Staff Power Integrity Engineer
Graphcore is hiring a Staff Power Integrity Engineer in Bristol, United Kingdom. Level rates it ; you can apply on Level.
AI in this role
Design and optimize power-delivery architecture and networks for high-performance AI compute systems.
About the job
Shape the power-delivery architecture behind Graphcore’s high-performance AI compute systems, from voltage regulation through package, PCB and silicon.
As Staff Power Integrity Engineer, you will provide technical leadership on Graphcore’s most complex power-delivery challenges. Your analysis and judgement will directly influence architecture and product decisions.
You will define modelling strategies, optimise decoupling and analyse PDN impedance, voltage droop, transient response and regulator interactions. You will turn complex results into clear engineering decisions, requirements and sign-off approaches.
You will lead significant PI issues through resolution and create alignment across silicon, package, board, power, systems and validation teams. You will also develop reusable methods and mentor engineers, raising power-integrity capability across Graphcore.
The team and culture
The Signal and Power Integrity team sits at the centre of Graphcore’s hardware development. We work across disciplines to understand electrical behaviour and guide consequential architecture decisions.
You will own complex PI problems and drive them through to resolution. Decisions are grounded in modelling, first-principles reasoning, hardware evidence and clear assessment of uncertainty.
You will challenge assumptions, communicate risk clearly and help teams make pragmatic trade-offs. Technical influence matters more than reporting lines.
What we’re looking for
- Deep practical expertise in power integrity and complex power-delivery network design.
- Strong understanding of PDN impedance, transient behaviour, voltage droop, resonance, stability and decoupling across high-current digital systems.
- Ability to reason across silicon, package, PCB, voltage regulation and system boundaries.
- Strong capability in electromagnetic modelling, circuit simulation, model extraction and selecting appropriate abstraction methods.
- Engineering judgement to assess model validity, uncertainty and sensitivity, then translate analysis into architecture and product decisions.
- Ability to lead ambiguous technical work, influence across engineering disciplines, improve methodology and develop other engineers.
While we have outlined a set of requirements, we value transferable skills and diverse experiences. We also welcome engineers returning to the profession after a career break, including through returnship routes.
Benefits
- Flexible working: Balance your work and personal life with greater flexibility
- Generous leave: Take time to rest, recharge and enjoy life outside of work
- Retirement planning support: Up to 5% matched pension
- Phantom equity: Share in Graphcore’s success
- Workplace experience: Enjoy thoughtfully designed office spaces for collaboration, with free food and an on-site barista to support your day
- Peace of mind protection: Income protection and life assurance to provide financial security for you and your loved ones
- Electric Vehicle Scheme: Choose an electric vehicle and lease it through salary sacrifice
- Flexible benefits: Tailor your benefits package with a choice of additional options, including private medical insurance and dental cover
- Optional benefits: Dental cover, health cash plan, private medical insurance, cycle to work scheme, give as you earn
We welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences and are committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone can do their best work.
We’re an equal opportunity employer and recognise that everyone brings different strengths and perspectives. If you need any adjustments during the interview process, just let us know - we’re happy to support you.
Sponsorship
Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship or support visa applications for this role.
Join the Team at Graphcore
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 brings together deep expertise to solve complex problems and deliver meaningful progress in AI compute.
If you want to shape how power is delivered across the hardware behind advanced AI compute, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now to help solve Graphcore’s most demanding power-integrity challenges.
How we rate this
Staff Power Integrity Engineer at Graphcore rates 85 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Builds AI (AI Level 4 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
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- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
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- Tell me about a research question you investigated. What did you find?
- Tell me about a project where power integrity was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where pdn design was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where circuit simulation was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where electromagnetic modeling was part of your work. What did you do?
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- List these exact terms on your resume: AI Research, Power Integrity, Pdn Design, Circuit Simulation, and Electromagnetic Modeling. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
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