Graduate Systems Engineer at Graphcore Early Careers

Department: HW Platform Dev

Location: Austin, Texas
Type: Full-time
Level: entry
Posted: Sep 24, 2026

Description

Graphcore is hiring a Graduate Systems Engineer for its Hardware Platform Development team in Austin, Texas, with a start date of September 2027. The role focuses on designing, integrating, validating, and analyzing CPU and high-speed I/O subsystems for advanced AI compute platforms. Responsibilities include test planning and automation, performance and reliability analysis, root-cause troubleshooting, laboratory testing, and cross-functional collaboration. Candidates should have a recent bachelor's or master's degree in a relevant engineering or computer science field, laboratory testing experience, and programming or scripting experience; CPU subsystem, PCIe, Ethernet, and platform validation experience are preferred.

Required Skills

CPU subsystems
PCIe 6.0
800G Ethernet
Test automation
Data analysis
Root-cause analysis
Python
C++

Additional Information

Minimum Education: Bachelor's or master's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, systems engineering, or a closely related field, completed recently or expected before the role begins.
Required Previous Experiences: Hands-on laboratory testing and technical measurements through coursework, research, internships, student teams, or personal projects.
Experience with at least one programming or scripting language, such as Python, C, C++, or MATLAB.
Preferred Qualifications: Experience with CPU subsystems, PCIe, Ethernet, high-speed interfaces, or platform validation.
Experience using power meters, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, or similar laboratory equipment.
Experience creating test automation, data-analysis tools, or engineering scripts.
Exposure to platform performance characterization, power delivery, thermal management, liquid cooling, or energy efficiency.
Familiarity with systems integration, design verification, configuration control, or engineering change processes.
Experience presenting engineering work or test results in a technical review setting.
Translation Company Name: Graphcore Early Careers