Director / Senior Principal AI SoC Validation (Bring-up lead)

Overview

Lead post-silicon validation and bring-up for Graphcore's next-generation large-scale AI system-on-chip (SoC), ensuring pre-production software runs reliably on new silicon and that the silicon meets production quality, reliability and functionality standards.

What you'll do

• Define and lead the post-silicon validation strategy for AI SoCs, ensuring reliable and timely delivery of validated silicon, architectural correctness, feature robustness and at-scale system reliability.
• Lead investigation and resolution of complex issues spanning silicon, firmware, operating systems and platform interactions, ensuring fixes are effective and sustainable.
• Work closely with design, software and validation teams to align on quality objectives and debug priorities, using data-driven insights and clear communication.
• Encourage the use of emulation, prototyping and large-scale validation infrastructure to improve coverage and reduce time to debug.
• Foster a culture that values learning, transparency and improvement in validation methods, automation and analysis.
• Provide clear and concise updates on validation progress, risks and quality indicators to executive teams and key partners.
• Contribute to product readiness assessments and roadmap decisions.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Electronic Engineering or equivalent.
• 15 - 20 years in silicon, system or platform validation, including 5-10 years in technical leadership.
• Proven experience leading post-silicon validation and bring-up for complex SoCs (AI, GPU or CPU).
• Strong understanding of SoC architecture, coherency protocols, power management and interconnects.
• Expertise in debug tools, DFT infrastructure and validation automation frameworks.
• Proficient in C/C++, Python and Linux-based environments.
• Excellent communication, collaboration and stakeholder management skills.

Nice to have

• Master's degree.
• Experience with large-scale validation clusters.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru, India (new AI Engineering Campus).