# Staff-Power and Performance Validation Engineer at Graphcore

- Company: Graphcore
- What the company does: Graphcore has built a new type of processor for machine intelligence to accelerate machine learning and AI applications for a world of intelligent machines. Backed by Air Street.
- Company website: https://graphcore.ai
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Austin, Texas, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-06-22
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/graphcore/jobs/8595010002
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/graphcore-staff-power-and-performance-validation-engineer/

## About the role

Reporting to senior leadership within Architecture and Validation, the Power and Performance Validation Lead will drive validation strategy and execution for advanced AI compute silicon and systems. The role is responsible for leading power, thermal and performance validation activities across pre-silicon and post-silicon environments to ensure products meet efficiency, reliability and scalability expectations.

## What they're looking for

- Define and lead validation strategies for power, thermal and performance characterization of AI compute silicon and platforms
- Contribute to planning and execution of validation activities across multiple projects and milestones
- Develop comprehensive validation plans covering functional, stress, workload and corner-case scenarios
- Lead post-silicon bring-up and characterization activities for power and performance validation
- Drive validation of CPU, memory, interconnect and high-speed I/O subsystems under complex workload conditions
- Develop scalable automation frameworks, regression infrastructure and reporting tools using Python

Tags: Post Silicon Validation