Compliance Manager - Global Lab Environment
Graphcore · US - Milpitas
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About the role
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
We are seeking a Compliance Manager to define, implement, and scale security and compliance frameworks spanning our global lab environments. This role will focus on securing sensitive hardware, enforcing access controls, and ensuring engineering data and infrastructure meet required compliance standards.
You will play a meaningful role in enabling secure AI hardware development by establishing robust processes around lab zoning, asset tracking, and network segmentation while partnering with engineering teams across multiple locations.
The Team
You will be part of a cross-functional security and infrastructure team supporting Graphcore’s international engineering centers, including the new AI Engineering Campus in Austin.
The team works closely with hardware engineers, IT, and security stakeholders to ensure compliance controls are embedded into lab environments and operational workflows.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Define and implement physical access controls, including lab zoning and restricted areas
- Ensure sensitive hardware is secured and not exposed within lab environments
- Enforce network division and permission management across mixed infrastructure environments
- Coordinate hardware asset monitoring, inventory oversight, and chain-of-custody activities
- Support secure lab bring-up and infrastructure deployment activities
- Implement and scale compliance controls across global engineering labs
- Partner with engineering departments to ensure secure handling of engineering data through approved systems
- Supervise and improve compliance with internal security policies and external standards
- Contribute to the development of secure infrastructure practices within AI and hardware environments
Candidate Profile
Essential:
- Hands-on experience implementing physical access control and lab zoning
- Having worked in labs, data centers, or hardware engineering environments
- Practical experience with network segmentation and access control
- Experience running hardware asset tracking, inventory, and custody
- Experience working in secure infrastructure or lab bring-up environments
- Strong understanding of operational security controls in technical environments
Desirable:
- Exposure to export-controlled environments
- Experience in AI, HPC, semiconductor, or hardware validation labs
- Familiarity with BMC / out-of-band (OOB) networks and rack-level infrastructure
- Solid understanding of ISO 27001, SOC 2, or NIST frameworks (practical application preferred)
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.