Hiring: Server CPU Hardware Systems Lead - US Company: Graphcore Location: Austin, TX Job Posted Time: 2026-09-17 12:56:29 Target Skills & Keywords : DNS, Firmware, Linux, Program Management, SOC, Systems Engineering About the job Experience: •14+ years of work experience demonstrating working on complex systems engineering challenges to validate and debug HW-FW-SW challenges in a server compute rack or data center blade environment. Required Skills: •Lead the systemenablement (including first silicon and other FW components) to ensure system capabilities are brought up as per plan of record and system architecture spec. •Drive organization wide methodology for Firmware integration and best known configuration (HW/FW/SW) usage model by leading the release of deployment ready solutions. •Develop key methodologies, lab HW and system SW capabilitiesas well as system visibilities and debug tools necessary for successful system (HW/SW/FW) bring-up and system validation at blade and rack level for AI compute rack. •Triageissues found during server rack validation bring-up, Post-Silicon Validation, and production phases of the program. Ensure issues are solved on time with quality. •Develop and own test plans,lead test case development and execution of key domains within AI compute solutions like CPU, GPU, memory, HBM, IO etc. •Drive technical innovation to improve capabilities acrosssystem validation, including tool, script development, technical and procedural methodology enhancement, and various internal and cross-functional technical initiatives. Qualifications: •Strong analytical/problem-solving skills and pronounced attention to details •Extensive experience in validation roles involvingfirst silicon and system bring up, OS, FW, Silicon, and HW •Understanding of PC industry standardbuses and their software stack, such as  PCIe, CXL. •Proven experience in understanding,defining and enabling storage (storage rack), networking capabilities (network rack, DNS, DHCP etc) in a lab environment to help add end-to-end validation and debug capabilities for rack and blade validation. •Strong knowledge ofARM CPU or X86 architecture, SoC design, memory, RAS & power management as well as HW/SW based tools, and revision control systems. •Extensive knowledge of system architecture, technical debug, and validation strategy •Good understanding and experience in platform/ system level debug, Operating System, DeviceDrivers and System BIOS interactions. •Excellent communication and coordination skills. •Detailed oriented, highly organized, able to prioritize, and juggle multiple workstreams to tight deadlines. •Technical leadership: capable of championing new tools, methods, and capabilities to drive platform validation improvements in schedule, quality, or coverage. Compensation: •Competitive benefits and rewards package Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!