-performance machine learning applications. The company is hiring Systems Engineers, Validation Engineers, and Electrical Engineers to develop and validate innovative hardware platforms, from PCB design through production deployment.

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  • Walk us through your experience with power and performance validation. What metrics did you focus on, and how did you ensure validation coverage across different silicon or system designs?
  • Describe a complex hardware-software debugging scenario you encountered. How did you isolate the issue and what tools or methodologies did you use?
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