Director / Senior Principal AI SoC Validation (Bring-up lead)
Graphcore · Bengaluru, India
Posted about 3 months ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 88 days Graphcore's roles stay open a median of 88 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Graphcore's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Graphcore
- high 192 stale, 5 reposted of 192 open
- Hiring momentum
- 288 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-30
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About this role
As the Senior Principal AI SoC Validation (Bring-up lead) at Graphcore, you will lead a team responsible for post-silicon validation of advanced AI system-on-chip (SoC) designs. Your role involves defining validation strategies, driving cross-domain debugging, promoting collaboration among teams, and advancing automation in validation processes. You will also engage with leadership and customers to provide updates on validation progress and contribute to product readiness assessments.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
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What you need
- Bachelor’s degree in Electronic Engineering or equivalent; Master’s preferred.
- 15 - 20 years in silicon, system, or platform validation, including 5-10 years in technical leadership.
- Proven experience leading post-silicon validation and bring-up for complex SoCs (AI, GPU, or CPU).
- Strong understanding of SoC architecture, coherency protocols, power management, and interconnects.
- Expertise in debug tools, DFT infrastructure, and validation automation frameworks.
- Proficient in C/C++, Python, and Linux-based environments; experience with large-scale validation clusters is an advantage.
Worth weighing
- No salary listed.
- The role involves significant leadership responsibilities and requires collaboration across multiple technical domains.
- The position is based in Bengaluru, India, which may influence work-life balance and relocation considerations.
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Listed by Graphcore on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-30. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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