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The company designs advanced semiconductors and data centre hardware that provide the specialized processing power needed to drive AI innovation, while delivering the efficiency required to support its broader adoption. \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. We are opening a new AI Engineering Campus in Bengaluru which will play a central role in Graphcore's work building the future of AI computing. \nWe are looking for a Characterisation and Bring-Up engineer to work with Architecture, Silicon Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Operations (device manufacture)and Product teams to help create and execute the bring-up and characterisation of our cutting-edgesilicon devices and system platforms. Graphcore design and develop leading edge silicon processors and high-power high-speed blade systems at the forefront of AI technology. As such you will need to develop a detailed understanding of our silicon and platform products.Your role will be to create and execute bring-upand characterisation plans of our silicon devices in systems to show that they will operatecorrectly over all conditions in the final product. You will concentrate on automated and manual testing of systems in the lab and datacentre. The results will be integrated with data from other teams to provide the complete characterisation solution for the product. For example, a large amount of device testing can be performed by the production test team using high-speed production test equipment. \nResponsibilities and Duties \nUnderstand the architecture and design of silicon devices and systems, and clearly document the requirements for characterisation\nCreation of product specific characterisation plans\nLiasing with engineering teams to understand what are tests are available for characterisation purposes and driving change where appropriate\nCreate and maintain an automated system for running characterisation testing, capturing the results to a central database and performing data analysis\nExecution of manual characterisation tests where automation is not appropriate\nReport regularly on progress and issues during the characterisation\nProduce characterisation reports containing platform test results and feeding them up into the overall product characterisation report\nEssential skills\nA proven track record of delivering technical output, perhaps as an individual contributor, manager, or project manager\nSolid experience and understanding of silicon digital device design characterization\nKnowledge of silicon process technology and how that impacts device performance at transistor and system level\nKnowledge of high-performance processor and system-on-chip systems\nExperience of high-speed digital interfaces, such as PCIe, Ethernet or DDR\nKnowledge of measurement automation and data analysis\nThe ability to code or script automation and data analysis using appropriate coding languages such as Python, JMP for example\nAn ability to work independently without daily oversight\nDesirable skills:\nKnowledge of PCBA and system level technologies\nBackground knowledge of ATE systems and capabilities. Whilst you will not be directly involved with such testing, some of the characterisation work will be performed on such systems\nBenefits:\nIn addition to a competitive salary, Graphcore offers a competitive benefits package. We welcome people of different backgrounds and experiences; we’re committed to building an inclusive work environment that makes Graphcore a great home for everyone. We offer an equal opportunity process and understand that there are visible and invisible differences in all of us. 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