About Us
Graphcore is a globally recognised leader in Artificial Intelligence computing systems. The company designs advanced semiconductors and data centre hardware that provide the specialised processing power needed to drive AI innovation, while delivering the efficiency required to support its broader adoption.
As part of the SoftBank Group, Graphcore is a member of an elite family of companies responsible for some of the world’s most transformative technologies.
Job Summary
Working within the logical design team, the silicon logical design engineer is responsible for a wide range of logical design tasks. The team is responsible for delivering the Microarchitecture and RTL design to implement the chip architecture specification for Graphcore Silicon, working closely with other engineers within the Silicon team. The successful candidate will be responsible for helping the team deliver high quality micro-architecture and RTL for Graphcore chips, working within the logical design team and with the broader Silicon team to ensure we meet the company objectives for Silicon delivery.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Integrate IP and subsystems into top-level SoC designs
- Develop and maintain build and configuration environments
- Perform synthesis, linting, CDC/RDC, and timing checks at the SoC level
- Support verification and physical design teams through clean interface hand-offs
- Debug and resolve integration-related issues across multiple hierarchies
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of integration flows and automation
- Producing high quality microarchitecture and other documentation
- Ensure good communication between sites to maintain consistent working practises
Candidate Profile
Essential skills:
- Logical design experience in relevant industry
- Experience range 4-8 years in Semiconductor Industry/Product development exposure.
- Be highly motivated, a self-starter, and a team player
- Ability to work across teams and debugging issues seen to find root causes
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related subject
- Ability to script in Python and/or TCL for automation and to solve design issues
- SystemVerilog
- Knowledge of digital design flows
Desirable skills:
- Processor design
- Application specific blocks
- High-speed serial interfaces
- Complex third-party IP integration
- Arithmetic pipeline design
- Floating-point design
- Design for test
- Synthesis
- Timing Analysis
- Project Planning
- Power Integrity
- Silicon transistor
Benefits:
In addition to a competitive salary, Graphcore offers a competitive benefits package. We welcome people of different backgrounds and experiences; we’re committed to building an inclusive work environment that makes Graphcore a great home for everyone. We offer an equal opportunity process and understand that there are visible and invisible differences in all of us. We can provide a flexible approach to interview and encourage you to chat to us if you require any reasonable adjustments.
Skills Required
- 4–8 years of experience in the semiconductor industry or product development
- Industry experience in logical design
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related subject
- Ability to script in Python and/or Tcl
- SystemVerilog experience
- Knowledge of digital design flows
- Processor design experience
- Application-specific block design experience
- High-speed serial interface experience
- Complex third-party IP integration experience
- Arithmetic pipeline design experience
- Floating-point design experience
- Design-for-test experience
- Synthesis experience
- Timing analysis experience
- Project planning experience
- Power integrity experience
- Silicon transistor experience
What the Team is Saying
Graphcore Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Medical coverage starts day one in the U.S. with dental/vision and mental‑health support, and private medical insurance with wellbeing resources is highlighted in other regions. These offerings indicate robust core health protection.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs feature a U.S. 401(k) with a 100% company match up to 6% (with a true‑up) and matched pension schemes up to 5% in the UK (and 4% in Poland). This breadth signals meaningful employer support for long‑term savings.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Flexible working hours, trust‑based or “unlimited annual leave” in some regions, and U.S. flexible PTO with 11 paid holidays are emphasized. These provisions point to wide‑ranging time‑off options.
Graphcore Insights
What We Do
At Graphcore, we’re building the future of AI compute. We’re a team of semiconductor, software and AI experts, with deep experience in creating the complete AI compute stack - from silicon and software to infrastructure at datacenter scale. As part of the SoftBank Group, backed by significant long-term investment, we are delivering key technology into the fast-growing SoftBank AI ecosystem. To meet the vast and exciting AI opportunity, Graphcore is expanding its teams around the world. We are bringing together the brightest minds to solve the toughest problems, in a place where everyone has the opportunity to make an impact on the company, our products and the future of artificial intelligence.
Why Work With Us
Our team is at the forefront of the machine intelligence revolution, enabling innovators from all industries to build AI-native products to expand human potential. What we do at Graphcore really makes a difference.
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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
At Graphcore, we value wellbeing and flexibility to support a healthy work/life balance. Our hybrid approach encourages office-based colleagues to work onsite three days a week, with trusted flexibility built on trust and transparency for everyone.
