About us
Graphcore is one of the world’s leading innovators in Artificial Intelligence compute.
It is developing hardware, software and systems infrastructure that will unlock the next generation of AI breakthroughs and power the widespread adoption of AI solutions across every industry.
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. Together, they share a bold vision: to enable Artificial Super Intelligence and ensure its benefits are accessible to everyone.
Graphcore’s teams are drawn from diverse backgrounds and bring a broad range of skills and perspectives. A melting pot of AI research specialists, silicon designers, software engineers and systems architects, Graphcore enjoys a culture of continuous learning and constant innovation.
Job Summary
Reporting to senior leadership within Architecture and Validation, the Validation Chief of Staff will support strategic execution, operational coordination and cross-functional alignment across the validation organisation.
This role is responsible for driving organisational effectiveness across multiple validation teams, helping coordinate priorities, improve execution visibility and support delivery of key engineering milestones. The position requires strong technical understanding of silicon validation and bring-up environments combined with exceptional organisational, communication and stakeholder management skills.
The Validation Chief of Staff will partner closely with validation leadership, program management, architecture, silicon, firmware, software and systems engineering teams to improve operational efficiency, manage critical initiatives and help scale validation processes, infrastructure and team effectiveness across global sites. This role may require travel of up to 25% to support collaboration across engineering locations and program activities.
The Team
The Architecture and Validation organisation is responsible for bring-up, validation, characterization and system readiness of Graphcore silicon and platforms.
The organisation works across the full product lifecycle, supporting pre-silicon readiness, first silicon bring-up, subsystem validation, system integration and production readiness activities. Teams collaborate closely with architecture, hardware, firmware, software and systems engineering groups to deliver high-quality AI compute products.
The Validation Chief of Staff role operates across multiple validation disciplines and teams, helping coordinate activities, improve communication flows and support operational execution across geographically distributed engineering organisations.
Responsibilities and Duties
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USA Benefits
In addition to a competitive salary, Graphcore offers flexible working and a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health, wellbeing and financial future. Our benefits include medical, dental and vision coverage, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), disability and life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, commuter benefits, wellness services and an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP). 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
- Strong experience working within silicon validation, post-silicon bring-up, system validation, or related engineering environments
- Strong understanding of hardware and software development lifecycles for complex SoC or platform products
- Experience coordinating cross-functional engineering activities across multiple technical disciplines
- Excellent organizational, planning, and operational coordination skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, including management of complex technical and organizational dependencies
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across multidisciplinary engineering organizations
- Experience creating structured reporting, tracking, and operational review mechanisms
- Ability to work effectively across geographically distributed teams and stakeholders
- Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
- Experience using collaboration, reporting, and project tracking tools within engineering environments
- Ability to operate independently in fast-moving and technically complex environments
- Strong Linux and Python familiarity within engineering workflows and validation environments
- Experience within post-silicon validation, debug, or characterization organizations
- Understanding of SoC architectures, high-speed interfaces, memory systems, and system integration challenges
- Experience supporting engineering leadership or operational execution within technical organizations
- Familiarity with validation infrastructure, regression systems, and engineering workflows
- Experience with silicon bring-up and product readiness processes
- Knowledge of AI accelerator, GPU, or high-performance computing systems
- Experience analyzing engineering execution metrics and operational data
- Familiarity with agile planning, milestone tracking, and engineering program coordination
- Experience working across globally distributed engineering organizations
What the Team is Saying
Graphcore Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage includes private medical insurance, dental cover, a health cash plan, mental-wellbeing support, and in the U.S. medical, dental and vision options with mental-health services. Family coverage is available in some locations, indicating broad support even if dependents may involve additional cost.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support features a UK pension match up to 5% alongside life assurance and income protection, with U.S. materials describing a 401(k) and disability and life insurance. These provisions signal solid employer-backed long-term security across major hubs.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off and flexibility are positioned strongly, with generous parental leave and an unlimited annual-leave policy on the careers page plus flexible PTO noted in U.S. hiring materials. Flexible working hours and hybrid arrangements are also highlighted.
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.
