Graphcore

Graphcore

Principal Debug Validation Engineer

Austin, Texas, United States · Principal

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 14 days ago
PythonC++LinuxMachine LearningStatisticsFPGAEmbedded SystemsCommunicationProblem Solving

About the role

  • We have an exciting opportunity to be part of a collaborative, cross-functional development team validating cutting-edge, high-performance AI chips and platforms.
  • You will play a key role in supporting new product introductions and post-silicon validation.
  • You will have the opportunity to provide technical guidance to other engineering team members.

Responsibilities

  • Plan, design, develop and debug silicon validation tests in bare metal C/C++ on FPGA/Emulator prior to first silicon
  • Develop automated test framework and regression test suites in Python to optimize validation efficiency
  • Collaborate closely with engineers from many other disciplines on a variety of topics
  • Work with Validation and Production Test engineering peers to implement best practices and continuous improvements to test methodologies

Requirements

  • Strong experience in Bare metal / embedded C/C++
  • Ability to work across teams and programming languages to find root causes of critical and complex issues
  • Experience of the post-silicon validation process applied in digital ASIC environments
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to explain difficult concepts to resolve issues
  • 5 to 10 years' experience
  • Experience of Arm CPUs, System IP and debug tools.
  • Experience of AMBA protocols.
  • Experience in Characterization, Failure Analysis, Test Development, Statistical analysis,

Skills

  • Deploy silicon validation tests on first silicon and debugging them
  • Analyse test results, identify and debug failures/defects
  • Contribute to shared test and validation infrastructure
  • Provide feedback to architects

Company info

  • The Post-Silicon Bringup team sits within the Architecture and Validation team, we are responsible for bringup and validation of new silicon when it returns from manufacture, enabling and supporting the production SW and FW teams to bring up their software and supporting the Silicon Characterisation team.
  • and Duties
  • Candidate Profile
  • Understanding of ML applications and their workloads
  • A self-starter who can apply independent judgement
  • A team player able to lead and support colleagues with difficult concepts
  • Excellent problem-solving, analytical & diagnostic skills
  • Python, Linux
  • Experience building and leading, multi-site teams
  • Driver level experience with one or more of the following is highly desirable:
  • PCIe
  • Ethernet
  • Memory technologies (LPDDR, DDR, HBM, …)
  • Other peripherals such as I2C, I3C, SPI, …
  • Good knowledge of mixed-signal building blocks such as PLLs, high speed PHYs and IC control/communication protocols is highly desirable.
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