Senior SLT Test Engineer

Graphcore•Austin, TX

16d

About The Position

Graphcore is a leading innovator in Artificial Intelligence compute, developing hardware, software, and systems infrastructure to drive AI breakthroughs and widespread adoption. As part of the SoftBank Group, Graphcore is committed to enabling Artificial Super Intelligence and making its benefits accessible to everyone. The company fosters a culture of continuous learning and constant innovation, with diverse teams of AI research specialists, silicon designers, software engineers, and systems architects. This role is within the Product Test and Diagnosis Department (PTD), focusing on System Level Test (SLT) for next-generation AI processors. The engineer will collaborate with hardware, software, validation, and manufacturing teams to develop test content, automation, diagnostics, and characterization capabilities. These efforts support silicon bring-up, yield learning, and manufacturing deployment. The ideal candidate possesses strong technical foundations in semiconductor test and validation, excellent debug skills, and a passion for enhancing product quality and manufacturability.

Requirements

Experience in semiconductor test, validation, characterization, post-silicon bring-up, or manufacturing environments.
Understanding of semiconductor fundamentals, digital systems, power delivery, signal integrity, and board-level debugging.
Familiarity with DFT concepts including scan, JTAG, BIST, MBIST, boundary scan, and manufacturing test methodologies.
Experience with Python, Tcl, Shell, or similar scripting languages for automation and data analysis.
Strong debug, problem-solving, root-cause analysis, and data interpretation skills.
Experience working with cross-functional teams including Design, DFT, Validation, Product Engineering, or Manufacturing.
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with advanced packaging, chiplets, or high-performance computing products.
Experience with manufacturing test and production environments, along with OSAT engagement.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain SLT test content, automation, diagnostics, and characterization workloads for silicon bring-up and manufacturing readiness activities.
Execute characterization, voltage/frequency margining, reliability screening, and performance correlation activities while analyzing results and identifying improvement opportunities.
Support development and deployment of SLT hardware including test boards, sockets, instrumentation, and thermal solutions.
Integrate validation and bring-up workloads into the SLT environment and support development of manufacturing screening solutions.
Debug failures, perform root-cause analysis, and support correlation activities across Simulation, ATE, Bench, SLT, and manufacturing environments.
Develop software tools, scripts, and automation flows for test execution, telemetry collection, data analysis, and reporting.
Contribute to improvements in test coverage, test-time optimization, DPPM reduction, and manufacturing readiness.
Work closely with Design, DFT, Silicon Validation, Product Engineering, Manufacturing, and OSAT teams to support product development and deployment activities.
Support transfer of SLT solutions into production environments and assist with manufacturing ramp activities.
Mentor junior engineers and contribute to continuous improvement of SLT methodologies and best practices.