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From day one, you’ll be trusted to take ownership, share your ideas and help shape what we’re creating. You’ll tackle challenging problems alongside a team who support your development and are as excited about your success as you are.\n\nWhat you’ll work on\nBring your curiosity, bright ideas and problem-solving skills to the chips behind tomorrow’s AI systems.\nAs a Graduate Silicon Engineer, you’ll join one of our four specialist Silicon teams: logical design, verification, physical design or design for test (DFT). You’ll contribute to real chip development, learning from experienced colleagues and building your understanding of how advanced AI chips are designed, verified and prepared for manufacture.\nDepending on your team, you’ll work on areas such as register-transfer level (RTL) design, SOC integration, verification methods, physical implementation or the critical role of DFT. You’ll use industry-standard electronic design automation (EDA) tools and take ownership of clear tasks, with support from experienced engineers.\nHow you’ll learn and grow\nDuring the two-year programme, you’ll develop practical silicon engineering skills in the team you join, building on the fundamentals you’ve learned through your studies and projects.\nHands-on tasks will help you learn modern design techniques and use industry-standard EDA tools. You’ll build skills in areas such as RTL, verification, timing or physical design, depending on your team’s focus.\nFeedback from reviews and practical problem solving will help you develop your technical judgement, explain your approach and understand how your work fits into the wider chip development process. Bring your curiosity and willingness to learn; we’ll support you as you build your knowledge and confidence.\nWhat we're looking for\nOn track for, or achieved, a degree in Electronic Engineering, Computer Science or a related subject such as Physics, Maths\nGood coding skills such as C, C++ or Python\nAn interest in digital design, application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), verification, physical design, computer architecture or AI compute, and motivation to learn modern silicon design techniques and EDA tools\nYou don’t need an engineering background to join us. If you’re curious, motivated and enjoy solving problems, we’ll teach you the skills you need.\nYou can demonstrate these skills through coursework, a dissertation, personal or team projects, hobbies, internships, work experience or other relevant experience. Tell us what you built or investigated, how you approached it and what you learned.\nBenefits\nFlexible working: Balance your work and personal life with greater flexibility\nGenerous leave: Take time to rest, recharge and enjoy life outside of work\nRetirement planning support: Up to 5% matched pension\nPhantom equity: Share in Graphcore’s success\nWorkplace experience: Enjoy thoughtfully designed office spaces for collaboration, with free food and an on-site barista to support your day\nPeace of mind protection: Income protection and life assurance to provide financial security for you and your loved ones\nElectric Vehicle Scheme: Choose an electric vehicle and lease it through salary sacrifice\nFlexible benefits: Tailor your benefits package with a choice of additional options, including private medical insurance and dental cover\nOptional benefits: Dental cover, health cash plan, private medical insurance, cycle to work scheme, give as you earn\nWe welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences and are committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone can do their best work.\nWe’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.\nSponsorship\nApplicants must already have the right to work in the UK for the full duration of the programme, without requiring visa sponsorship. We are unable to sponsor work visas for our Early Careers opportunities.\nIntroduction to Graphcore\nAt Graphcore, we’re building next generation AI compute: from semiconductors and software to systems at datacentre scale. We are proud to be owned by SoftBank Group and work with other companies in the SoftBank family to deliver AI compute to customers working at the AI frontier.\nStarting your career here means working alongside people with different backgrounds and expertise, from AI researchers to chip designers and software engineers. 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