Principal Product Engineer

About Graphcore

At Graphcore were building the future of AI 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 part of the SoftBank Group backed by significant long-term investment we are delivering key technology into the fast-growing SoftBank AI meet the vast and exciting AI opportunity Graphcore is expanding its teams around the 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.

Job Summary

AsPrincipalProduct Engineer you willbe responsibleforensuring thatGraphcoreproducts are manufactured with optimised yieldqualityand cost throughout the product willwork closely withOSATstest engineeringmanufacturingand quality teams torelease new products and sustainhigh volume production.

This is a highly technical role requiring deepexpertisein semiconductor product engineering manufacturing analytics and system-level test and manufacturing processes. You will provide technical leadership across manufacturing operations helping define best practices solve complex yield and quality challenges and improve manufacturing efficiency and product reliability.

The Team

The role will be as part of the Product Test and Diagnosis team which is part of theGraphcoreManufacturing Operations department and has members in Bristol Cambridge IndiaUSand Taiwan. The teamis responsible fordefinition development and execution of an end-to-end test strategy spanning silicon board-level assemblies server blades and rack-scale systems. Testing is performed across the full product lifecycle including manufacturing and deployed field environments.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Driveyieldqualityand cost optimisationacross the product lifecycleincludingchip manufacturingtest PCBA and system level manufacturing

• Work closely with test engineering to define requirements for coverage reporting anddatalogformats from both ATE and system level electrical test

• Own analytics for SMT manufacturing processes including SPI/AOI/AXI/ICT etc

• Own analytics forboard and system level testing includingboundary scan and functional testing atboard/blade/racklevel

• Work with technology and manufacturing specialists to manage low yield events in production and drive overall yield improvement

• Support RMA analysis and reliability/qualification activities

• Establish best practices for datacollection cleaning correlation and visualization

• Collaborate with the Data Engineering and Analytics team to develop loading scripts for new datasources andoptimise database schemas

• Define and develop standard analyses such as dashboards and enable fast self-service access to data for end users

• Regular travel toOSATs and manufacturingpartners will berequired

Essential Skills and Experience

• Solidexperience(10 years)insemiconductor product engineering test engineering or manufacturing engineering

• Solidexperience in high-volume semiconductor/electronics manufacturing data visualization tools and manufacturing systems/databases (MES)

• Solidunderstanding of semiconductor PCBA and system level manufacturing and testing

• Solidexpertisein statistical analysis (SPC DOE regression hypothesis testing)and six sigma methodologies

• Solidexpertisein analysing and visualisinglarge manufacturing datasets

• Proficiencyin data tools such as Python SQL JMP or similar.

• Demonstrated success driving yield and cost improvements in high-volume production

• Degree in Electrical Engineering Computer Science Physics or similar

Desirable:

• Extensive experience andexpertisein JMP and in using the JMP scripting language to build standard analysis reportsdashboardsand applications

• Experience in using data visualisation tools such asApache Superset

Benefits

In addition to a competitive salary Graphcore offers flexible working a generous annual leave policy private medical insurance and health cash plan a dental plan pension (matched up to 5%) life assurance and income protection. We have a generous parental leave policy and an employee assistance programme (which includes health mental wellbeing and bereavement support). We offer a range of healthy food and snacks at our central Bristol office and have our own barista bar! We welcome people of different backgrounds and experiences; were 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.