Staff System Software Engineer - Bengaluru, multiple vacancies

Overview

Graphcore is seeking a Staff System Software Engineer in Test to design, develop, automate and report integration and system tests spanning firmware and device drivers. The role focuses on low-level system software in server-class systems and involves hands-on technical leadership across hardware, software and QA teams.

What you'll do

• Provide technical leadership for test features and own multiple features.
• Own test infrastructure.
• Shape test strategy.
• Design and develop tests for complex multi-component areas, achieving close to 100% coverage.
• Understand overall functionality and design and implement test plans with minimum guidance.
• Triage bugs and debug issues found in tests to narrow them down to root cause.
• Review and improve code, test design and implementation processes.
• Perform code reviews for teammates and developers.
• Improve ways of working by ensuring the team follows standard practices.
• Collaborate with hardware and software teams to understand use cases and create and implement test plans across the stack.
• Develop integration tests for other components on the board.
• Develop acceptance tests for stakeholders.
• Communicate complex technical concepts to experts and non-experts.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the domain.
• Contribute to the validation framework, CI/CD, automation and packaging.
• Lead or contribute to design decisions.
• Drive root-cause corrective action (RCCA).
• Work with developers to reduce mean time between failures for externally reported bugs.
• Add missing test coverage.
• Mentor junior members.
• Act as a technical expert on the domain.
• Ensure best practices are followed.
• Raise quality and coding standards and best practices by setting an example.
• Ensure and improve code quality and best practices.
• Contribute to improving team culture.

What you'll need

• Strong experience in low-level system testing and integration across complex software and hardware layers.
• Deep understanding of RTOS, complex boot logic, Linux and device drivers.
• Test development capability using Python and C/C++.
• Experience working with hardware, debuggers, CI/CD pipelines and build or integration tools.
• Ability to debug cross-layer issues and drive root-cause investigations to lasting corrective actions.
• Clear communication skills, with the ability to mentor engineers and document complex technical decisions.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru, India.
• Multiple vacancies are available.