Graduate Silicon Engineer

at  graphcore

Closing date: Tuesday 2nd January 2024 (5pm) - we will be working on a rolling application, with this being the final date for applications.
Location: Bristol or Cambridge
Start date: September 2024
Requirements: Please note, we are only considering students who have an established right to work in the UK.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

We are looking for technical, passionate and motivated individuals with a desire to learn, work and develop in a technically challenging, fast paced environment!

ESSENTIAL:

• On track or achieved a 2:1 or above in Electronic Engineering, Computer Science or related subject area
• Able to evidence your technical skills in C/C++ or Python (2 or 3), for example through hobbies, projects or previous work experience. We are also keen to understand your technical skill level.
• A highly motivated, curious, self-starter, willing to take action, as proven through extra-curricular activities or hobbies beyond your studies
• Strong team-working and excellent interpersonal skills
• Passionate with a keen interest to learn about the exciting new field of AI
  We are not looking for an instant expert but graduates with the hunger to learn, develop and contribute to Graphcore’s future.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Silicon team are responsible for designing the silicon chips produced by Graphcore in leading node technologies and using the latest and greatest EDA Tools. Silicon is divided into three areas, that all work closely together:

The Logical design and DFT team; responsible for realising architectural intent in a form that can be physically implemented and subsequently manufacturing level tested.

• In this team you’ll be iterating with Architectural, Verification, Physical & Operations teams to define the microarchitecture and produce testable RTL as above.

The Verification team; ensure that our IPU performs in accordance with its specification and that its implementation is similarly accurate.

• You’ll learn modern CPU and ASIC verification methodologies such as constrained random test generation and functional coverage and use those skills to verify our chips meet their specification.

The Physical Design team; take the logical RTL and produce final transistor level layout (GDS) ready to send to a foundry for manufacture.

• You will gain experience with modern physical implementation steps including, but not limited to, synthesis, place and route, timing analysis, physical design checks, power integrity, logical equivalence.
• Our designs are in leading edge technology nodes which bring a lot of interesting challenges to solve, a very good environment to learn the latest silicon design techniques.

All 3 roles involve using industry standard EDA tools which you will become familiar with.

In addition to a very competitive salary, you will also have the freedom to make your own choices that work for you, starting with unlimited holiday. Our offices provide a well-stocked kitchen with healthy food, drinks and snacks and our very own barista! We have an active social scene across our offices too - from cycling, yoga, running and football right through to a board game group. Other benefits include;

• Unlimited annual leave
• Flexible working
• Private medical insurance & Health cash plan
• Dental plan
• Pension matched up to 5%
• Life assurance & income protection
• Employee assistance programm